Italy Honeymoon Help

peachyprice

al_1232 wrote: »

Also have any of you experience with the trains, or a pass such as interrail?

I can't see that you'd benefit from an interrail pass. The Italy one is quite restrictive, you can only use it a set number of days in a month, 3, 4, 6 up to to a max of 8, the 8 day pass is £262 each, the minimum you'd need is the 6 day pass which is £225 each, I don't think you're going to get your money's worth TBH. Trains in Italy are relatively cheap, for example Naples to Rome is from only €19 each, Rome to Firenze is from €29 each, Firenze to Verona (only any good if you want to go to Lake Garda, for Lake Como you'll need to go to Milan then on to Como) is from €19 each, Verona to Venice is from €9 each, you can buy tickets online up to 3 months in advance.

YoungBaker

Ah really, I thought I would only really need the 4 day one (Sorrento>Rome, Rome>Florence,Florence>Lake wherever, Lakewherever >venice)..

Hmmm maybe need to look into this further

Voyager2002

Italian Rail used to offer a 'kilometric' ticket : a pass that was valid for a certain number of kilometres. One ticket could be shared by two people. That might be some use to you.

Another destination not to be missed: Siena is on the way to Firenze.

skint_chick

I can highly recommend the Hotel Bristol in Sorrento, it's a few minutes walk from the town centre so is quiet, but the restaurant has amazing sea views, the pool and outdoor bar area is amazing and rooms are big and luxurious. We stayed there on our honeymoon and my SIL's parents who do a lot of luxury travel always stay there. I've also stayed in Lake Garda and I would recommend a slightly quieter resort like Salo or Limone, it's easy enough to get the bus for a day trip to Verona. If you were staying somewhere close enough to the train line you could also do Venice as a day trip. Sorrento to Rome is simple on the train - Circumvesuviana local train is 40mins to Naples then train to Rome booked online in advance with seat reservations. Trains in Italy are cheaper than UK and I wouldn't recommend a pass but booking online if you know where you're and heading and what time is a good idea and simple with Trenitalia in English

totallybored

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Italian Rail used to offer a 'kilometric' ticket : a pass that was valid for a certain number of kilometres. One ticket could be shared by two people. That might be some use to you.

Another destination not to be missed: Siena is on the way to Firenze.

I used to always buy the km tickets, used to buy them from the news kiosks outside the stations. Beware though as they are only for certain train types and not intercities, eurocitta and other fast trains (there used to be regionales, locales and possibly inter regionales that you could get on). You could buy your supplemento onboard though if you got on the fast train,not sure if that is still the case.

Remember to always stamp your ticket in the yellow machine before the platform too!

Mands

al_1232 wrote: »

Also have any of you experience with the trains, or a pass such as interrail?

Trains are excellent, check seat61.com if you need to fine tune your train plans. There are significant savings to be had by booking journeys several weeks ahead.

As skint_chick says: head for the Salo end of Lake Garda for a slightly quieter time. We drove down from Austria before heading over to Venice a few years ago and stayed at Villa Arcadio. It is one of the loveliest places I've stayed, I'm still trying to engineer a trip back there.

Happy planning,
Mands

Pee

Italy is lovely. Do let us know where you like best. Venice is my favourite, but Florence is a very close second.

Pisa is really nice too.

I just bought train tickets as I went along and thought they were very reasonable.

poet123

Mands wrote: »

Trains are excellent, check seat61.com if you need to fine tune your train plans. There are significant savings to be had by booking journeys several weeks ahead.

As skint_chick says: head for the Salo end of Lake Garda for a slightly quieter time. We drove down from Austria before heading over to Venice a few years ago and stayed at Villa Arcadio. It is one of the loveliest places I've stayed, I'm still trying to engineer a trip back there.

Happy planning,
Mands

We have stayed in Salo too, it is lovely. As are Malcesine and Limone. However if arriving by train there is only a station in Desenzano if my memory serves me correctly, so that may be a consideration. Ferries and buses connect the other resorts on the lake. On como there are stations in Como town and Varenna.

peachyprice

Aaaah, Varenna, I really liked it there and Bellagio of course, Menaggio not so, I thought it was the most touristy and dirty of all the towns.