If somebody can tell me how reliable are the shuttles from fumicino to Rome. Also if anybody stay before at Villa Patrizi Hotel, and how is the weather for Christmas in Rome. thanks

Hello Tio_Chema,

I've never been to Italy, but the Weatherunderground website is a good place to get historical information about temperature and rainfall.

December 25th figures for Rome for the last few years are:

<b>2003</b>
Maximum temperature : 46 °F / 8 °C
Minimum temperature : 32 °F / 0 °C
Average humidity : 69
Precipitation (rainfall) : 0.00 in / 0.0 cm

<b>2002</b>
Max temp : 55 °F / 13 °C
Min temp : 35 °F / 2 °C
Av humidity : 99
Precipitation : 0.00 in / 0.0 cm

<b>2001</b>
Max temp : 41 °F / 5 °C
Min temp : 28 °F / -2 °C
Av humidity : 66
Precipitation : 0.00 in / 0.0 cm

<b>2000</b>
Max temp : 59 °F / 15 °C
Min temp : 55 °F / 13 °C
Av humidity : 94
Precipitation : 0.00 in / 0.0 cm

The Weatherunderground website also has a &quot;Trip Planner&quot; section where you insert your arrival date and departure date, and it gives you the temperature range during that period from 1996 to the present.

I didn't know what your travel dates were, so I inserted December 24th and January 1st, just as a guess.

The daily high temperature has ranged from 33 deg F to 60 deg F (0.5 deg C to 15.5 deg C).

The daily low temperature has ranged from 23 deg F to 55 deg F (-5 deg C to 13 deg C).

There have been some instances of rain, but the Weatherunderground website does not state how much rain has fallen on a given day. There have been rare instances of light snow. To my surprise, there even have been occasional instances of thundershowers.

http://www.weatherunderground.com/

Hope that helps.

Repost with a more descriptive title to get better responses.
And read the many threads on how frustrated people are with titles that indicate nothing of what the poster wants help with.

&lt;&lt;And read the many threads on how frustrated people are with titles that indicate nothing of what the poster wants help with.&gt;&gt;

as in...

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34534346

Best wishes,

Rex

Thanks Rex. left that out ... asleep at the wheel today.

Although I don't see how the OP can get a better response than Judy in Calgary provided on the weather.

Hi TC,

Are you thinking of the train shuttle (very reliable) or by van?

Tio...

Please do not continue this thread by providing the additional info that ira seeks. Please re-post with a message header that asks &quot;How reliable are the shuttles from Fiumicino to Rome?&quot;

Aw, c'mon Rex.

I am in the camp that thinks that this is one of the &quot;jillion rules&quot; that were made to be broken.

First time posters don't need to be lectured to. Judy's weather input was great. I'd rather open 15 &quot;Help&quot; threads than read a &quot;How famous are you&quot; thread or listen to Fodorites how to pronounce French words.

Tio, I've taken the train (very easy) and then taxi from the train station. With a lot of luggage or more than one person I would probably just pop for a taxi. My taxi to the airport was 30 euro. I don't know how much is it the other direction. Would depend on traffic. Just be sure that you take a licensed taxi from a proper taxi queue. Never go with someone who approaches you in the airport or train station. They'll surely take you on a wild goose chase.

Did you try doing a search on your Hotel? I'm not familiar with it.

Judy and Grasshopper: tank you for the information.
Probably my family and I will take the train to termini and then a taxi to the hotel that is located close to the Policlinico. Once again tank you and Happy Hollidays

Tio_Chema, as I mentioned before, I have not been to Italy, so I'm out of my depth here. However, I have done a lot of research on Rome, because I long to go there myself.

I found a review of Villa Patrizi that was not very complimentary at the Tripadvisor website ( www.tripadvisor.com ).

Also, my reading about tourist travel in Rome tells me that most visitors consider the Trieste - Salario - Nomentano area, where Villa Patrizi is located, to be a bit too far from the tourist attractions that most people want to see when they visit Rome.

My reading suggests that the Navona, Pantheon and Trevi areas are more popular with tourists.

But, as I said before, I am not qualified to pass an opinion on any of this.

Also, you may have a particular reason for staying in the vicinity of the Villa Patrizi.

If you do want to pursue this question, may I suggest you start a new thread entitled, &quot;Villa Patrizi Hotel, Rome.&quot;

When you ask about the hotel, I would suggest that you state you already have done a search for it here at Fodors, and have not found any information. (I've just done that myself.)

Also, if you are in any doubt about the wisdom of the neighbourhood in which you've chosen to stay, you might ask for advice on that point too.

It will help folks to answer your question if you tell them the price range in which you are interested, and also if you tell them if you prefer large hotels, small hotels, or bed and breakfast establishments.

The Venere hotel booking website ( www.venere.com ) states that the Villa Patrizi is a new hotel (a recently converted villa, which probably explains why it's difficult to find reviews about it), it has 22 rooms (I call that a small hotel), the standard rate for a double room is 180 euros, and it's rated as a 4-star. That's the kind of information that would tell other posters what you want in a hotel.

Oh yes, you said &quot;my family and I.&quot; That possibly means you will be travelling with children. If that is the case, it may help other posters to know that too.

From a few small grammatical and spelling errors, I get the impression that English is not your home language. Sorry, I don't mean to insult you. I'm sure your command of English is very much better than my command of your language. However, the fact that English may be a second language for you and the fact that you are a newcomer to Fodors may have made it difficult for you to realise the importance of using a more descriptive title heading when you start a new discussion thread. I'm sure you'll learn the effective technique for asking a question very quickly. Although your first title heading was much too general to be helpful to people who potentially might have answered your questions, the questions themselves were clear.

I envy you because you'll get to Rome before I will. I hope you have a wonderful time. I'm sure you will.

I hope my information has helped you.

Judy, You are a jewel. Can I hire you?

t