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Arriving by Bus Paris is often
Bus travel to Italy is relatively necessary).
cheap, but long travel times Buses travel via
make it one of the least Dover, Calais,
comfortable ways to travel. Paris, and Dijon
The travel time from London to and it is useful
Milan is about 24 hours, and it to have some
is about 33 hours from London euros with you
to Rome. A night on the road is for stops en
thus unavoidable. Eurolines runs route. Travel
buses from London’s Victoria around Italy by
Coach Station to most of Italy’s long-distance
major cities as far as Rome and bus is feasible
Naples (a change at Milan or with SITA.
Tourist coaches parked in Venice’s bus station
Travelling by Ferry archipelago such as Capraia.
Italy’s large number of off-shore islands have led to a large and Ferries run from ports close
well-developed network of ferries, as well as ferry services to the to Rome to Ponza and its
surrounding islands, and from
rest of Europe and North Africa.
Naples to Capri and Ischia.
On the east coast the Tremiti
islands are linked to ports on
the Gargano peninsula.
Hydrofoils are increasingly
complementing conventional
ferries, particularly on the busy
routes to Capri and Ischia.
Hydrofoils, and ferries, also
run on some of Italy’s lakes,
such as Como and Garda.
Lines for ferries are common in
summer, so make reservations
well in advance if you wish to
One of the Moby Lines car ferries that sail the Mediterranean travel in July or August, especially
if taking a vehicle. Ferry services
are more frequent and reliable
Ferries major Sicilian ports to the Egadi in summer than in winter.
Car ferries are a convenient link and the Aeolian archipelagoes, Reservations can be made
with the beautiful islands as well as to countless other small online, through travel agents,
scattered off the Italian main land. islands around Sicily (although be or at a ferry line’s agents in your
Boats for Sardinia leave from aware that ferries to the smaller own country. Ticket prices can
Civitavecchia (north of Rome), islands do not always carry cars). vary according to the time of
Livorno, and Genoa, and depart Boats also ply between Elba year but are generally reasonable.
for Sicily from Naples and Reggio and Piombino, as well as to the To check schedules and fares,
di Calabria. Ferries run from the smaller islands of the Tuscan visit the relevant website.
DIRECTORY
Arriving by Train Ferries Moby Lines Tirrenia
Tel 199 303 040. Tel 892 123; 02 26 30 28
Ferrovie Corsica Sardinia ∑ mobylines.it 03. ∑ tirrenia.it
dello Stato Ferries Piombino – Elba Bari – Durazzo
Tel 89 20 21 (in Italy). Tel 199 400 500. Genoa/Livorno – Olbia Genoa – Porto Torres
∑ corsicaferries.it
∑ trenitalia.com Civitavecchia – Olbia
Civitavecchia/Livorno – Naples – Palermo/Cagliari
Golfo Aranci SNAV Cagliari – Palermo
Arriving by Bus Tel 081 428 55 55.
Grandi Navi Veloci ∑ snav.it Venezia Lines
Eurolines Tel 010 209 45 91. Ancona – Split Tel 041 882 11 01.
∑ eurolines.co.uk ∑ gnv.it Genoa/ ∑ venezialines.com
Civitavecchia – Palermo Naples/Sorrento – Venice – Rabac
SITA Genoa – Porto Torres/ Capri/Ischia Venice – Porec/Rovinj/Pula
∑ sitabus.it Olbia Naples – Aeolian Islands Bari – Durazzo

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