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and Easter holidays and during July around 12 hours (a journey of some
and August), it is advisable to make 1,900 km/1,200 miles). The AA and AIRLINES
reservations if you intend to travel Michelin both offer reliable route Aer Lingus
at those times. planners on www.theaa.com and www.aerlingus.com
There are direct motorail train www.viamichelin.co.uk. Air New Zealand
services to Livorno in Tuscany and www.airnz.co.nz
Alessandria in Piemonte from Arriving by Sea Alitalia
’s-Hertegenbosch (convenient for the A well-developed network of ferries www.alitalia.com
Hook of Holland ferry port) in the links Northern and Central Italy American Airlines
www.aa.com
Netherlands. Three German railway with neighbouring Mediterranean British Airways
stations – Hamburg, Dusseldorf and countries such as France, Spain, www.ba.com
Neu-Isenburg – are boarding points for Croatia, Greece and Tunisia. Delta
motorail services to Alessandria and Minoan Lines and Anek run large www.delta.com
Bolzano. There is no direct motorail ferries with cabins and vehicle decks easyJet
connection from France, although from several ports in Greece to www.easyjet.com
you can travel to Nice via motorail Venice, the northwest’s busiest port, Emirates
www.emirates.com
then drive across the Italian border. most months of the year. A grand
way to travel, the Istrian peninsula flybe
www.flybe.com
Arriving by Road and the Dalmatian coast are linked Jet2
Most roads into Italy from the rest to Venice through the summer by www.jet2.com
of Europe involve Alpine crossings fast catamarans and ferries run by KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines)
by tunnel or mountain pass. The operators such as Venezia Lines, and www.klm.com
exceptions are the approach from Atlas. Venice is also a key port for Lufthansa
Slovenia in the northeast (on the state-of-the-art cruise ships bound www.lufthansa.com
A4 motorway) and the route along for the Mediterranean. Companies Malaysia Airlines
www.malaysiaairlines.com
the French Riviera that enters Italy stopping here include P&O Cruises
as the A10 motorway at Ventimiglia. and MSC Crociere. Meridiana
www.meridiana.it
The most popular route from Both ferries and cruise ships Qantas
Geneva and southeast France is dock at Venezia Terminal Passeggeri, www.qantas.com
via the Mont Blanc tunnel and a large terminal near Tronchetto Ryanair
A5 motorway, entering Italy close that spreads along the lagoon www.ryanair.com
to Aosta and Turin. Another busy and canalside from the Stazione Thai Airways
approach (from Switzerland) uses Marittima basin to Santa Marta www.thaiairways.com
the St Bernard Pass and Tunnel. The and San Basilio. RAIL
main route from Austria and southern Genoa’s Stazione Marittima is the Deutsche Bahn
Germany crosses the Brenner Pass northwest’s main ferry hub, with links www.bahn.de
and goes down to Verona on the to Corsica, Tunis and Barcelona. Ferries Eurostar
A22 motorway via Trento and the from Corsica also arrive at Vado. Several 03432 186186; www.eurostar.com
Adige valley. Most motorways are toll companies operate these services, Rail Europe
08448 484 064 (UK)1-800-382-RAIL
roads – you pay as you exit them. including Tirrenia and Grimaldi. (US)1-800-361-RAIL (Canada); www.
Travellers from the UK could take raileurope.com www.raileurope.co.uk
a car to one of the French Channel Far left Malpensa airport, Milan Left MV Crystal TReinreiswinkel
ports by ferry or on the Eurotunnel Serenity navigating the lagoon on departure from www.treinreiswinkel.nl
rail shuttle. Once there, the drive to Venice Below High-speed train in Milano ROAD
Genova in the north of Italy takes Centrale station
The AA
www.theaa.com
Eurotunnel
08705 353 535; www.eurotunnel.com
Michelin
www.viamichelin.com
SEA
Anek
www.anek.gr
Atlas
www.atlas-croatia.com
Minoan Lines
www.minoan.gr/en
MSC Crociere
www.msccruises.com
P&O Cruises
www.pocruises.com
Venezia Lines
www.venezialines.com

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