Venice · TRAIN EXPERIENCES
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 5 rail day trips worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Meet your English and Spanish-speaking guide inside Venice Santa Lucia Station, then ride by train to Verona. Walk past Ponte Pietra, Piazza delle Erbe, Lamberti Tower, Porta dei Borsari, and the Verona Arena before enjoying 2.5 hours of free time.
Leave Venice early by train and spend about six hours in Verona. A guide such as Marina leads an English or Spanish walking tour past the Roman Arena, Piazza Bra, Piazza delle Erbe, Porta Borsari, and Ponte Pietra, followed by free time.
“Je ne peux pas vous donner mes impressions sur l'excursion car il a été annulée trois jours avant la date par la compagnie qui devait nous faire visiter la ville de Vérone.”
Travel from Venice Santa Lucia to Florence Santa Maria Novella by reserved high-speed train, then join an English-speaking guide for a city walk through Medici Florence, the Duomo, Dante’s quarter, Piazza della Signoria, and Ponte Vecchio. Add a guided visit inside Florence Cathedral if you choose.
“Not bad, not great. A bit impersonal. A good introduction to the city at ground level - useful orientation, but not much else. Train logistics from Venice was excellent though.”
Travel from Florence to Venice by high-speed train, then explore churches, markets, Rialto Bridge, St. Mark’s Square, and Strada Nova with a private English-speaking guide. Guides such as Barbara, Kristina, and Catherine have shaped flexible tours around each group. Add a gondola ride if you wish.
“It was pouring rain so it is a bit hard to throughly enjoy the beauty of Venice. I would suggest headsets as it was difficult to hear as we were a group of 9”
Travel by second-class high-speed train from Milan to Venice, then meet your private guide at Santa Lucia station. In three guided hours, see St. Mark’s Square, Rialto Bridge, the Grand Canal, Doge’s Palace, and St. Mark’s Basilica before enjoying free time.
“Our tour guide Barbara was spectacular. Very knowledgeable and very personable. One thing that we absolutely hated, and needs to be changed: we were we had a group of 13 passengers, and we all got put on separate cars of the train. Not what we had in mind. We booked together, so I thought that put us together. That was a big problem for us.”
Pick a monument, a boat or a counter bar.
