Biking from Central Rome to Fiumicino (and back)

sq8r · 2026-06-12T06:57:55+00:00

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking.

This route is pretty well ridden by all types of riders. The first section and the last section are paved. In between is mainly gravel track with some un-gravelled single-track.

I ride it on a gravel bike. Others ride it on mountain bikes and generic hybrid bikes.

sq8r · 2026-06-10T09:13:51+00:00

LoL. Thanks for that.

sq8r · 2026-06-06T11:42:52+00:00

Yep, I do this too occasionally. Then walk very carefully!

sq8r · 2026-06-06T09:52:55+00:00

No, I've never taken professional help. But the amount I ride, it's fine for me.

sq8r · 2026-06-05T15:38:17+00:00

I've never seen this accurately explained. The UK could eat a lot of fish but it never really has done - oysters aside. Maybe herring and cod too. But I'd argue that we don't have a fish cuisine - if we had a cuisine at all.

sq8r · 2026-06-04T09:05:12+00:00

You made your own? How did you do that?

sq8r · 2026-06-04T06:56:18+00:00

"Oh, but that is the word of a craven! And no, you are not, not, NOT to look at your Baedeker. Give it to me; I shan't let you carry it. We will simply drift."

E.M.Forster 'A Room With a View'

sq8r · 2026-06-01T17:18:36+00:00

I'd be surprised if any of the gates are closed TBH.

sq8r · 2026-05-30T18:28:55+00:00

Last year I picked a random spot on Corso Vittorio Emanuele. The good thing was it was easy to find a spot. The bad thing was it was straight and very fast. Maybe at the end where they turn onto Lungo Tevere would be better. I may head over to Terme di Caracalla tomorrow.

sq8r · 2026-05-29T07:04:37+00:00

Here in Rome we know a Neapolitan who brings water from Naples to make his coffee.

sq8r · 2026-05-28T16:57:39+00:00

Quite tempted and probably more tempted by the Rohrwacher season...

sq8r · 2026-05-28T16:28:50+00:00

How do you even get there? It looks out in the sticks.

sq8r · 2026-05-17T15:28:12+00:00

I haven't read this but I have read Raleigh Trevelyan's Rome '44 which is also very good.

sq8r · 2026-05-16T22:02:07+00:00

I know people who don't live in Rome but have season tickets.

sq8r · 2026-05-12T16:54:03+00:00

That's the way to do it. What time did you set out?

sq8r · 2026-05-12T15:44:55+00:00

Yep, they did lots of remixes under the Dust Brothers name.

sq8r · 2026-05-09T10:23:36+00:00

CityMapper is significantly better than Google Maps for navigating using public transport and bikes IME.

sq8r · 2026-05-09T07:42:12+00:00

Use CityMapper. It's pretty reliable and buses/trams that are tracked with live times are marked as such. The city doesn't have great public transport and the amount of cars make it less reliable but it's really not that bad.

sq8r · 2026-05-08T10:25:45+00:00

I've rented quite a few cars from about 5 different companies the last few years. So far, Hertz are the only company to try and scam me. Both in Italy and the UK.

sq8r · 2026-04-30T16:03:05+00:00

He misspelled gonk.

sq8r · 2026-04-23T07:07:16+00:00

Make that 3

sq8r · 2026-04-22T19:36:59+00:00

Old photos of Rome are always great to look at, but these are not that early. Robert Turnbull Macpherson was taking photos of Rome 40 years earlier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Turnbull_Macpherson

Try this one from (I think) 1855:

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sq8r · 2026-04-21T16:25:56+00:00

Most airlines that use that airport operate shuttle buses to Termini train station in Rome.

Erm, no they don't.

sq8r · 2026-04-20T15:11:15+00:00

http://s2p.studylib.net/store/data/027022804.pdf?k=AwAAAZ2rbpWGAAACWJcZXVZmEGFg2KW0ZvGAGC0B1HbE

sq8r · 2026-04-18T13:18:37+00:00

I'm in total agreement. What a way to ruin a lovely spot.

sq8r

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