Travellling from airport to and from Marinas in Italy

[catmandoo]

Have successfully used Trainitalia to buy and reserve seats on trains between Vibo Valentia and Palermo and Rome to Vibo Valentia .
Useful if you are planning to link up to cheap flight operators such as Easyjet and Ryanair . Train from Rome to south 4 hours . Most ports on west cost a short taxi ride to mainline train stations


However Train to Palermo went on ferry across Messina Straight and although delayed was pretty cost effective overall

]Trenitalia english web page for booking and reservations web site http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html

 

[Danny_Labrador]

We took the train from Pisa to Piombino – all very exciting – especially trying to get a family of four and bags on board in the limited station time stops.
Getting off at the other end, one of the doors wouldn’t open and there was nearly a riot as people scrambled over each other and our pile of baggage to get out. All apart of the adventure!
Bloody hot too!

 

[catmandoo]

Hot at that time of year anyway . Long distance train airconditioned in my case . And congestion at door you get anywhere even in UK .

However better than taxi and much much better than hired car . We had reserved seats. cheap . comfortable and locals friendly

 

[Sanderling_]

Are not all taxi rides in Italy short?

The last time we took a taxi in Naples the driver even introduced himself as Michael Schumacher.

 

[catmandoo]

Well if you really want a thrill try asking a taxi driver to get you from the main line station in Palermo to the airport in 20 minutes. - no defined lanes on motorway - you choose your own - including hard shoulder 200 km per hr , 6 inches from car / lorry in front blowing horn and flashing to get past etc , etc ,etc . We did it but never again !!!!!