Use Italy’s train network to travel from Rome’s Empire-era monuments to Florence’s Renaissance art and architecture. Wander aimlessly around Venice’s romantic canals, board the train to Italy’s style capital, Milan, or travel south to pizza capital Naples.
Drive through Tuscany’s rolling olive grove-dotted hillsides, or photograph water buffalo on Campania’s flat plains. Dine in cliff-side Positano overlooking the Amalfi Coast, swim in the turquoise waters of Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda, or tour Sicily’s ancient Greek theatres. Ski in the northern Dolomites, or visit tranquil Lake Como.
Buy designer labels in Milan, hand-blown Murano glass in Venice, and painted ceramics in Tuscany and Umbria. Take home red Brunello wine from Montalcino in Tuscany, sparkling Prosecco from the Veneto and Parmesan and olive oil from local delis.
Sample Sardinia’s seafood risotto and Tuscan steak, bistecca alla fiorentina. Northern specialities include truffles and porcini mushrooms - in the South, try buffalo mozzarella, fiori di zucchini (deep-fried courgette) and melanzane alla parmigiana (baked aubergines in tomato and Parmesan).
Watch the sun set on the train ride to Italy’s picture-postcard Cinque Terre region in northwestern Liguria where traditional villages cling to an old way of life.
Gourmet Tour
The national railway company of Italy is Trenitalia
REDUCED BOAT CROSSINGS
Grimaldi Ferries 20% discount on official fares
(port taxes, fixed dues and special fares excluded)
www.grimaldi-lines.com
Barcelona-Civitavecchia
Barcelona-Livorno
Civitavecchia-Porto Vecchio (Corsica)
Civitavecchia/Salerno/Palermo-Tunis
Civitavecchia-Toulon
Livorno-Porto Vecchio (Corsica)
For tickets and reservations fill in the form EURAIL INTERRAIL on www.grimaldi-lines.com.
Italy: +39 081 496 444
Spain: +34 932 959 100
HML, service operated by Endeavor Lines
Patras-Brindisi, extra calls at Corfu and Cefalonia during the summer.
30% discount on all categories (except the luxury cabin) in high season (15/06-15/09); 50% discount on all categories (except the luxury cabin) outside the high season. Information and booking:
Brindisi +39 0831 528 531 Email: resa@hml.it
Rome +39 06 4740141 Email: hml.roma@tiscali.it
Minoan Lines International
www.minoan.gr
Patras/Igoumenitsa-Ancona
Patras/Corfu/Igoumenitsa-Venice
Free deck passage (embarkation upon availability).
Seasonal surcharge: June and September € 16 per person.
July and August € 26 per person.
50% discount on upgrades.
Italy: +39 041 240 7177
Greece: +30 210 414 5700
The company reserves the right to apply a fuel surcharge when this is inevitable due to extraneous factors.
Superfast Ferries / Blue Star Ferries (EURAIL Member)
www.superfast.com
Bari-Patras
Bari-Igoumenitsa
Ancona-Igoumenitsa
Ancona-Patras
Free air seats/dormitories for 1st class pass holders, free deck passage for 2nd class pass holders.
Seasonal surcharge: June and September € 10 per person.
July and August € 20 per person.
Fuel surcharge is extra & port taxes are € 7.
Italy, Ancona +39 071 202 034 info.anconaport@superfast.com
Italy, Bari +39 080 528 2828 info.bariport@superfast.com
Greece +30 210 891 9130 info.athens@superfast.com
Visiteurope.com and the European Travel Commission recommend Rail Europe.
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