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Anyone planning to take the train in Italy whether that s your only mode of transportation or not needs to know some critical information before that can happen. Specifically, one of the first things to figure out is how to buy train tickets and reservations.
If you re lucky enough to have an Italian credit card, you can buy tickets directly from Trenitalia for the rest of us, WhyGo Italy has a way to access those same discounts that the Trenitalia site does (often 30% or more) with no restrictions on the kinds of credit cards you can use or what country you re in . Simply by using the search box on this page, you ll be able to book tickets from Trenitalia in advance with great discounts.
You can purchase train tickets and reservations online, or if you already have an Italian Rail Pass and you don t need tickets you can purchase just seat reservations to pair with your Rail Pass. And U.S. travelers will appreciate long term car rental uk that the transactions on WhyGo Italy are done in U.S. dollars, which means there won t be an exchange fee from your credit card or bank for the purchase.
If you re not sure what you might need to buy or want to ask some questions before purchasing anything, you can go to a ticket window and talk to a Trenitalia ticket agent. In the high season, expect long lines especially in popular cities, where the lines can be extremely long and slow-moving long term car rental uk even outside the high season.
You d be smart to give yourself plenty of time to wait in said line in order to get what you need, rather than arriving at the station 20 minutes before your train is supposed to leave and assuming you ll have time to get what you need accomplished.
If you know what you need to buy or you re a little more familiar with the Italian train system, you can buy tickets and reservation from the automated machines that are becoming more common throughout Italy. They re plentiful in big stations, less so in smaller ones, and although there are sometimes lines for even those machines they move far more quickly than the lines for the ticket windows.
Make sure you see a credit card icon on the machine long term car rental uk before you get in line for it; most machines take credit cards, but if you end up with one of the old ones after waiting in line and you don t have enough cash, that s annoying.
Be considerate of the travelers long term car rental uk waiting in line behind you for the machines, long term car rental uk especially long term car rental uk at peak travel times be as prepared as you can be to make whatever decisions you need to complete your transaction before it s your turn. You can consult printed train schedules in the station before you get in line.
Also remember that if you have a Rail Pass already, that is the same thing as having a ticket without a reservation. You may still need to buy a reservation for a given trip, and not all machines offer the reservation only option. If in doubt, go to a ticket window with your Rail Pass and buy your reservation there.
In some cities you can also get tickets for the slow, regional trains at the tabaccaio , or tobacconist s shop, in or near the train station. While you are there, pick up some postcards and stamps ( francobolli ), too, so you can write home while you watch the countryside drift past your train window.
You can purchase train tickets and reservations long term car rental uk up to two months in advance of your actual trip, so if you are in a busy city during the peak summer long term car rental uk travel season, you might pop into the train station a couple days before your actual travel date in order to purchase whatever you need without worrying about missing long term car rental uk your train.
Great info as always! Now you ve got me dreaming of where I want to go by train this spring. Last year I traveled solo for the first time in Italy from Naples to Florence. It was so easy with all your tips. Maybe I ll hit Rome again this year! Thanks, Jessica!
long term car rental uk Hi, we are planning to visit Milan in June 11 and are thinking of making a day trip to Venice. Do you think it s advisable for us to purchase our tickets prior to leaving or we can purchase the tickets in Milan itself.
Either way advance ticket purchases or buying when you get there will work, and if you re not 100% you ll be doing the day-trip I d wait until you get there. Here s more information about getting from Milan to Venice:
I m taking my trip in September, and I m one of those crazy people that likes to have everything planned and bought ahead of time. We are planning a do-it-yourself day trip from Rome to Pompeii, and I was going to use your link from this site to purchase train tickets. I am able to get tickets from Rome to Naples, but it seems that I am unable to get tickets from Naples to Pompeii. Do you know why that is? Is the best plan just to purchase the tickets to Naples now and then purchase the ticket from Naples to Pompeii when I arrive at the Naples station? Please let me know your thoughts. I really appreciate all your advice. Such an amazing site!!! I don t think I could have planned this trip without all your amazing work here. Thanks!
What is the difference between Economy and Super-Economy in First Class (second class is partially sold out on the train we want).And with a reservation on an inter City (what is that?) do we get assigned seats?