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  1. Elenwen avatar

    Book accomodation i Cinque Terre

    by Elenwen 28 May 2012

    Hi! I am travelling to Northern Italy this summer, and my plan is to volunteer for 2 weeks in Parma, then visit Firenze and thengo to…

  2. neckervd avatar

    RE: itinerary help- cinque terre, switzerland, and austria

    by neckervd 25 May 2012

    If you leave 5Terre around 7am, you can combine trains and buses over the alpine passes too, like: Train: 5Terre - Turin - Aosta, bus:…

  3. aTziG avatar

    RE: My Interrail Itinirary

    by aTziG 25 May 2012

    thanks for your replies! the reason why I want to go Brussels is because I have family at Aalter, So I guess it wouldn't be brussels,…

  4. Fwoggie avatar

    RE: My Interrail Itinirary

    by Fwoggie 25 May 2012

    OP probably wants to do 1 day in Brussels and 1 in Bruges or Ghent :) I'd chop a city to give a bit of space for the rest + allow for…

  5. amoretti1998 avatar

    RE: Italy Roadtrip in August

    by amoretti1998 24 May 2012

    Hi Rohna, If you are flying into Genoa, you will be very close to the Langhe/Monferrato areas of Piemonte - which are basically in the…

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    Re: Suggestions for my third time in Italy

    by dub59 20 May 2012

    Hi If i were you I'd head straight for Turin in northern Italy ..the night live is fun and the people are really friendly you'd be made…

  7. anillos_de_saturno avatar

    RE: Road trip from Italy to Spain

    by anillos_de_saturno 13 May 2012

    richiavo said in #1: +The train journey can be done with just three trains, including an overnighter to Barcelona, Rome to Turin, Turin…

  8. fowler9 avatar

    RE: Europe Holiday

    by fowler9 13 May 2012

    #11 And Italy and Spain and Andorra and Bulgaria and..... ha ha. #9 No probs, everyone has to start somewhere. Europe as a whole is…

  9. richiavo avatar

    RE: Road trip from Italy to Spain

    by richiavo 13 May 2012

    The train journey can be done with just three trains, including an overnighter to Barcelona, Rome to Turin, Turin to Barcelona, Barcelona…

  10. Jetgirly avatar

    RE: Verona or Turin

    by Jetgirly 12 May 2012

    Given the choice I personally would rather go to Turin. I am kind of obsessed with the Cinema Museum and its glass elevator, and the…

  11. mike9 avatar

    RE: 3 weeks, Paris and Italy - first trip!

    by mike9 11 May 2012

    There is an overnight train direct from Paris to Venice - if you travel during the day it is about 9 -10 hours with a change in either…

  12. Man_in_Seat_61 avatar

    RE: Train or Car from Torino to Nice?

    by Man_in_Seat_61 07 May 2012

    Train trip planning: 1) check times for whole trip at www.bahn.de/en (The German Railways website is better for cross-border timetable…

  13. richiavo avatar

    RE: milan to rome same day.

    by richiavo 07 May 2012

    Agree with Aribo complete waste of time and money doing a day trip to Rome from Milan, there are plenty of nice day trips from Milan,…

  14. neckervd avatar

    RE: Verona or Turin

    by neckervd 06 May 2012

    Turin, the former capital of Italy, has much more palaces and museums than Verona. The gem of Verona is the Roman arena. Both places…

  15. kenneth56 avatar

    RE: Verona or Turin

    by kenneth56 06 May 2012

    What I also want to know is, would it be better to buy the rail tickets before the trip, or should I rather buy it in Italy?

  16. brawler avatar

    RE: Train from Turin to Siena

    by brawler 06 May 2012

    exactly http://www.born2travel.it

  17. kenneth56 avatar

    RE: Verona or Turin

    by kenneth56 06 May 2012

    Well it is my first time in Italy, I am up for doing anything! Obviously this includes all the main attractions or most of them. Verona…

  18. lucapal avatar

    RE: Verona or Turin

    by lucapal 06 May 2012

    As above...depends what you want to do and see there. Both can be done easily by train as a day trip.

  19. regards avatar

    RE: Verona or Turin

    by regards 06 May 2012

    Both destination can be made in a day trip. There is no one better as the other as both are different. It depend what you are looking…

  20. kenneth56 avatar

    Verona or Turin

    by kenneth56 06 May 2012

    I wrote previously in this forum. I would like to know if it is possible to make a day trip to Verona or Turin from Milan. Or would it…

  21. Man_in_Seat_61 avatar

    RE: Train from Turin to Siena

    by Man_in_Seat_61 06 May 2012

    Yes, because this is a hybrid journey with part on a regional train, it stuffs the whole trip. Regional trains can only be booked less…

  22. brawler avatar

    RE: Train from Turin to Siena

    by brawler 04 May 2012

    you don't need to book it in advance you can easily go to the train station 10 minutes before departure and buy it... you will not have…

  23. lucapal avatar

    RE: Train from Turin to Siena

    by lucapal 03 May 2012

    Yes...the last part (the one to Siena)is a slower 'regionale'that can't be booked now. You can do as Aribo says above or if you can get…

  24. Aribo avatar

    RE: Train from Turin to Siena

    by Aribo 03 May 2012

    I suppose it's because the train into Siena is a +regionale+, which you can't (nor need to) book in advance. Just buy your ticket once…

  25. theperthvan avatar

    Train from Turin to Siena

    by theperthvan 03 May 2012

    Hi, I've had a fair bit of success on TrenItalia, however it won't book me a train from Turin to Siena. I'm going around June 23, but…

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