How much does it cost to go to Rome at the pope's funeral: hotel prices, houses and pensions have exploded
The queue of pilgrims from St. Peter Potru Petru: Alessandra Tarantino / AP / Profimedia
The Ferrovie Dello Stato Italian group (Italian railways) has provided 110,000 extra places per day on arrow and intercity trains, plus another 150,000 additional places in regional transport trains to reach Rome. But the cost of air transport and accommodation exploded, writes at the stamp.
The prices of air tickets have already increased for days for those abroad, who intend to reach the Capital, with flights from South America who have exceeded the ceiling of 3 thousand euros, the prices being tripled.
According to Codacons, which for several days carefully monitors the tourist accommodation offer in the Vatican area, especially during this weekend, B&B rates have increased to 2,500 euros per night, after which they will return to more “normal” levels in the next weekend.
“The tariffs of the accommodation units in the Capital have already suffered increases with the beginning of the jubilee – says President Codacons Carlo Rienzi – and we hope that the operators in the sector will no longer apply increases in order to burial the Holy Father. anomalies and unjustified price growths ”.
Based on the checks carried out on Wednesday afternoon, consulting the main online platforms for reservation of accommodation facilities, the situation varies very much, with prices of all types, but in reality they are not too far from the Codacons findings.
According to the association, consumers in the Prati-Vaican area will find for the night of April 26 prices starting from a minimum of around 200 euros for a double room, up to a maximum of 2,000 euros, while for a B&B cost varies from 143 to 1,012 euros per night, and reaches over 2,530 euros for a more luxurious apartment.
The problem would be another, namely that «The rates are higher – they say – compared to those practiced in the following week: in the hotels in the Vatican area on Saturday night of May 3, the cost varies from a minimum of 173 euros to a maximum of 780 euros; in the apartment from 169 to 1,643; and a B&B from 121 to 812.
If, on the other hand, you book a room in the area of the Termini station today for the night of April 26, the cost in a pension reaches 487 euros, for a hotel you will spend up to 1,831 euros, and for an apartment 1,085 euros. If you choose the Aurelio area, one night at the hotel on April 26 costs from 100 to 503 euros, in an apartment from 150 to 670 euros, in a B&B from 127 to 211 euros ”.
Finding a place, the alternative to sleep another night in Rome is represented by the religious houses, coordinated by the Italian Association of Religious hospitality, where the prices remain fixed throughout the year and where a double room costs 90 euros per night, breakfast included, and where by adding 15 euros per person you can take dinner. Another alternative to the night is the travel to Hinterland, in places like Frascati, Ladispoli and Tivoli where prices are certainly lower, although here they are increasing.
Even bars and restaurants risk being much more expensive, especially in the areas near the Vatican where users pressure increases vertiginously. Only in many cases many business owners have increased their prices already on the occasion of the jubilee, so that a coffee served at the table in the city center can cost up to 4 euros, while in St. Peter area you will pay 8 URO, if you add a bottle of water, and if you opt for a dessert, then you will pay 10)
