Ciampino Airport is the smallest and closest of the 2 that Rome has. The transfer from the airport to Rome can be by bus, there are several companies just outside the terminal, turn left and you'll see the stops. The cotral company buses are white and you get a ticket on the bus (or at a booth in the arrivals terminal). The return price is around 7 euros and it leaves you in the Termini station. You catch the bus back at the same place as arrival.
Looks like Ryanair has returned to their questionable previous practices. In my last flight from Ciampino to Madrid, the agents started “measuring” forcibly the hand luggage in a new “measuring device” (not the one they used before) and those that touched the measuring device in their way out were penalized and had to pay 50 euros. The fined suitcase I had used before several times while travelling with Ryanair. The funny thing is that another suitcase we were carrying with us complied with the measurements (I wasn’t fined for it), but when they used as an example with the measuring device, it didn’t come out easily. As they did with me, they fined some other people of the same flight. They use the urgency of boarding so you won’t discuss the penalty due to the fear of missing the flight (the agent kept saying “you just have few minutes”). Although the suitcase was almost empty, they fined it for the size (under the Ryanair policy, weight is also something to take into account for fining but they didn’t weight any luggage). When I said that said practice hadn’t been used for ages, they said it is something they always do in every airport (I’ve lived abroad for several years and this hasn’t been done in at least 3). Also, when I told her I wanted to submit a complain, she refused to give me her name.
