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Unique Rail Journeys in Italy: Dante’s Train Between Florence and Ravenna

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 05/24/2022 - 03:00

“Dante’s Train,” a rail route tracing the journey of the Supreme Poet from Florence to Ravenna during his exile years, is returning for the summer season.…

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A Long-Awaited Reunion Tour of Tuscany

by andrewcotto | Tue, 03/22/2022 - 02:00

In February of 2020, I attended the opening of a new Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. The Italian journalists in attendance spoke of the Coronavirus spreading…

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The Iconic Orient Express Train Returns to Italy

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/21/2022 - 03:26

2023 will see the return to Italy of the most iconic train of all, the Orient Express, with a special theme centered on ‘La Dolce Vita’. The Orient Express…

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Bologna Centrale Station: What To Do With an Hour to Spare Before Your Train

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 07/30/2021 - 02:40

Bologna’s train station, known as Bologna Centrale, is one of the busiest in Italy, being a strategic junction of Italy’s railway network; it stands at…

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Train Travel in Italy: The Ultimate Guide

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 04/30/2021 - 04:27

Train travel in Italy is relatively easy, but may pose some challenges if you have never been to the country or if you are not used to this mode of…

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Venezia Santa Lucia Station: What To Do With an Hour to Spare Before Your Train.

by Myra Robinson | Tue, 09/29/2020 - 06:32

There’s only one railway station in Venice, so why, as trains roll into the station, don’t the signs just say VENEZIA? Instead they say VENEZIA SANTA LUCIA,…

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The Foliage Train riding amid fall colors and woods

Riding the Foliage Train from Piedmont to Switzerland

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 09/24/2020 - 00:00

A train ride on a historic route amid mountains, villages and the fall colors: it’s the so-called ‘Foliage Train,’ which runs along a line that, since 1923,…

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Train Travel in Italy in the Summer of Covid-19: What to Expect

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 08/05/2020 - 03:00

After the recent controversy caused by Trenitalia and Italo, the two main railway companies operating trains in Italy, announcing that trains would be…

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What's Italy like With Fewer Tourists: Time-Travelling to the 1960s?

by Myra Robinson | Tue, 08/04/2020 - 03:16

My first ever trip abroad was to Italy in the 1960s. I have just experienced a return to that magical time before mass tourism, looking at sights again as if I…

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Italy Launches First Direct High-Speed North-South Rail Route

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 05/27/2020 - 03:00

Italy’s Frecciarossa train service, the ‘star’ of high-speed, is set to begin a new direct route that will connect Turin in Italy’s north to Reggio Calabria in…