Getting to IPGRI

How to reach IPGRI,
Via dei Tre Denari 472/a
00057 MACCARESE (Fiumicino)
Italy

Below are instructions for reaching IPGRI, either driving from Rome or using public transportation.

By car

From the motorway Roma–Civitavecchia (A12), coming from Rome take the Fregene–Maccarese exit. Turn left after pay toll (EUR 0.80). Turn right at the T-junction into Via dei Tre Denari. After about 1.5 km, almost opposite the train station, turn right into IPGRI's grounds and car park.

From the Aurelia (SS1), coming from Rome, turn off toward Fregene–Cesano. At the roundabout, keep left towards Fregene–Maccarese. Drive for about 7 km on the country road. After the bridge over the railway, keep right. Drive for about 300 mt along Via dei Tre Denari, parallel to the railway line. IPGRI is opposite the railway station at no. 472/a: there is car parking in the grounds.

By train

Use the Roma–Civitavecchia line. Trains are hourly and depart from Termini and stop at these stations: Tuscolana, Ostiense, Trastevere, S. Pietro, Aurelia, and MACCARESE/Fregene — next to IPGRI's offices. The return trip follows the same route. Journey time is around half an hour.
Timetables are available at each train station. The summer and winter timetables differ slightly.

Train tickets:

Yearly	EUR 404.00 (*)
Monthly	EUR 51.00 (*)
Weekly	EUR 23.00 (*)
Daily	EUR 6.00 (*)
1 trip only	EUR 2.00

(*) All these tickets allow you to travel within the city boundary by Metro and Bus.

By ATAC/COTRAL Blu buses

Buses leave from Lepanto Metro station (Line A), in Viale Giulio Cesare, drive along the Via Aurelia, stop at the Maccarese railway station and proceed for Fregene. Timetables are available at the Lepanto and Maccarese stations. Buses are almost hourly. The return trip follows the same route.

With local orange buses

There are also buses connecting Maccarese train station to Maccarese historical center, the towns of Fregene, Testa di Lepre, Aranova, Passoscuro, Focene and the Hospital of 'Bambino Gesu'. Timetables are available at Maccarese Station.

By taxi

From Rome centre, the trip costs around EUR 72 – 77 during daytime— more expensive for nighttime service. From Fiumicino Airport, the trip costs about EUR 52.

The following web site may be useful for checking the scheduled and actual flight arrival/departure times, for Fiumicino and Ciampino airports: www.adr.it and for Milano Malpensa: www.malpensa-airport.com

Information on Italian trains: www.trenitalia.it

Revised on December 01, 2006.
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