Re: OT Travelling in Italy

On 27 Mar 2007 02:22:52 -0700, "holbeck" <holbeck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Firstly, I apologise for posting this here, but I wanted to tap into
the expertise of the uk.r regular posters.

My wife and I are about to take a holiday in Italy, although we are
flying, we need to travel from Rome Ciampino to our Gite at Fondi.

I expect that we will be using the train several times during the week
travelling back into Rome, or to Naples.

Is there a weekly travel card / rover type ticket? would it be good
value?

Is it necessary / wise to make reservations for the main legs of our
journey?

Any tips from experienced rail users welcome


thanks in advance

If you use regional and local semi-fasts and stoppers, you'll probably
find that normal fares are so cheap a rover ticket isn't worthwhile.

Intercity and, especially, Eurostar Italia services carry supplements
and compulsory reservation. The reservation system theoretically [1]
permits short notice reservations, so the seats on the trains are not
labelled, and your allocated seats are enforced by the traincrew
(IME). You'll have to weigh the higher fares against the cost of the
rover ticket.

[1] - if the train is already fully reserved, you won't get on it.
This does happen; Sunday is a particularly busy day.




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