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At the bottom of steps is a street
which we walked along
We had come to Rome from Camp
Tiber via Prima Porta
Is the station Flamino ????
Depends on the direction you came from. Barberini Fontana di Trevimore is in one direction and Piazzale Flaminio is in the other but about a 1/3 longer trek.
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Ahh!!! After decending stairs and
standing with your back to the
top I,m sure the station was to
your right side
As we walked from station toward
stairs I could,nt help notice on a
metal grate on road with S.P.Q.R
on it. Used to see that on battle
standards in Roman movies
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From memory I think the nearest metro station to Spanish Steps is Spagna.....we used it while there. It is very close to the Spanish Steps.
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Hi Lynn -----this from memory was not a metro but an above
ground line
We camped at Camping Tiber and camp ground used to
shuttle camper to above ground station called Prima Porta
and trip in was all above ground
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The closest metro is Spagna, but to help you find the exact name of the street and everything around, I attach the link to google maps showing Piazza di Spagna.
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I clicked the map (thanks muratkorman!) to see if I could help and for a nice reminder of my own visit to Rome. Maybe it helps if you switch the map to 'Satellite', then you can see the real buildings and street plan much better.
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It was never about the closest or a metro
as i was trying to remember what station
i got to from Camping Tiber as a mate
staying there and asked--google maps
did it for me plus some flashback
Exited Stazione Flaminio and across
Piazza del Popolo which led into
Via del Babunio and on to base
of Spanish Steps
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I am happy to be helpful to refresh your memories :)
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Flaminio is a station for both the Metro and the Roma-Viterbo urban rail line. The urban rail line is above ground until it approaches the Euclid station (the station before Flaminio as you head south), then continues underground until it reaches Flaminio which is the end of the line.
Once you come out at Flaminio, you have to walk through the archway at the Piazzale Flaminio to enter the Piazza del Popolo, which will have the hill marking the Borghese Gardens on your left. On the other side of the Piazza del Popolo, you exit out the southeast corner down the Via del Babuino directly to the Piazza di Spagna...
Note to everyone, when Ianbaz was in Rome before, there was no Metro yet, and for all I know the Roma-Viterbo line may still have been above ground all the way to Flaminio. I never had much occasion to go to this area until after the Metro was built...
Bill
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The station is called 'Spagna' and is on the A metro line. Flaminio is the next station along
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Just to repeat that Ianbaz has said elsewhere that he was in Rome 36 years ago...this was several years before Line A of the Metro opened, so whatever station he saw, it wasn't the Piazza di Spagna Metro station (I still think it was Flaminio...Ianbax, do you remember having to go through a large arch before you entered the Piazza del Popolo?)...
Bill
Bill
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No I can't but for some reason we
walked in the direction which led
to Spanish Steps !!!
But it did recall that metal grate
on road way with S.P.Q.R which
I believe stands for Senatus
Populusque Romanus which
if movies of Ancient Rome were
not Hollywood embellished was
under the Eagle on their standard
I am going back for a look purely
to appease my curiosity
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And on transport angle I recall
the bus 64 (I think) that left the
Piazza Cincquecento to head
for St.Peters
I hear its "infamous" for pick
pockets and my son-in-law
was a victim with small camera
and fortunately not their good
on kinda disappeared
Rome does,nt have monopoly
on that situation though
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Ianbaz wrote:No I can't but for some reason we walked in the direction which led to Spanish Steps !!! But it did recall that metal grate on road way with S.P.Q.R which I believe stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus which if movies of Ancient Rome were not Hollywood embellished was under the Eagle on their standard I am going back for a look purely to appease my curiosity
Bill
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Ianbaz wrote:And on transport angle I recall the bus 64 (I think) that left the Piazza Cincquecento to head for St.Peters
I hear its "infamous" for pick pockets and my son-in-law was a victim with small camera and fortunately not their good on kinda disappeared
Rome does,nt have monopoly on that situation though
Now, however, that piazza is all pedestrian-only, so the #64 capolinea was shifted south to Roma San Pietro train station. This station is in Italy (as opposed to the Vatican's rail station which is behind the walls with no public access), about 400 meters as the crow flies from the south wall of the Vatican. However, there is a stop for the #64 at Largo di Porta Cavalleggeri, just before the road on the south side of the Vatican disappears under the north end of the Janiculum as it heads east towards the city center. This stop is easily visible from the south colonnade, and makes a very convenient place to get on and off at the Vatican.
And, yes, the #64 has an international reputation for pickpockets...I did have some emails with a VTer some years ago who happened to be on the #64 when two undercover cops arrested a pickpocket in action...there was much rejoicing among the passengers(!)...
Bill
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Gee Bill am I in for a time!!!
With 3 days in March then three days stop
before train to Ancona.
Finally one or possibly two before I fly out
And still not enough i,ll wager
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