Visitor Information

On the Web, the Italian National Tourist Board sponsors the sites www.italiantourism.com and www.enit.it.

For information on the Vatican, check out www.vatican.va.

In Italy (www.initaly.com) not only contains solid information on Italy and Rome presented in a very personal and friendly way, but it also has one of the best sets of links to other Italy-related sites on the Web.

Another good site, www.enjoyrome.com, contains information about walking tours, accommodations, restaurants, side trips from Rome, useful links, and maps. Another helpful site is www.rome.info.it.

Information is available at a tourist office at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (tel. 06-06-08, www.rome-airport.info), open daily 8:15am to 7pm.

More helpful, and stocking maps and brochures, are the offices maintained by the Comune di Roma at various sites around the city, with red-and-orange or yellow-and-black signs saying COMUNE DI ROMA -- PUNTI DI INFORMAZIONE TURISTICA. The Comune di Roma has a call center for tourist information (tel. 06-36004399). They're staffed daily from 9am to 6pm, except the one at Termini (daily 8am-9pm). Here are the addresses and phone numbers: in Stazione Termini (no phone); on Piazza Cinque Lune near Piazza Navona (tel. 06-68809240); at Via Minghetti Marco near the Quirinale (tel. 06-6782988); on Piazza Sonnino in Trastevere (tel. 06-58333457); at Via Marsala, outside Termini (tel. 06-4740031); at Via del Tempio della Pace, near the Colosseum (tel. 06-69924307), and at Piazza del Campidoglio (tel. 06-6798921).

Enjoy Rome, Via Marghera 8A, near the train station (tel. 06-4451843; www.enjoyrome.com), was begun by an English-speaking couple, Fulvia and Pierluigi. They dispense information about almost everything in Rome and are far more pleasant and organized than the Board of Tourism. They'll also help you find a hotel room, with no service charge (in anything from a hostel to a three-star hotel). Enjoy Rome is open year-round Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm, Saturday 8:30am to 2pm.