Hi, I've been working for a while now on my Day Trips from Rome page and would like some proofreading help. As I shamelessly stole most of the content from posters here, you are the right group to help! (I also included text I've saved from other Web sites.)
If somebody who is good with the Italy train schedules would take a look at the "How to get there" sections, and especially the Paestum directions which I know are very dated, I'd appreciate it. Either post the corrections here and I'll copy them, or just Email them to me directly - my Email address is on the page.
By the way, I've offered the page to Pauline to copy/move to the SlowTravelers site if she wants it.
Thanks very much, Bill Turner
Posts: 225 | Location: Ithaca NY, USA | Registered: 07 November 2002
Gosh that page is good, Bill; and now improved. I'll probably link to it from some more prominent page of my own than I do for now. (I didn't realize one could get to Subiaco conveniently from Rome, among other things.)
Minor typos: MAria should be Maria; Rebbibbia should be Rebibbia.
Another minor item, EUR 6,7 is peculiar, and would be better writ EUR 6,70.
More importantly, "Viterbo Flaminia" is confusing. Viterbo has nothing to do with the Via Flaminia, what you're alluding to is a name of the train station at the Rome end, "Stazione Flaminia", just outside the Porta Flaminia.
Tarquinia and Cerveteri may safely be characterized as the two most important Etruscan sites anywhere; thanks for the Cerveteri instructions, too!
That is looking great Bill! You sent me a version a few weeks ago, but I have not had a chance to put it on the site. Do you still want me to put it on Slowtrav? I think it would go in either the Travel Notes section or the Trip Planning section.
I have a bunch of new pages to add to the site - I was hoping to get them done this weekend, but I didn't (the weather turned great here and we spent the weekend at the beach). I will get working on them this week.
Bill, the trains going north towards Viterbo from Valle Aurelia leave every 30 min. but go only as far as the Cesano station. They act as as a sort of metro for the northern part of Rome . The trains that go all the way to Viterbo leave every hour at 10 min to the hour: 10:50, 11:50, etc. Its a beautiful ride and worthwhile..buy the BIRG ticket (biglietto Integrato regionale giornaliero) which costs 9,00 euro and gets you around the region (bus, train, metro) for the entire day. Dont forget to stamp it in the yellow machines before boarding. Tarquinia-about 600 painted tombs dating from 8-6th century BC have been discovered in Tarquinia but only a handful are open to the public. Buy the the necropolis area has double ticket to visit both the necropolis and museum housed in beautiful Palazzo Vitelleschi .
Bill, I too will pile in on what Jane said; I'd kept quiet because I didn't know that that Valle Auarelia station might not after all have a train to Viterbo: the only way of proving a negative is knowing for a fact that it isn't so!
Trains to Viterbo, in my experience, are only the (non-FS) line that leaves from the Porta Flaminia station.
As a fascinating place to visit, given enough time, of course. But Herculaneum from Rome (or of course S. Venanzo!) as a day-trip, not really. Bill's suggestion on his page is, as he says, if you absolutely can't help yourself.
Mary Jane, I've pasted your text into the page, but please confirm this for me: do the trains that go each hour at 10 min. before the hour leave from Valle Aurelia and go direct to Viterbo? Or have I scrambled the instructions even more?
Thanks, Bill Turner
Posts: 225 | Location: Ithaca NY, USA | Registered: 07 November 2002
A wonderful project which should prove helpful to many. Great addition to SlowTrav.
I probably missed these, but just in case not all would make worthy additions to the list: Grottaferrata Frascati Palestrina Fiuggi Anagni Abbey of Montecassino (a bit too far IMO)
Peter
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As a fascinating place to visit, given enough time, of course. But Herculaneum from Rome (or of course S. Venanzo!) as a day-trip, not really. Bill's suggestion on his page is, as he says, if you absolutely can't help yourself.
thanks Bill...for some reason I had it in my head that Herculaneum was between Rome and Gaetta, which would make it a reasonable day trip. I remember passing it on the train, but obviously I didn't remember correctly. How far from Rome is it?
Bill, the train for Viterbo leaves at 10 to the hour from Valle Aurelia and makes about 15 stops before arriving to Viterbo: including la Giustiniana, Olgiata, Cesano, Bracciano, Manziana, Orliolo, Capranica-Sutri, Vetralla and finally Viterbo. Rumor has it that as of March they will be adding a few more "direct, non-stop" trains to help commuters to get from Rome to Viterbo within 75 min...that's how long it took when the train began on this route, 100 years ago!
Wow, wow, and wow: congratulations to all who were involved. A fine, comprehensive, informative piece of work that I'm off now to link to from here and there on my own site.
In response to the request for alphabetical order, I sorted the links in the index at the top of the page. The sections in the body are roughly (I think! - remember I've never been to these places, just studied maps) organized by direction from Rome. So I did try to set it up both ways. This isn't as easy as it sounds, unless we do a second index, or a sortable index.
Pauline, with your formatting changes and pictures added, it looks great!
Posts: 225 | Location: Ithaca NY, USA | Registered: 07 November 2002
I agree! There are about 10 of these constantly recurring geographical themes — I don't think there are too many — that could all be organized from the same index page, and that would save a lot of reinventing the wheel.
Off the top of my head, these immediately come to mind:
the 1‑week trip, Rome and Tuscany
the 2‑week trip, Rome-Tuscany-Venice
where to base in Umbria ("car" and "public transportation" versions)
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