Transport options for Rome Jubilee 2025

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With over 30 million pilgrims expected to descend on the Eternal City for Rome’s 2025 Jubilee Year, moving visitors from place to place is going to be a big logistical challenge.

The City of Rome is beefing up its public transport options and also carrying out several public works projects to improve roadways and make traffic flow more smoothly through the capital. The city’s public transport company, ATAC, keeps a running list of all its Jubilee projects on its website (in Italian only).

Meanwhile, the Vatican has partnered with a private transport company to offer a special dedicated transport service for religious pilgrims throughout the Jubilee Year. The company, called My Safe Place Transfer, will provide fixed-rate private transfers from Rome’s Fiumicino airport into the city center at a cost of €19.99 per person for religious pilgrims, with discounts for groups of five or more.

Transfers are also available with official Rome city taxis. The fixed rate for a taxi from Rome’s Fiumicino airport to any destination within the Aurelian walls (which includes the historic center and the majority of places where tourists stay) is €55 per taxi, including luggage.

Private transfers from Fiumicino airport to Rome are the most convenient and most comfortable way to get into the city. Your driver will wait for you at the arrivals terminal. As soon as you exit you’ll go directly to your private vehicle for a quick and easy ride directly to your accommodations.

Several apps are available to help visitors manage their transport while in the city. Hailing a cab isn’t a common practice in Rome, so many locals and visitors use the app itTaxi to request a taxi. Uber is also available in Rome.

For navigating public transport options, the city’s public transport company ATAC offers the app Roma Mobilità (Apple App Store, Google Play), which provides route planning as well as real-time updates on bus schedules and wait times.

For quick trips that avoid traffic altogether, some adventurous visitors use e-scooter and e-bike sharing services that run with apps. The cost for this service is generally 1 euro to unlock the e-scooter or e-bike and then roughly 25 euro cents per minute of use. With these apps you can register and locate the nearest e-scooter: Lime, Dott, Bird.

And for transport without wheels, you can rely on yourself! Rome is an incredibly walkable city, so with your own two feet you can explore the wonders of the Vatican and the Eternal City at your own leisurely pace. Walking tours in Rome and the Vatican are an especially great way to get an expert-led experience of all the amazing features of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museums, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum.

Rome expects 30 to 35 million Jubilee visitors

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The upcoming Rome Jubilee is expected to see a significant influx of tourists to the Eternal City. Various estimates put the expected number of visitors at anywhere from 30 to 35 million people during the Jubilee Holy Year.

On August 23, Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said that when the Jubilee Year begins, Rome will be ready to welcome 100,000 tourists per day. He said as part of the overall renovations and work taking place to prepare, the city has purchased over 1,000 new buses for the public transport system and replaced all the tracks in the subway system, which were 15 years overdue for replacement.

The Jubilee Year officially starts on December 24, 2024 when Pope Francis will open the Holy Door at St. Peter’s, which is only opened every 25 years during a Jubilee. The holy year runs through all of 2025, ending with the closing of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on January 9, 2026.

The theme for this Jubilee is “Peregrinantes in Spem”—Pilgrims in Hope. Pope Francis issued the official “Bull of Indiction” for the Jubilee and titled it “Spes Non Confundit”—Hope Does Not Disappoint (Romans 5:5). “During the Holy Year, we are called to be tangible signs of hope for those of our brothers and sisters who experience hardships of any kind,” Pope Francis wrote. “May the Christian community always be prepared to defend the rights of those who are most vulnerable, opening wide its doors to welcome them, lest anyone ever be robbed of the hope of a better future.”

Jubilee 2025 Preparations Underway

The Vatican held a press conference on May 9, 2025 to announce progress and updates on Jubilee 2025 preparations, which are already well underway.

Jubilee 2025 theme: Pilgrims of Hope

The Vatican Jubilee 2025 theme is “Pilgrims of Hope.” Pope Francis explained the meaning of the Jubilee motto in a letter he wrote to Monsignor Rino Fisichella, who is in charge of organizing the 2025 Holy Year event.

The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire; that is why I have chosen as the motto of the Jubilee, Pilgrims of Hope. This will indeed be the case if we are capable of recovering a sense of universal fraternity and refuse to turn a blind eye to the tragedy of rampant poverty that prevents millions of men, women, young people and children from living in a manner worthy of our human dignity. 

POPE FRANCIS LETTER TO MSGR. FISICHELLA, FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Jubilee Year starts in December 2024

Vatican City and the city of Rome are expecting tens of millions of religious pilgrims for the Jubilee Holy Year, which starts in December 2024 and concludes in January 2026. The two city governments are working together along with the Italian national government to prepare to host such a large influx of visitors.

Where to find information on Jubilee 2025

The Vatican will be providing updates and information about the Holy Year on its official Jubilee website, where you can find Jubilee 2025 articles from Vatican News and press releases.

Another source of information on Jubilee 2025 progress and news is the Catholic Television Network EWTN (search EWTN’s YouTube channel here for Jubilee news).

Planning travel for Jubilee 2025

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