L'Aquila is within easy reach of both Rome and Pescara by bus.

 

ROME - L'AQUILA

 

The bus to L'Aquila leaves from Tiburtina Station:

• Trains to Tiburtina Station depart every 20 minutes (from 6:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.) from Leonardo da Vinci Airport (Fiumicino). The journey takes about 40 minutes.
• Buses depart from Ciampino Airport every 15-20 minutes for the Anagnina underground station, where you can take an underground train ("metropolitana") to Termini Station; when you reach Termini you will have to change from the A to the B line for Tiburtina. The journey takes about an hour.
• From Termini Station the underground (B line) takes about 10 minutes to Tiburtina.

 

You can purchase a bus ticket for L'Aquila from the "Autolinee ARPA" ticket office near the Tiburtina bus station. The journey takes approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes and the bus terminates at Collemaggio terminal.

 

PESCARA - L'AQUILA

 

Buses for L'Aquila leave from the bus station in Piazza della Repubblica (next to the Central Railway Station):

• Buses from Abruzzo International Airport to the Central Railway Station depart every 10 minutes (from 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.). The journey takes about ten minutes.

 

The bus ticket for L'Aquila can be purchased from the ticket office of "Autolinee ARPA" in Piazzale della Stazione. The journey to L'Aquila takes about 1 hour and 50 minutes and the bus ride terminates at Collemaggio terminal.

 

The bus timetable can be consulted interactively at:

http://www.arpaonline.it/?page=wk_orario