Aeroporti di Roma (ADR S.p.A.) has been the exclusive concessionary grantee company for the management and development of the capital city's airport system, which includes the airports of Fiumicino ("Leonardo da Vinci") and Roma Ciampino ("Giovan Battista Pastine") since 1974.

In particular, ADR manages the infrastructures, coordinates the activities of the various operators that are present in the airport system, carries out passenger and baggage checks, and manages the shops, bars, restaurants car parks, offices, warehouses and advertising spaces either directly or through third parties.

With a total traffic of 26.300.646 travellers in 2002, 120 airlines assisted and more than 160 destinations that can be reached from Rome, ADR is now the leading airport management company in Italy and the sixth in Europe. The financial statement for 2001 recorded a turnover of more than 521 million Euro. Finally, ADR controls the companies ADR Engineering, ADR Sviluppo, ADR Tel and ADR Advertising and has shareholdings in the companies Aeroporti di Genova S.p.A, Società Aeroportuale Calabrese S.p.A.

G.B. Pastine Rome Ciampino Airport
via Appia Nuova 1651
Ciampino
Rome
00040
Tel - +39 (0) 6 65951

Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport
via dell'Aeroporto di Fiumicino
Fiumicino
Rome
00050
Tel - +39 (0) 6 65951

The city's Metro service has only two lines, A (red) and B (blue), both of which go through Termini. Unfortunately, the metro misses most of the historic district, which can be frustrating at times. The reason for this is because there is quite a bit of ancient Rome beneath the ground; enough so that they cannot dig a tunnel very far without running into some 2,000 year old brick wall, column or other such artifact.

The metro automatic ticket machines only take exact change (and even then they are known to eat your money leaving you with nothing to show for it) so it is recommended that you buy your ticket from a tobacconist, newsstand or vending machine before you get on the train or bus (your bus tickets will also work on the metro). For the metro, validate your ticket before boarding the train; for the bus, look for the validation machines onboard.

Use the orange validation machines for the old paper tickets and the yellow ones for the newer magnetic tickets. If you are caught without a validated ticket, the fine is 51.65 Euro.
The metro runs about every 7-10 minutes, from 5:30am until 11:30pm everyday, except Saturday when it runs until 12:30am.

Driving in Rome is the next best thing to suicide - especially on a motorbike. The high-loaded traffic is one of the reasons people may be usually late for appointments. Most of the historic centre of Rome is closed to normal traffic although you will be allowed to drive to your hotel. You'll need to get a parking permit from the traffic police if you wish to park anywhere in the centre or you'll risk being towed.

To have the opportunity of using a car in Rome is a good point of freedom but there are also a lot of problems linked to it. If you're with your own car, protect it really good with alarm systems (electronic or normal pedal blocker) and don't leave the radio, your bags or other important things inside: they say that in the whole Italy they open or steal at an average of 2 cars per minute. If you can, during the night, park it in a safe controlled parking house like the "ParkSi" of Spain´s Square / Via Veneto.

To rent a car you'll need to be at least 21 years old. If you organize your car in advance it will cost you less. There are several rental agencies for cars motorbikes mopeds and bicycles. If you'd rather leave the driving to someone else you can pick up a cab from one of the city's many taxi ranks or phone one any time of day. If you call a cab the driver will turn the meter on as soon as he is rung rather than when he picks you up. Another negative point is the traffic: the situation is very difficult due of the "work in progress" in many different areas of the city. Anyway, be aware of the fact that the traffic you're going to find in Rome is a little bit wilder than normal and there are a lot of young people driving small scooters or big motorbikes often in a very dangerous way.