1. Lido di Ostia


Best for: Quick and easy access from Rome – you can use the local Rome bus ticket (€1.50) to reach Ostia Lido.
This beach certainly isn’t the most beautiful of them all, but it is on Rome’s doorstep. We’re talking one direct 30-minute train from Rome’s Porta San Paolo train station, right next to the Piramide metro stop (direction Cristoforo Colombo). You do have to pay for the many, many stabilimenti which dominate the beach, but hey, it’s an Italian beach, it’ll do the job, and you can be back well in time for your late-afternoon aperitivo.
Get there: A train for one hour 26 minutes or a 30-minute drive