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Civitavecchia cruise port: what you can walk to from the ship

Civitavecchia is Rome’s cruise port, on the coast north-west of the city. A regional train takes you to Roma San Pietro, a short walk from St Peter’s, so a long day ashore can hold a free Mappu walk in Rome. These are the walks that fit, timed from the ship and back.

Self-guidedNo guide meets you and nothing to book: you follow the map and listen on your phone. Want transport and a guide instead? The shore excursions are further down this page.

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What can you walk to from the Civitavecchia cruise port?

Quick answer. Castel Sant’Angelo to the Vatican Museums, Rome fits in 8 hours ashore: about 6 h 22 min in all, from the ship and back, with an hour to spare before all-aboard. 6 free Mappu self-guided walks fit a day ashore here, each with a free audio guide at every stop.

From the ship to Roma San Pietro station

Free Port Mobility shuttle buses take cruise passengers from the piers to Largo della Pace, the port’s service centre. Civitavecchia station is a short walk from the port, and regional trains run to Roma San Pietro every 20 to 30 minutes and take about 45 to 50 minutes. The times below start at Roma San Pietro.

Mappu allows 105 minutes each way between the ship and Roma San Pietro station.

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With 4 hours ashore

No Mappu walk fits 4 hours ashore here once you count the trip from the ship and back and an hour to spare.

With 6 hours ashore

No Mappu walk fits 6 hours ashore here once you count the trip from the ship and back and an hour to spare.

With 8 hours ashore

These walks fit, with the trip from the ship and back and an hour to spare.

Route map: Castel Sant’Angelo to the Vatican Museums, Rome3 numbered stops in walking order. Stop 1: Castel Sant’Angelo; Stop 2: St Peter’s Basilica; Stop 3: Vatican Museums.Stop 1: Castel Sant’Angelo1Stop 2: St Peter’s Basilica2Stop 3: Vatican Museums3
3 numbered stops in walking order.

Castel Sant’Angelo to the Vatican Museums, Rome

3 stops · about 2.8 km · about 35 min on foot · about 20 min of audio

  • From Roma San Pietro station: about 2.1 km on foot to the first stop (about 28 min).
  • Back from the last stop: about 2.2 km on foot (about 29 min).
  • About 6 h 22 min ashore in all.

Start at Castel Sant’Angelo, built as the mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian. Walk along Via della Conciliazione to St Peter’s Square and into the basilica for Michelangelo’s Pietà; shoulders and knees must be covered. Finish at the Vatican Museums, whose collection grew from the Laocoön, unearthed in a Roman vineyard in 1506 under Pope Julius II. The museums come last because entry needs a ticket.

The stops and their free audio guides

  1. Castel Sant’Angelofree audio guide, about 7 min
  2. St Peter’s Basilicafree audio guide, about 7 min
  3. Vatican Museumsfree audio guide, about 7 min
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Route map: Jewish Ghetto to Trastevere, Rome3 numbered stops in walking order. Stop 1: Jewish Ghetto; Stop 2: San Crisogono; Stop 3: Trastevere.Stop 1: Jewish Ghetto1Stop 2: San Crisogono2Stop 3: Trastevere3
3 numbered stops in walking order.

Jewish Ghetto to Trastevere, Rome

3 stops · about 1.6 km · about 20 min on foot · about 21 min of audio

  • From Roma San Pietro station: about 3.0 km on foot to the first stop (about 40 min).
  • Back from the last stop: about 2.5 km on foot (about 33 min).
  • About 6 h 24 min ashore in all.

Start on Via dei Funari in the Jewish Ghetto, home to one of the oldest continuous Jewish communities in the world, past the Turtle Fountain of the 1580s and the stumbling stones near the Portico d’Ottavia. Cross the Tiber to San Crisogono, whose fourth-century basilica lies beneath the floor, and finish in Trastevere at Santa Maria in Trastevere, among the oldest places of Christian worship in Rome.

The stops and their free audio guides

  1. Jewish Ghettofree audio guide, about 7 min
  2. San Crisogonofree audio guide, about 7 min
  3. Trasteverefree audio guide, about 7 min
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Route map: Piazza del Popolo to Chiesa Nuova, Rome4 numbered stops in walking order. Stop 1: Flaminio Obelisk; Stop 2: Ponte Cavour; Stop 3: Castel Sant’Angelo; Stop 4: Chiesa Nuova.Stop 1: Flaminio Obelisk1Stop 2: Ponte Cavour2Stop 3: Castel Sant’Angelo3Stop 4: Chiesa Nuova4
4 numbered stops in walking order.

Piazza del Popolo to Chiesa Nuova, Rome

4 stops · about 2.9 km · about 40 min on foot · about 26 min of audio

  • From Roma San Pietro station: about 3.5 km on foot to the first stop (about 46 min).
  • Back from the last stop: about 2.1 km on foot (about 28 min).
  • About 6 h 50 min ashore in all.

Start under the Flaminio Obelisk, raised by Seti I and Ramses II at Heliopolis and dug up for Pope Sixtus V in 1587, and walk along the Tiber to Ponte Cavour, built between 1896 and 1901. Cross to Castel Sant’Angelo, Hadrian’s mausoleum turned papal fortress, and finish at the Chiesa Nuova, rebuilt from 1575 for Saint Philip Neri’s congregation. Entry to the castle museum is ticketed.

The stops and their free audio guides

  1. Flaminio Obeliskfree audio guide, about 7 min
  2. Ponte Cavourfree audio guide, about 7 min
  3. Castel Sant’Angelofree audio guide, about 7 min
  4. Chiesa Nuovafree audio guide, about 6 min
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Route map: Pantheon to the Spanish Steps, Rome4 numbered stops in walking order. Stop 1: Pantheon; Stop 2: Santi Apostoli; Stop 3: Trevi Fountain; Stop 4: Spanish Steps.Stop 1: Pantheon1Stop 2: Santi Apostoli2Stop 3: Trevi Fountain3Stop 4: Spanish Steps4
4 numbered stops in walking order.

Pantheon to the Spanish Steps, Rome

4 stops · about 2.5 km · about 35 min on foot · about 27 min of audio

  • From Roma San Pietro station: about 2.8 km on foot to the first stop (about 38 min).
  • Back from the last stop: about 3.4 km on foot (about 45 min).
  • About 6 h 55 min ashore in all.

From the Pantheon in Piazza della Rotonda, walk east to the Basilica of the Santi Apostoli, tucked into the palaces of the Colonna family, then north to the roar of the Trevi Fountain and on to the Spanish Steps below Trinità dei Monti. It is a short walk between four of the centre’s best-known sights, each with its own audio guide.

The stops and their free audio guides

  1. Pantheonfree audio guide, about 7 min
  2. Santi Apostolifree audio guide, about 7 min
  3. Trevi Fountainfree audio guide, about 7 min
  4. Spanish Stepsfree audio guide, about 7 min
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Route map: Santa Maria Maggiore to the Quirinal, Rome4 numbered stops in walking order. Stop 1: Santa Maria Maggiore; Stop 2: Santa Prassede; Stop 3: Santa Pudenziana; Stop 4: Sant’Andrea al Quirinale.Stop 1: Santa Maria Maggiore1Stop 2: Santa Prassede2Stop 3: Santa Pudenziana3Stop 4: Sant’Andrea al Quirinale4
4 numbered stops in walking order.

Santa Maria Maggiore to the Quirinal, Rome

4 stops · about 1.7 km · about 20 min on foot · about 27 min of audio

  • From Roma San Pietro station: about 4.8 km on foot to the first stop (about 64 min).
  • Back from the last stop: about 4.1 km on foot (about 55 min).
  • About 7 h 16 min ashore in all.

Start at Santa Maria Maggiore, with its coffered ceiling by Giuliano da Sangallo, and walk a few steps to Santa Prassede, where the ninth-century Chapel of Saint Zeno is covered in mosaic. Continue through Monti to Santa Pudenziana, whose late fourth-century apse mosaic shows Christ among his apostles, and finish up on the Quirinal at Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, a small oval church built for the Jesuit novitiate.

The stops and their free audio guides

  1. Santa Maria Maggiorefree audio guide, about 7 min
  2. Santa Prassedefree audio guide, about 7 min
  3. Santa Pudenzianafree audio guide, about 6 min
  4. Sant’Andrea al Quirinalefree audio guide, about 7 min
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Route map: Colosseum and Roman Forum, Rome6 numbered stops in walking order. Stop 1: Colosseum; Stop 2: Palatine Hill; Stop 3: Roman Forum; Stop 4: Santi Cosma e Damiano; Stop 5: San Giorgio in Velabro; Stop 6: Arch of Janus.Stop 1: Colosseum1Stop 2: Palatine Hill2Stop 3: Roman Forum3Stop 4: Santi Cosma e Damiano4Stop 5: San Giorgio in Velabro5Stop 6: Arch of Janus6
6 numbered stops in walking order.

Colosseum and Roman Forum, Rome

6 stops · about 2.9 km · about 40 min on foot · about 38 min of audio

  • From Roma San Pietro station: about 4.5 km on foot to the first stop (about 60 min).
  • Back from the last stop: about 3.9 km on foot (about 52 min).
  • About 7 h 40 min ashore in all.

Begin at the Colosseum, climb the Palatine, the hill where Rome began, and walk down into the Roman Forum, once the city’s marketplace, political stage and religious centre. Leave the Forum for Santi Cosma e Damiano, the first church in the old monumental centre, then end in the Velabrum at San Giorgio in Velabro and the four-sided Arch of Janus.

The stops and their free audio guides

  1. Colosseumfree audio guide, about 7 min
  2. Palatine Hillfree audio guide, about 6 min
  3. Roman Forumfree audio guide, about 7 min
  4. Santi Cosma e Damianofree audio guide, about 7 min
  5. San Giorgio in Velabrofree audio guide, about 5 min
  6. Arch of Janusfree audio guide, about 6 min
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How we count the time

Each time adds up the trip from the ship to Roma San Pietro station and back (105 minutes each way, Mappu’s allowance), the walk from there to the first stop and back from the last, the walk itself at 4.5 km/h with its audio, and an hour to spare before all-aboard. Walking distances come from OpenStreetMap. Time inside the sights, queues and meals is extra, and your ship’s all-aboard time always comes first.

Prefer a shore excursion?

A shore excursion takes you further, with transport and a guide, and is planned around the ship’s timetable. Mappu does not run them: the partner below lists them, so you can compare and book.

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