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Rome, photographed for Wikimedia Commons
Italy

Explore Italy by Train

7 curated experiences · 6 destinations · 3 rail corridors

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Italy is one of Europe's easiest countries to see by rail. A fast north–south line ties Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples together, while slower regional lines wander along the coasts, around the lakes and up into the mountains.

Where to go

Rail corridors

  • The high-speed spine

    Milan → Bologna → Florence → Rome → Naples

    A fast line runs through the peninsula's populated heart, linking the great art cities in hours rather than days. It is the backbone most Italian itineraries are built on.

  • The Ligurian coast

    Genoa → La Spezia

    Between Genoa and La Spezia the railway threads tunnels cut into the cliffs, opening briefly onto sea views and the villages of the Cinque Terre.

  • North to the Dolomites

    Verona → Bolzano

    The Brenner line climbs from Verona up the Adige valley, past vineyards and castles, toward Bolzano and the Austrian border.

Experiences in Italy

7 experiences

Verona

Italian Masterpieces

More than a journey, a collection of unforgettable places.

From ancient ruins to Renaissance art and floating cities, discover Italy's most iconic destinations on a single, unforgettable journey by train.

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To the Amalfi Coast

Two very different sides of Italy, a short ride apart.

Trade the ruins of Rome for the Bay of Naples and the cliffside towns of the Amalfi coast, with Italy's south at its most dramatic.

Lugano

Across the Gotthard

Four very different Swiss towns along one mountain line.

Cross the spine of the Alps on one of Switzerland's great mountain railways, from lakeside Zürich to Lugano's Italian-speaking south.

poschiavo

The Bernina Express

Switzerland's highest railway crossing, on the way down to Italy.

Climb out of Graubünden's high valleys and over the Bernina Pass on one of the great unguarded rail crossings of the Alps, dropping through vineyards and palm trees into northern Italy by the end of the day.

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The Empires

Three Capitals, Three Empires

Travel from London to Rome by train through Paris and Turin, linking the capitals of three great empires with a crossing under the Channel and a climb over the Alps.

Bolzano, photographed for Wikimedia Commons

Over the Brenner

From Bavaria to the Venetian lagoon.

Follow one of Europe's oldest routes across the Alps, from beer halls in Munich through Tyrol and the vineyards of South Tyrol to the Roman arena of Verona and the lagoon of Venice.

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The Cinque Terre

Village to village along the Ligurian cliffs.

Hop along the Ligurian coast from La Spezia to Levanto by local train, stopping in the colourful cliff villages of the Cinque Terre, with time to walk the trails between them.

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