Ancona
How to Get Around Ancona
Getting Around
Ancona is strung along a slope and is bigger on foot than it looks on a map.
The centre is walkable but steep: the corso and the port are on the flat, and everything historic is above them.
Buses run frequently through the city and out to the Conero beaches at Portonovo, Sirolo and Numana, with extra summer services.
The station is about two kilometres southwest of the centre, connected by frequent buses; a separate maritime station serves the ferries.
Parking is tight in the centre and easier near the port and the station.
A car is useful for the Conero and the hinterland and a liability in the city.
The ferry terminal is walkable from the centre, though the port is large and signage assumes you are in a vehicle.
Connections from Ancona
How easily, and at what cost, can you combine the region’s main destinations?
| Route | Best option | One-way time | Travel Smart take |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancona and Ascoli Piceno | Train and local bus, or car | ~1 hr 45 min typical, not a timetable | Possible in a day, but it takes most of one. Ancona is a workable base for Ascoli Piceno. |
| Ancona and Bologna | Train | ~2 hr typical, not a timetable | An easy leg of a longer itinerary. |
| Ancona and Rome | Train | ~3 hr 15 min typical, not a timetable | An easy leg of a longer itinerary. |
| Ancona and Urbino | Bus or car | ~1 hr 30 min typical, not a timetable | Possible in a day, but it takes most of one. Ancona is a workable base for Urbino. |
Cost compares the options for each route rather than quoting a fare: inexpensive means the price is not a factor in planning, moderate cost means a real line in the budget, and the expensive option is one worth weighing against the alternative. Fares change from year to year; the ranking between them does not.