Bed and Breakfast Inns

If you are flying to Rome and you need to book a transfer from the airport there are some things you need to know. The city of Rome has two airports: Fiumicino and Ciampino. Their names rhyme and sound similar, but not similar at all and are anything but close, so do not be misled!

Fiumicino, also known as Leonardo Da Vinci was the first to be open to the public and still remains the main. Ciampino Airport, however, is smaller but a little closer to the center recently has become the transport of the common people Infact that was once just a military airport. It is only in the last ten or fifteen years Ciampino airport has become as popular as Fiumicino, and this is due to the great development of low-budget airlines in Europe and the rise of flights of low cost airlines such as Ryanair, EasyJet and many other smaller land here is the way in Europe.

Fiumicino Airport in contrast, is the airport of large companies carriers and does not address the domestic and international flights, but also with the intercontinental. Its size is larger and very fashionable area of destination airport Long free Fiumicino Ciampino better than to spend time with his thumb three terminals and regular workshops, not just a nice place to land in or get off but also not boring to wait for somebody to come. Ciampino has no such facilities and their dimensions can be claustrophobic used a frequent flyer International airport standards, but is slowly improving and the law in 2007 a whole new arena is about to be opened.

Both airports Rome, as you can see, are more use to be called with the name of the small town that is near: Fiumicino is a small city at sea and houses a military port and one great Italian Navy (Marina Militare), while very small Ciampino commercial city by virtue of being so close to Rome today is seen as a kind independent district. But while the name of the real Fiumicino airport, which we have already said that Leonardo Da Vinci "(named after the great genius of 15th-16th century), commonly used, however nobody called Ciampino airport with his real name "Giovan Battista Pastine" probably because no one knows who he was!

Also at your plane ticket to Rome and its baggage of abbreviations of "nicknames" are used: FCO is to Fiumicino airport while the CIA, far from indicating the secret services of the United States, is the label for the airport of Ciampino. So while you are booking a service Car transfer on the web and you will wonder what airport to land, just read the entry and you will not risk his driver, who was waiting in the arrivals gate wrong airport.

About the Author:

Paola Lo Russo is a true expert of travel to Italy. If you want to know more about Rome Airport Transfer visit her online resource at http://www.romaclick.com

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Fiumicino and Ciampino: the Nicknames of the Airports of Rome

Comfort Rome Vaticano B&B (Rome, Italy)