A hot-air balloon against clouds In the air

An hour by helicopter over Rome, from Ponte Milvio to the EUR

Rome

Rome from the street is facades and crowds. From a helicopter it is domes, courtyards and the river running through the middle of it, from Ponte Milvio all the way down to the EUR.

How the day goes

  1. Boarding at Urbe, headsets on, the briefing before the rotor spins up.
  2. Up the Tiber past the Roman ruins at Ponte Milvio and the Monte Mario reserve.
  3. Across the city: St Peter's, the Altare della Patria, the Gianicolo below.
  4. Out over the EUR, with the Alban hills and Castel Gandolfo on the horizon.

A helicopter shakes in a way an aeroplane does not, and you are strapped into a small cabin for all of it.

Where it is

Rome at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Rome, and where it is from Rome Rome drawn at its real position relative to Rome. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. Rome Rome

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Roma Urbe airport, Via Salaria 825, 00138 Roma (RM), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • In Rome itselfno drive at all
  • 1 honce you are there

  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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