Siena Travel Forum

my family and i will be travelling from venice to siena. i have been looking at train schedules and am getting a little confused. could anyone give me any advice on which website i should use? we will be in siena for 2 weeks then we are going to sorrento. from siena, we are planning on taking several day trips. i will have a rental car, but would like to use the train when possible. any suggestions on passes etc. would be great! thanks....

I think the trenitalia website should help you best: try http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html When I went to Italy a year ago I didn't use a rail pass I used cash, and ended up paying less than the rail pass but it's all up to your preference...

yes trenitalia - omce you get the hang of it is quite clear

just ba suggestion though

if you ask them for a trip when you have to change trains - we went from genoa to verona and had to change at milaN - they can suggest a rather short time for changing

it was 13 minutes for this change - and of course our train was 13 minutes late so we missed our connection - no big deal - but it adds to the stress

and i agree about rail passes - you would have to travel by train a very great deal to make a pass worthwhile

Rail passes anywhere in Europe are only worthwhile if you are going to do a grat deal of rail travel. The Trenitalia site is easy enough to navigate, I think, but you could also look at

http://www.bahn.de/p/view/international/englisch/international_guests.shtml

It will give you times, but not fares.

From Sorrento you will need to use the private Circumvesuviana line for stops to Naples:

http://www.vesuviana.it/Reteeorari/Ferrovia/Orario

Not in English, but easy enough to decipher, imo.