Campeggio Village Flaminio

A cabin at the Flaminio Village Bungalow Park, Rome

A cabin at the Flaminio Village Bungalow Park north of Rome's city center

My beloved campground on the northern outskirts of Rome, Italy

The campground at the Flaminio Village Bungalow Park, Rome

The pool at the Flaminio Village Bungalow Park, Rome

This campground is well outside the centro storico but near to my heart, as I lived in it (in a hippie-orange pop-top VW campervan) for two months when I was 12 years old and my family was between apartments.

The Villaggio Flaminio boasts 80,000 square meters of camping—tents, campers, and RVs—plus 90 self-catering bungalows for rent. It’s actually located within the Parco Regionale Vejo, so there's plenty of greenery to go around, but it's a bit of a haul from the city center.

Our hippie-orange VW campervan took my family (the author, left age 12, his Uncle Marc, right age 19) everywhere in Europe. This campground is by a mountain stream high in the Italian Dolomites. (Photo by Frank Bramblett)

Here is that old loyal steed, our hippie-orange VW campervan, in which we lived when we lived at the campground. Later it carried us all over Europe, occasionally with company such as my uncle Marc, who was 19 at the time and visiting when my dad snapped this picture, I believe somewhere in the Italian Dolomites or Alps (I'm the little guy on the left). (Photo by Frank Bramblett)

To get to Camping Village Flaminio, take Metro A to "Flaminio." Go up into the Flaminio suburban rail station grab the next Viterbo-bound train (departures every 15 min.). Get off after five stops at "Due Ponti" (NOTE: This is a stop-on-request-only, so keep track of the stops you pass and puch the "fermata" button after you pass Tor di Quinto, since Due Ponti is the next stop). Walk west two blocks along busy Via Flaminia Nuova then cross the street to the camground's driveway. Sounds complicated, but it only takes about half an hour (maybe 45 minutes if you just miss that train).

Longer but more direct: take bus 910 from Termini to the end of the line (Piazza Mancini), then bus 200 right to the Flaminia/Bomarzo stop (13 stops) a short stroll from the campground entrace.

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Details

Via Flaminia Nuova 821 (Outskirts) - Well north of the center
tel. +39-06-333-2604
www.villageflaminio.com
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Bus: 200, N24; 232

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Useful Italian for lodging

English *(Inglese)*	Italian (Italiano)	Pro-nun-cee-YAY-shun
Good day	Buon giorno	bwohn JOUR-noh
Good evening	Buona sera	BWOH-nah SAIR-rah
Good night	Buona notte	BWOH-nah NOTE-tay
Goodbye	Arrivederci	ah-ree-vah-DAIR-chee
Excuse me (to get attention)	Scusi	SKOO-zee
thank you	grazie	GRAT-tzee-yay
please	per favore	pair fa-VOHR-ray
yes	si	see
no	no	no
Do you speak English?	Parla Inglese?	PAR-la een-GLAY-zay
I don't understand	Non capisco	non ka-PEESK-koh
I'm sorry	Mi dispiace	mee dees-pee-YAT-chay

Where is?	Dov'é	doh-VAY
...a hotel	un albergo	oon al-BEAR-go
...a B&B	un bed-and-breakfast	oon bet hand BREK-fust
...a rental room	un'affittacamera	oon ah-feet-ah-CAH-mair-ra
...an apartment for rent	un appartamento	oon ah-part-tah-MENT-toh
...a farm stay	un agriturismo	oon ah-gree-tour-EES-moh
...a hostel	un ostello	oon oh-STEHL-loh

How much is...?	Quanto costa?	KWAN-toh COST-ah
a single room	una singola	OO-nah SEEN-go-la
double room for single use [will often be offered if singles are unavailable]	doppia uso singola	DOPE-pee-ya OO-so SEEN-go-la
a double room with two beds	una doppia con due letti	OO-nah DOPE-pee-ya cone DOO-way LET-tee
a double room with one big bed	una matrimoniale	OO-nah mat-tree-moan-nee-YAAL-lay
triple room	una tripla	OO-nah TREE-plah
with private bathroom	con bagno	cone BAHN-yoh
without private bathroom	senza bagno [they might say con bagno in comune—"with a communal bath"]	SEN-zah BAHN-yoh
for one night	per una notte	pair OO-nah NOH-tay
for two nights	per due notti	pair DOO-way NOH-tee
for three nights	per tre notti	pair tray NOH-tee
Is breakfast included?	É incluso la prima colazione?	ay in-CLOO-soh lah PREE-mah coal-laht-zee-YOAN-nay
Is there WiFi?	C'é WiFi?	chay WHY-fy?
May I see the room?	Posso vedere la camera?	POH-soh veh-DAIR-eh lah CAH-mair-rah
That's too much	É troppo	ay TROH-po
Is there a cheaper one?	C'é una più economica?	chay OO-nah pew eh-ko-NO-mee-kah

Rome's hotel tax

In January, 2011, Rome began charging a hotel bed tax. This is the city's doing, and sadly it is not a scam.

The following tax rates are per person, per night for all guests over the age of 10 and can be charged for stays of up to 10 days:

1–3 star hotels: €2
4–5 star hotels: €3
B&Bs: €2
Apartments: €2
Rental rooms: €2
Agriturismi: €2
Campsites: €1 (up to 5 days)

So a couple staying three nights in a four-star room would pay an extra €18.

Some hotels have begun folding this tax into their quoted rates; others tack it on when you go to check out, so be prepared.

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Planning your day: Rome wasn't built in a day, and you'd be hard-pressed to see it in that brief a time as well. Still, you can cram a lot into just a day or three.

To help you get the most out of your limited time in the Eternal City, here are some perfect itineraries, whether you have one, two, three, or four days to spend in Rome. » Rome itineraries

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Flaminio Village Bungalow Park

Via Flaminia Nuova 821 (Outskirts) - Well north of the center
tel. +39-06-333-2604
www.villageflaminio.com
€

» book

Bus: 200, N24; 232

Nearby

Nothing's nearby! This campground is way up in the northern suburbs. However, on your way here and back, as bus 200 trundles over the Tiber River, look to the west. That other, much older bridge just downstreatm? It's the Ponte Milvio (Milvian Bridge), famous as being the site in AD 313 where Emperor Constatine the Great won his decisive battle against Maxentius, gaining full control over the empire—and, since Constantine (supposedly) won the battle only after having a vision of the cross, marking the event that led the emperor to declare Rome to be a Christian empire (though he himself only converted on his deathbed).

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