Viterbo Getting there & around

Getting there & away

From Rome, Cotral buses (€3.30, 1½ to two hours, every 30 minutes) depart from the Saxa Rubra station on the Ferrovia Roma-Nord train line. Catch the train (standard BIT) to Saxa Rubra from Piazzale Flaminio (just north of Piazza del Popolo). Viterbo is covered by a Zone 4 BIRG ticket (€9).

In Viterbo, make sure to get off at Porta Romana otherwise you’ll find yourself at the intercity bus station at Riello, a few kilometres northwest of the town. If this happens, catch city bus 11 into town (€1). Returning to Rome, catch the bus from the Porta Romana or Piazzale Gramsci stops.

Trains depart hourly from Monday to Saturday and every two hours on Sundays from Rome’s Valle Aurelia station (next to the metro station on line A), often changing at Cesano. The journey takes at least 1½ hours and costs €3.70 one way.

By car, Viterbo is about a 1½-hour straight drive up Via Cassia (SS2). Enter the old town through the Porta Romana onto Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, which becomes Via Cavour. The best bet for parking is either Piazza Martiri d’Ungheria or Piazza della Rocca.