How would you recommend our group of 3 to get from Puglia (near Fasano) to Rome in April? We will not have a car or be driving. I have read that it takes quite a while by train, multiple trains, etc. A car service maybe? Or would the train be better or maybe even a flight? Trying to figure it out, If anyone has made the trip I'd be interested to hear your experience. Any advice appreciated, thanks.
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We flew from Bari, not expensive.
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Washington DC
27111 posts
You can go to the user-friendly Deutsche Bahn website to check the schedule. If tickets for your travel date aren't on sale yet, use an early-April date for the correct day of the week.
I see a good possibility: a regional train leaving Fasano at 12:20 PM on weekdays, arriving in Bari Centrale at 12:54 PM. Then an express train (Frecciargento) leaving Bari at 1:14 PM and reaching Roma Termini Station at 5:20 PM.
There is a similar routing that departs Fasano at 5:20 PM and gets to Rome at 10:20 PM.
You can't buy Italian rail tickets from the Deutsche Bahn, so your options are the TrenItalia site or one of the private companies selling tickets for multiple rail systems, like trainline.eu and loco2.com. Do not purchase from RailEurope, which may not offer all possible departures and typically charges substantial service fees.
To check flight availability and costs I would go to skyscanner.com.
I have no idea how much a private transfer would cost.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
1388 posts
In March we flew from the Brindisi airport to Rome --- not expensive at all, took an hour if I'm remembering it correctly, and the Brindisi airport seemed much easier to us than the Bari airport (which we have also flown back to Rome from.) Closer to the train station.
I do realize that Brindisi is in the opposite direction from Rome, but I just offer it as an option. Maybe the flight times there are better or the tickets are cheaper for you, or maybe when you add up all the transportation costs and hassles for each airport, it will turn out to be better. We were also staying about halfway between Bari and Brindisi (in Cisternino) and chose Brindisi.
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WPB, FL & Firenze
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When you compare the costs and travel time of flying versus train, don't forget to include the cost to get to and from the airports and the non-flight travel time that will be required. I've taken that Freccia train, although only as far as Caserta, and it was a pleasant trip.
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lexington, il
4105 posts
Flights from Bari, are inexpensive and around an hour. Use the google flight matrix to look at times and prices but book with the airlines.