Taxi ride from Termini to Piazza Barberini...roughly how much should this cost?

~4e plus a ~1e luggage charge for each bag. Regards, Walter

WOW!

This is great...it doesn't cost as much as I had thought - I thought I was going to have to spend between 20-25 euros.

And you may very well spend that much! I think Walter only answered your question re how much it SHOULD cost.

It's really not that far. Insist on only a taxi with a meter. Even with the worst of traffic, surely not more than 10 e.

Best wishes,

Rex

Last March in Rome my knee went out on me, so I took a few taxi rides.
My hotel was very near Termini so I walked over to the taxi stand at the side entrance.
To the Roman Forum entrance was 4e-plus and the Colosseum was 4e-plus (~9am). Also the return journeys (~5pm), probably 6 one-way trips in all, never over 5e.
One trip, Termini to Largo di Torre Argentina was 5e in light traffic. Regards, Walter

You may not need a taxi. We stayed at the Piazza Barberini last March. From the Termini to our hotel, it was an easy and safe 10-15 minute walk (it's largely flat with one hill you'd go down). Unless you're hauling lots of luggage or it's raining hard, I'd walk it.

Dave

I agree that if you don't have much luggage, it's an easy walk, or take the Metro two stops.

iloveitaly: Holly is right, overcharging does happen from reading the posts of others.
Usually it seems it's people first arriving with luggage leaving from the taxi stand *in front* of Termini or by taking illegal taxis.

That taxi stand usually has a long queue so I've never used it. I've stayed near Termini 8X and when I have needed a taxi I have always taken one at the station's side exit (Via Giovanni Giolatti).
I have just walked-up to the taxi with no waiting, often they have just dropped someone off. There are usually only 2 or 3 taxis there, if that.
I have never been ripped-off by these drivers and always gone by the most direct route.

Now I'm wondering and this is just a guess!
The taxi stand and it's long queue in front of Termini is for tourists, the signs point you that way.
Locals would just go to the side entrances for a taxi, even if one wasn't at the stand one would be along shortly, either passing by or dropping someone off.

If you were a dishonest taxi driver and tourists were your prey that taxi stand in front of Termini would be the prime location?

After you leave the platform area and enter the *large* gallery area, try the taxi stand outside the exit-on the left.
Regards, Walter

Nice theory, Walter.

Once -- some years ago -- I waited for over an hour and a half for a taxi at the via Giolitti exit.

True, he did not overcharge me, but my friend in the centro storico with whom I was staying waited for me outside the building for over an hour and a half...

I would rather have paid a few thousand lire more (it was before the Euro...) than make him wait that long.

Eloise: Was there a taxi strike or were the streets into the Piazza Cinquecento different then?
Today there are 2 taxi entrances into the Piazza in front of Termini.
Taxis cannot enter if they come up Via Cavour, so they must come up Via Gioberti and turn left on Via Giovanni Giolatti.
From this side entrance you can throw a rock to Via Gioberti on your left and also on your right where the taxis enter the piazza.
During the day and well into the evening the street in front of that entrance is gridlocked with a few taxis always in that mess.
They are often going to drop their passengers off at the station, either at the side entrance or in front.
Honestly Eloise I'm wondering if we are on the same page here . Meaning the same location or perhaps the timeline when things might have been different.
On my last 6 trips I passed by that entrance twice daily either going to the metro or buses and there are always taxis either waiting or dropping off or both. Also I'm curious if you had no luck there why didn't you just go to the taxi queue in front of the station? Regards, Walter