All Roads Lead to Rome But Cross at Fiumicino Airport

Leonardo da Vinci Int’l Airport (Fiumicino – Aeroporte Internazionale Leonardo da Vinci) is the major airport in Italy. One of the busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic with over 42 million passengers served. It is the eight busiest airports in Europe.

It was named after the polymath Leonardo da Vinci who in 1480 designed a flying machine with two wings and the first proto helicopter.

 

So far Fiumicino airport has 4 terminals and is connected by train and buses and taxi to Rome.

Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station is served by the Leonardo express train which takes 30 minutes to get to Termini station. It is a non-stop trip, provided every 15 minutes. There are other trains also leaving every 15 minutes but stop at all stations and do not go to Termini station.

Having a 3.5 hours stop-over in Rome I was tempted to take this Leonardo express train, grab a quick cappuccino but was advised not to take the risk. Instead, I roamed the spacious airport terminals and enjoyed the variety of the most famous and expensive brands. When getting almost dizzy with the offer, colors and especially price tags I treated myself to an original cup of cappuccino and tasty Italian meal and afterwards positioned myself to watch the procession of a myriad of passengers from all over the globe. Tourists, business men or women, singles, couples, families, happy, unhappy, excited, heading who knows where to, what kind of stories they carry along, it is fascinating to observe all that and think how each one of them could tell you a different story of his or her life. Dressed smart casual, or in sports apparel, business smart or vacation like, with all types of mobiles, tablets, laptops they thread the terminals, lounge here and there or hurry to catch a connecting flight. All nations and races of this globe at one place, so different yet under the same roof united in this adventure of travelling. I just love these big airports, this one being among my favorites. And Citta di Roma – City of Rome is so close to it.

Svi putevi vode u Rim

Ali se ukrštaju na aerodromu Fjumićino

Međunarodni aerodrom Leonardo da Vinči (Fiumicino – Aeroporte Internazionale Leonardo da Vinci) je najvažniji italijanski aerodrom. Jedan od najprometnijih aerodroma u Evropi sa prometom od preko 42 miliona usluženih putnika godišnje. To je osmi najprometniji aerodrom u Evropi.

Nazvan je po Leonardo da Vinčiju,  polimatu (svestrano učenom čoveku iz više oblasti), koji je 1480. godine dizajnirao prvu leteću mašinu sa dva krila i prvi prototip helikoptera.

Do sada Fjumićino ima 4 terminala  i povezan je sa Rimom vozom, autobusima i taksijem. Fiumicino Aeroporto železničku stanicu opslužuje Leonardo ekspresni voz kome je potrebno 30 minuta da stigne do Termini stanice (Glavne žel. stanice u Rimu). To je putovanje bez zaustavljanja i polasci su na 15 minuta. Postoje i drugi vozovi koji polaze svakih 15 minuta ali ne idu do Termini stanice i zaustavljaju se na svakoj usputnoj stanici.

Kako sam imala 3.5-satno čekanje u Rimu do sledećeg leta bila sam u iskušenju da se ukrcam u Leonardo ekspresni voz, ugrabim jedna brzi kapućino ali su mi savetovali da ne rizikujem. Umesto toga sam lagano tumarala po prostranim aerodromskim terminalima i uživala u raznovrsnosti najpoznatijih i najskupljih brendova. Kada sam zamalo dobila vrtoglavicu od ponude, boja i cena počastila sam se šoljicom originalnog kapućina i ukusnim italijanskim obrokom i potom sam se smestila da gledam procesiju raznoraznih putnika iz svih krajeva sveta. Turisti, poslovni ljudi ili žene, samci, parovi, porodice, srećni, nesrećni, uzbuđeni, koji su se uputili ko zna gde, kakve li priče sa sobom nose, fascinantno je posmatrati sve to i razmišljati kako bi svako od njih mogao da vam ispriča neku priču svog života. Obučeni elegantno opušteno, ili u sportskoj, poslovno ugodnoj odeći ili onoj za odmor, sa svim vrstama mobilnih telefona, tableta, laptop-ova oni hodaju terminalima, sede po foajeima tu i tamo ili žure da uhvate sledeći let. Sve nacije i rase na jednom mestu,toliko različiti a opet pod istim krovom ujedinjeni u ovoj avanturi putovanja. Ja baš volim ove velike aerodrome, a ovo je jedan od mojih omiljenih. A još je Citta di Roma –  Grad Rim tu u blizini.