Atac Rome!

April 29, 2008 · Filed Under Rome · 2 Comments 

No, not literally! ATAC is the Roman equivalent of Milan’s public transport company - ATM. Like ATM, whose site I talked about in my ‘A useful site, almost - ATM Milan‘ post, ATAC also has a site which allows you to calculate routes around Italy’s capital.

Despite my slightly disparaging comments and owning to my knowledge of Italian, I often use Milan’s ATM site to find out how to get to where I want, so the Roman system should also prove helpful.

You can try out the service by visiting the English version of the ATAC site. The just tap in your point of origin and your destination, hit the nearest ‘Cerca’ button, and see what happens. And no, ‘cerca’ is not, as far as I know, English! It means, in this context, ’search’. I think ‘vai’ - ‘go’ may have been more snappy.

Let me know how you get on, or if you find yourself going round in eternal circles in the Eternal City.