Useful Information for Visiting Rome
Rome’s useful phone numbers
The emergency medical service’s number, 06 57 06 00, is helpful in addition to the standard emergency numbers 112, 118, and 115 Vigili del Fuoco. The service is available between the hours of 20.00 and 08.00 on weeknights and holidays. On the days prior to public holidays, from 10:00 to 20:00; on public holidays, from 8:00 to 20:00. Call Information on Pharmacies on duty at 06 228941 to find out which drugstore is open.
It is also important to write down the following numbers:
Italian Red Cross ambulances: 06 5510
Roman Green Cross ambulances: 06 24302222
Pharmacies on duty: 06 228941
Municipal Veterinary Clinic: 06 5800340
Veterinary Ambulance Service (every day from 10.00 to 22.00): 349 0998913
Urgent Blood Transfusion Umberto I Polyclinic: 06 49970860 – 06 49970861
Urgent Blood Transfusion S. Giovanni: 06 77055563
Air ambulances: 118
Poison Control Center – Gemelli Polyclinc: 06 3054343
Poison Control Center – Umberto I Polyclinic: 06 490663
The weather in Rome
Rome may be visited all year round because of its generally stable climate. The best seasons are undoubtedly spring and fall, as well as for the beautiful displays that Rome’s famous sunsets provide when they color the houses’ roofs. It can be exceedingly exhausting to go through the city in the heat of July and August, and it is not unusual for the temperature to drop below zero in the winter.
Everyone is familiar with the Ponentino of Rome, a coastal wind that cools the evenings in the spring and summer. Even though the city has grown and you can no longer feel much in the center, it is still one of the lyrical features that characterize the Roman evening and, by extension, dinner in Rome.
Safety in Rome
Rome, which houses the government, parliament, ministries, and all other official institutions, is a heavily regulated city. Any time of day or night, you can wander in peace through the center. Pickpockets “work” in touristy locations, the metro, and on buses, therefore precautions must be taken more frequently. As one travels to the suburbs and “townships,” where incidents of petty delinquency are far more common, caution must also increase.
Information desks for tourists
There are information offices for the Rome Tourist Board (Headquarters in Via 11, Tel. 06 48 89 91) in all the city’s key locations. The most significant ones greet guests right at Fiumicino Airport. The Trevi Fountain, Via del Corso, the Vatican, and other locations in the streets and squares of Rome are additional informational hubs.
Italy Pass
We advise getting a Roma Pass card to save money on admission fees for attractions and transportation. The first two museums, archaeological sites, and the full public transportation system are all accessible for free with the card. (Free access to ATAC buses, Metro lines A and B, and Metro trains between Rome and Lido, Viterbo (including the section between Rome and Sacrofano station), and Pantano.) You are eligible for a discount on all other tourist services, exhibitions, theater, dance performances, and visited museums and places on subsequent visits. A map of Rome, a ticket for public transportation, and a list of associated museums and landmarks are all included with the Roma Pass. All of the museums and attractions on the tour route as well as the Rome Municipality’s tourist information centers sell the Roma Pass. In addition to, at Terminal C, International Arrivals, Leonardo Da Vinci Airport, from 9.30 to 19.00, at the intersection of Via del Corso and Via Marco Minghetti, from 9:00 to 17:30, at Termini Station from 9.30 to 19.00.