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Car rental in Monterosso
Posted: Mon July 5, 2010 03:08 PM UTC
Bonjour!
I am planning a trip in Cinque Terre in September. I will be arriving by Pise then taking the train to Riomaggiore. Then, will hike in Cinque Terre until Monterosso. Once in Monterosso, I would like to rent a car to cross over to Venise in order to catch a ferry to Croatie. I can't seem to find a car rental place in Monterosso that would allow me to drop it off in Venise. Any suggestion? Should I reverse my trip to arrive by Genoa then start in Monterosso down to Riomaggiore? Thanks in advance for your kind advice.
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Re: Car rental in Monterosso
Posted: Mon July 5, 2010 03:26 PM UTC
Hi Sun,
Monterosso is very small so I think there aren't any car rentals there.

Anyway take a look on
http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html
and consider to travel by TRAIN from Monterosso to Venice. I think it's more convenient than hiring a car (in terms of money, safety and comfort).

If you wish to go to Venice only by car let me know, I should try to help you!

Welcome in my Country!
Fabrizio

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Re: Car rental in Monterosso
Posted: Mon July 5, 2010 03:43 PM UTC
I dont think its a good idea to rent a car in that area just in order to go to Venezia ! By train its so easy and also a lot less expensive, because you have to calculate a oneway-rental that is extremely expensive in Europe.
Also: driving in Italy is hard when you are not used to some "local customs" and on the highway you have to pay toll.
Monterosso certainly does not have car rentals and IF they have it they rent it for local aeras only, not to be left back in Venezia !

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Re: Car rental in Monterosso
Posted: Mon July 5, 2010 06:06 PM UTC
No point at all in hiring a car, as the others have said. The nearest car hire is likely to be La Spezia anyway.

One-way rental will indeed carry a hefty premium anywhere and parking in Venice is extremely expensive (and difficult).

So just get the train. It's safe, comfortable and very easy (ticket machines have English language options). No need to buy tickets in advance online.

http://trenitalia.it/homepage_en.html

will give you train times, details and fares in English (it's a variant of the page given above). Journey time is from just over 5 hours, with one-way fares from 51.20 euro.

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Re: Car rental in Monterosso
Posted: Mon July 5, 2010 06:09 PM UTC
If you do decide to drive, look at www.viamichelin.com for routes and estimated drive-times.

Monterosso to Venice will take at least 4.5 hours, quite possibly longer depending on traffic and your navigation skills.

So the train is not a great deal slower anyway!

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Re: Car rental in Monterosso
Posted: Tue July 6, 2010 04:22 PM UTC
Thank you so much for all your responses! I really appreciate your time & experience and you've all helped me to take my decision: Train it will be!

Again thank you and I wish you all a sweet day!

Tchoo! Tchoooo! Cinque Terrre, here I come! :-)

Sun

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