Getting To The Conference

Getting To Cassino

Links to a variety of information about transportation in Italy can be found at http://www.mapsofworld.com/italy/transport-in-italy/

 

From ROME:

Intercontinental travelers will most likely fly into Rome Fiumicino airport (FCO). Taking a train or driving are the best ways to reach Cassino from Rome.

 

Leonardo Express Train: Airport to Rome TE. To get a train to Cassino from the Rome airport, you must first take a train from the airport to the Rome terminal (Roma Termini). After arriving at the airport, look for the railway to Rome (Roma Termini). It is 10 - 15 minutes walk from the arrival area to the station.

 

In the station there are automatic ticket machines or you can buy your ticket to Roma Termini and to your final destination at the ticket window. The trains from the airport run twice an hour (22 minutes and 52 minutes after the hour, as of this writing). The ones for Roma Termini are usually on the second platform. The trip from Fiumicino to Roma Termini takes half an hour.  The train you want is the Leonardo Express; its price (as of this writing) is new 14 € each way.  (Don't take the 5.50€  local train since it does not go to the station the Roma TE station; the train to Cassino leaves from the Rome TE station only.)   The price of the ticket from Rome to Cassino was only 7.40 € but may be slightly higher by the time you purchase your ticket.  You can find a full timetable with prices at http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html .

 

new Information about train between Rome airport and train station

Information taken from http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f12f3bf7c819a110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD or select Plan your trip at the bottom of the train system home page, then select Other Services and then Transfer between airports.

 

The Leonardo Express between Roma Termini and Fiumicino airport departs every 30 minutes and connects Roma Termini station and Fiumicino airport every day in just 31 minutes and without intermediate stops. The first departure from Roma Termini is at 5.52 and from Fiumicino at 6.36. The last departure from the airport is at 23.36 and from Roma Termini at 22.52.  You can find the timetables here:

 

First class service only. The fare is 14 euro. You can buy tickets on the web site, at the ticket desks, station machines, travel agencies, authorized sales points, and also at the Trenitalia desk near the train for 15 euro.

 

Validating Your Train Ticket. Before your board the train to /from Cassino, place your ticket in one of the yellow validating machines.  Tickets may be purchased in advance but are good only for the day that you validate it. (I have read that the conductors do fine foreigners for forgetting to validate their tickets; acting ignorant of this policy doesn't help.)

 

If you have an early or late flight, instead of spending the night at an expensive hotel near the Rome Fiumicino airport, consider taking the train into (or from) Rome and stay at one of the inexpensive hotels/hostels near the train station.  http://www.hotelreservation.it/index_en.asp .  You likely will want a room with air conditioning located near "Termini". You can phone Hotel Reservation at +39 0669 910 00 or book a room (at a 3€  fee) at their train station booth.

 

From NAPLES:

You can also reach Cassino by train from the Naples airport. The connections by bus from the Airport to the railway station (piazza Garibaldi) are shown below.

 

DESTINATIONS

BUS LINES

MAIN STOPS

CONNECTIONS

DEPARTURE

 

CENTRE CITY

ANM - 3S

PIAZZA GARIBALDI

RAILWAY - CIRCUMVESUVIANA TRAIN - METRO - OTHER BUSES

IN FRONT OF ARRIVALS CONCOURSE

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EVERY 30 MINUTES

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 PARCHEGGIO BRIN CIRCUMVESUVIANA TRAIN - OTHER BUSES

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CENTRE CITY

ANM ALIBUS

PIAZZA GARIBALDI

RAILWAY - CIRCUMVESUVIANA TRAIN - METRO - OTHER BUSES

IN FRONT OF ARRIVALS CONCOURSE

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EVERY 20 MINUTES

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PIAZZA MUNICIPIO

PORT (connections for the islands)

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For the train schedule from Naples to Cassino, see http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html

 

CAR RENTAL and DRIVING

We have a special, conference rate for car rental with

AUTOSERVIZI MAGGIORE

National Reservation Center // tel. 199 15110 // Web site: www.maggiore.it
In the upper right of the site you'll find Login, click there and you will be asked for USER ID and PASSWORD:
The InSITE Conference Discount Code is as follows
USER ID : CO_M018041
PASSWORD : M018041
 

 

If you are driving, Cassino can be reached by car from Toll Road A1, which connects Rome and Naples.  There is inexpensive pay parking at the conference site in the university parking lot.  However parking in the rest of Cassino can be challenging. And driving in Italy is not for the faint hearted.

 

From Cassino Train Station to your hotel:  Taxis often can be found in front of the train station.  If you need a taxi in Cassino, look confused and say out loud "Taxi, Taxi" until someone helps or calls the police. Or show the following to a taxi driver.  The fare is 10-15 Euros.

 

Prego, mi porti all’hotel contrassegnato di seguito:
(Please drive me to the Hotel checked below)

o  Rocca

o  Piazza Marconi

o  La Pace

o  Forum Palace

o  Al Boschetto

o  Alba 

Il costo complessivo per il viaggio č di 10/15 euro. (The total cost for the trip is 10/15 Euros)

 

Hotel Rocca offers pick up service with the shuttle bus at the following  prices:
     One or two people:  euro 10,00 one way per person
     More than 2 people:  euro 25,00 one way per shuttle bus
Phone them at +39 0776.311212 well in advance of arrival so they can pick you up without delay.

Land Line Phone numbers in Italy +39 Cassino: 0776 (only for fixed numbers) + phone number

 

Here are the conference emergency-only mobile number in Italy:
Antonio Cartelli:               (348) 410-4704 (Italian and English) - mobile
Eli Cohen & Betty Boyd: (320) 260-8128 (English only) - mobile