Italy By Train
by Alex Sakalis |
Opened in 1864, the Ferrovia Porrettana was the first transapennine railway line in Italy, connecting Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany by train for the first time.…
by Silvia Donati |
“Dante’s Train,” a rail route tracing the journey of the Supreme Poet from Florence to Ravenna during his exile years, is returning for the summer season.…
by james.appleton |
Perhaps it’s not fair on the city itself to write this, but one of Milan’s great strengths is how easy it is to get to other places. Lakes, mountains, towns,…
by james.appleton |
Milan’s imposing central station is the second busiest in Italy and among the busiest in Europe, serving an estimated 120 million passengers a year. You’ll…
by Silvia Donati |
We love fall travel, when the temperatures are still pleasant enough but the crowds of summer have usually subsided. It is also that time of the year to enjoy…
by Silvia Donati |
How about visiting Piedmont on board a small vintage train getting on and off to visit wineries and castles, or catching one from Milan to reach Lake Como and…
by Silvia Donati |
Bologna’s train station, known as Bologna Centrale, is one of the busiest in Italy, being a strategic junction of Italy’s railway network; it stands at…
by Phoebe Hunt |
Santa Maria Novella station—sometimes referred to as Stazione Centrale and abbreviated as Firenze SMN—is Florence’s major national and regional train station,…
by Silvia Donati |
2021 marks 700 years since Italy’s greatest poet, Dante Alighieri, died. Among the initiatives devoted to celebrating and remembering the author of the Divine…
by Silvia Donati |
Train travel in Italy is relatively easy, but may pose some challenges if you have never been to the country or if you are not used to this mode of…
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