Millions of travellers rush through it; few stop. A mistake. Beyond Italy's main airport, Fiumicino guards the imperial harbours of Claudius and Trajan — the hexagonal basin Trajan dug in the second century still lies there, a perfect mirror of water in the Porto oasis — and the Isola Sacra necropolis, among the best preserved of the Roman world.
The fishing village lives on seafood: the marina lines up some of Lazio's best fish tables. A veteran's move: spend your last night before the flight here, spaghetti with clams included.
Near Fiumicino
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
