Italy Trains

... europe is a little dificult to comunicate with people because most of then don't speak english but they are very nice and friendly. The trains are very slow and with retard. I had a good experience with the weather. I left you some photograth to see some ...

... were worried.   Termini has three main levels and two Metro levels.  The ground level includes shops, broad passageways and trains.  The mezzanine has a few shops and a large bar, and the lower level includes shops and a small bar.  ...

... MESSINA - TRAGHETTO an enormous blue sign announced. Ah! We're in Messina! Giuseppe left me! I was supposed to change trains! What do I do? I had no idea what my options were. Panicking, I walked the narrow passageway and encountered a gorgeous ...

It's been three days since we have had the time to write another entry because of those buses, trains and boats that we have been spending so much time on.  A small inconvenience in an otherwise wonderful trip.  The Isle of Capri was on ...

... bus’s, we had to wait over half an hour. After a day of bus’s, more bus’s, planes, more bus’s and trains this pissed us off. Just part of the brutality of travelling.     When the shuttle bus picked us up and took ...

... - walk to leaning tower with our packs then leave Pisa at 545 to arrive in Genoa at 8. Ostello di Genova was our hostels name. June 30- events: genoa to ventimiglia switch trains then to Monte Carlo, Monaco for the day. By night we are in Nice, ...

Greetings from Venice, Italy! We headed to the lovely Naples train station this morning around 9 am. We took the Euro Star to Rome - we had a short layover between until our train to Venice. It was pretty uneventful - we got the bags on and off without ...

... but it was pretty close. A heatwave had hit across Europe and we were not ready for it. It was a 3 hour trip to Pompeii on 2 trains one with aircon and one with heat. Pompeii was amazing and HOT but to think we were walking around a 79AD roman city was ...

... Now I had to change at a town called Viareggio. Ok so far so good. Get to Viareggio and check the timetable of departures. The 4 trains listed were to Torino, Pisa, Pisa, and Florence. Well Torino was the only one going north so that had to be it. Waiting ...

... system out to me and Sheila and I found our train and settled in for the journey back.  All in all two ferry rides, two trains rides, two subway rides and a bus ride seemed like a full day. A footnote about my reaction to Milano!  It is obvious ...

Saturday July 31, 2010 Senne's Summary: We took four trains and made it to Riomaggiore safe and sound. This morning we packed up bright and early to catch our four trains to Riomaggiore in Cinque Terre. We were able to buy the first three tickets ahead of ...

... a very expensive taxi, but in both cases were told that it was impossible because the highways were completely flooded. No trains, no buses, no taxis...we were officially stuck in Ancona, Italy, approximately two hours from the airport. We arrived ...

... us in our compartment, as well as an older man after the first man left...so we had a total of 5 in the 6-seater compartment....trains in Italy are very busy....at least to Milan! So in Milan, we had plenty of time to find our train in spite of the fact ...

... track; no. 17. Now here I should point out a major difference between say German, Dutch and Swiss trains and those of our friends in Italy. The former countries, apparently, see value investing in mechanisms on the exterior of their trains that let one ...

... on the IC trains which are medium paced and you get a reservation for your own seat, as opposed to the slower cheaper regional trains. The train continued to closely follow the coastline with views again of many beaches. There was a lot of graffiti and it ...

... few days, and after many of our romantic and exciting white christmas ideas were foiled by expensive accommodation and lack of trains running due to the snow, we ended up staying here for Christmas and the days after. Florence is a really ...

... may not go on strike from 11 am to 3 pm. What to do.... We bought tickets to Florence where we knew we could catch direct trains to Venice and crossed our fingers. Our first transfer was in Pisa again and we arrived at 10:50am. A train to Florence left at ...

... the window and seeing Italian signs instead of French. We were riding on an Italian train, which are different from the French trains because they have these compartments that you sit in for six people. I was getting really excited that it was so much ...

... we were going to take was actually on strike. We had to figure out how to get to a different beach by taking 2 trains... what is different about Italy is no one really cares about timing. Both of the trains we took there were late, and both of the ones ...

  We did not allow ourselves enough time to spend a day here, so we are just passing through. Changing trains to be specific. Perhaps on another trip we will come back. Maybe to see the Lakes Region or something.   I must say though, there are ...