"number6" wrote in message
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> On Aug 30, 10:48 pm, Brian wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:03:04 -0700, number6 wrote:
>> >It's not a bad trip from the Rome central train station to the
>> >port ... and not a long walk in Civitavecchia to the cruiseship ...
>> >but with luggage ... yuck ...well really not that bad compared to
>> >other cities ... It will be expensive by taxi ... probably around 100
>> >euros ...
>> >see if you can find someone to share a van ...
>>
>> We didn't do it but there was a shuttle from the ship to the entrance
>> to the port and then there was a walk to the train station.
>
> Right ... I should have mentioned that ... you walk just to the
> entrance to the port ... and a shuttle takes you to the ship ... The
> walk to the ship would be quite a trek ...
> It's a pleasant walk ... sort of (but not quite like) the boardwalks
> along the Jersey shore like Point Pleasant or the like ..
And it's a bit uphill to the ship.... It is not easy schlepping your
luggage, if you have much or large bags, so wait for the free shuttle that
takes you from the base of the slight inline right to your ship.
I found Civitavecchia a pleasant and sort of quaint little town.
--Jean.
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