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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Traveling through Italy and France in July
« on: April 13, 2011, 05:24:31 am »
I'm hoping to get some help with organising my honeymoon travel through Italy and into France this July. My new wife and I will be flying into Rome where we're hoping to go for a daytrip to Pompeii while we're there. Then we're planning on traveling via train up to Venice, then across to Monterosso (in the Cinque Terre region), and finally across to Nice.
In trying to prepare for the trip I've noticed that I can't find information yet on the Trenitalia site for the dates that I'm after, which brings me to my first question - how far in advance should this information be available so that I can check prices and purchase tickets?
I'm still trying to determine whether I should go with a Eurail pass or just book the tickets directly, so any advice on this front would be appreciated as well. Our itinerary is 99% locked in so I don't think that we'll need the flexibility of a pass but I'm happy to take any advice onboard!
Lastly I'd like to know about traveling in first class vs. second class on the routes we're looking at - I haven't been able to find much information on what the difference is to make a judgement about whether it's worth paying the extra for first class, so again any advice anyone may have would be greatly appreciated.
I'm so glad this site and these forums exist as it's really quite daunting trying to organise train travel throughout Europe! Thanks in advance
In trying to prepare for the trip I've noticed that I can't find information yet on the Trenitalia site for the dates that I'm after, which brings me to my first question - how far in advance should this information be available so that I can check prices and purchase tickets?
I'm still trying to determine whether I should go with a Eurail pass or just book the tickets directly, so any advice on this front would be appreciated as well. Our itinerary is 99% locked in so I don't think that we'll need the flexibility of a pass but I'm happy to take any advice onboard!
Lastly I'd like to know about traveling in first class vs. second class on the routes we're looking at - I haven't been able to find much information on what the difference is to make a judgement about whether it's worth paying the extra for first class, so again any advice anyone may have would be greatly appreciated.
I'm so glad this site and these forums exist as it's really quite daunting trying to organise train travel throughout Europe! Thanks in advance