How much is a day trip to Rome from Birmingham?

£142.15 per person for the whole day: £85 return flight plus about £57.15 on the ground, with 6.9 hours in Rome. Fare checked 23 October.

Is Rome worth a day trip?

Yes, as a short day: 6.9 hours in Rome, £142.15 for the whole day, 32 min into town each way. Enough for the centre and one paid sight; pick one, not three.

How long do you actually get in Rome?

About 6.9 hours in Rome. Landing to take-off is 10.7 hours; the trip into town and back, passport checks and the time at the airport come off that.

How do you get from Rome airport into town?

Leonardo Express 32 min, €14. A day ticket on local transport is ATAC Roma24H €8.50.

What does a day in Rome cost, not counting the flight?

About £57.15 a person for the day: local transport, lunch, dinner and a drink. Paid attractions are listed separately because most people do one or none, and an average that includes them is a number nobody actually pays.

Is the flight price on this page the one I will pay?

The fare shown was checked 23 October against Google Flights for this exact date and these exact flights. Fares move, so it can change before you book, and the price is not held for you.

How early do I need to be back at the airport?

Leave the city by 17:48. That allows 32 min to get back to the airport and 120 min there, including 30 min for passport checks on the way out, before the 20:20 flight home.

Will passport checks eat my day?

We allow 40 min on landing for the EU Entry/Exit System (fingerprints and a photo on your first trip) and 30 min extra on the way out. That is already taken off the 6.9 hours shown. These are estimates; queues run longer on busy days.

Day trip to Rome.
From Birmingham, back by 22:30.

Italy·Fri 13 Nov · 6.9 hours in the city

£142.15

the whole day

6.9 hours

in the city

22:30

back in Birmingham

400 kg

CO2e, return flights

Time in the city

6.9 hours

after transfersAfter transfers and airport time

Airport distance

32km

to the centreFrom Rome centre (FCO)

Daylight

10.0 hours

06:56 to 16:54Sunrise 06:56, sunset 16:54

First EU trip since 2025? Allow 20 min more.

FlightAirport, immigration and transportIn the city

06:05
Leave Birmingham
easyJet, direct
10:52
In the city
Lands 09:40, 40min immigration, 32min from the airport
17:48
Leave the city
32min back, 120min at the airport incl. immigration
22:30
Back in Birmingham
Flies 20:20 with Ryanair

Leave BirminghameasyJet, direct06:05
Land in Rome2h 35min09:40
In the city40min immigration, 32min from the airport10:52
Leave the city32min back, 120min at the airport incl. immigration17:48
Fly homeRyanair, 2h 35min20:20
Back in Birmingham22:30

Last bus or train to the airport: 23:05, at the airport 23:37.

How we'd do it

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11:0030 min there

20 min walk

11:5075 min there

10 min walk

13:1590 min there

14 min walk

14:5990 min there

15 min walk

16:4420 min there

10 min walk

17:1415 min there

about 19 min walk

17:48The last train leaves Termini at 23:05 and gets to the airport at 23:37.

Leonardo Express · 32 min

AirportFlight 20:20

Typical weather for this date

18°C

average high

10°C

average low

4 in 10

years it rained

This date is too far out to forecast. These are Rome's actual figures for the same date across the last 10 years.

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Rome on a budgetShow

A day in Rome costs £59.68 per person on the ground on a budget, before the flight, eating and drinking at the cheaper end of what places charge. At typical prices it is £64.09, and a day that does not watch the pennies runs to £84.61. The food and drink prices are real menu prices we read in Rome on 22 Oct and 23 Oct, turned into pounds at the day's exchange rate, not guesses.

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How we'd do it

Open up the maps to see full detail.

11:0030 min there

20 min walk

11:5075 min there

10 min walk

13:1590 min there

14 min walk

14:5990 min there

15 min walk

16:4420 min there

10 min walk

17:1415 min there

about 19 min walk

17:48The last train leaves Termini at 23:05 and gets to the airport at 23:37.

Leonardo Express · 32 min

AirportFlight 20:20

What a day in Rome costs

Flights and on-the-ground spend, per person.

£142.15/ all in, per person

Leonardo to city centre and back£24

Local transport£7

Lunch£10.40

Dinner£15.75

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Entry fees

Trevi Fountain, Basin area, for non-residents (free for Rome residents)Checked 20 Oct£1.71 (€2)

Opening days vary, so check before you go.

Trevi Fountain, St Peter's Basilica, Villa Borghese gardens and the Pincio terrace viewpoint, Gianicolo, Pantheon (first Sunday of the month only)Free

On the ground£57.15

Prices checked 3 Oct 2026

Return flight from£85

Google Flights price. Checked 16 Oct, 03:32.

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All in, per person£142.15

Out with easyJet, back with Ryanair. Two separate tickets. Book both before you go.

Estimated cost. Fares last checked 16 Oct, 03:32. Prices and availability change and are set by the airline or agent when you book.

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Return flights: about 400 kg CO2e per person (UK government 2026 factors), about the same as driving 1,490 miles in an average UK car. How we work this out

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Getting to the airportShow

Getting to Birmingham

Per person. Not in the total above. Prices checked 25 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026.

Free

Free drop-offFree
Free for the first 0-10 minutes at the Drop Off car park. Source

Train

From Birmingham (New Street, via the free AirRail Link monorail from Birmingham International station)Price not published10-15 min
Source

Coach

National Express and FlixBus from BirminghamPrice not published
Source

Taxi

From Birmingham city centre£20-£30 one way~10 miles
Estimate, not a quote.

Parking at the airport

Paid drop-offfrom £7
Drop Off car park: free 0-10 min, then £7 (10-15 min) rising to £56 at the 1-hour mark; no-return-within-1hr policy. Source
Car Park 1 (1 min walk)£67
Same-day rate. Source
Car Park 2 & 3 (1 min walk)£67
Same-day rate. Source
Car Park 4 (3-5 min walk)£67
Same-day rate. Source
Car Park 5 (5-10 min walk, free shuttle)£67
Same-day rate. Source
Car Park 7 (meet & greet, bus 10-15 min)£51
Same-day rate. Source
Elmdon Short Stay£51
Same-day rate. Source

More parking

Valet Parking (meet & greet, 1 min walk)No same-day price
Source

Parking nearby

No same-day price published. See multi-day prices

Airparks Self Park (2.1 mi)£7.31
Multi-day price, not a same-day quote. Shuttle 14 min. Source
Airparks Drop & Go (staff park it)£8.12
Multi-day price, not a same-day quote. Shuttle 14 min. Source
Maple Parking Meet & Greet (~2 min walk, on-airport)£9.85
Multi-day price, not a same-day quote. Shuttle 2 min. Source

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Costs people forget

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Phone data. EE, Vodafone and Three charge about £2.75 a day to use your allowance in Europe. O2, Tesco Mobile and giffgaff include it free.
Card fees. Many cards add a foreign-exchange fee to every payment abroad. Check yours before you go, or take one that doesn't charge it.

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