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Cinque Terre - Need Tips on Getting There and Away by Train

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I need advice on trains to and from the Cinque Terre as it could effect the route we finalize. We're want to do Lake Como, Pisa (just for leaning tower), Cinque Terre, and Nice/Monaco. At the moment we're thinking of flying into Milan and out of Nice.

Should we do Lake Como to Pisa and the enter the Cinque Terre from the south and leave from the North to Nice?
Or, come and go from Cinque Terre from the north and do Pisa as a daytrip?

Any advice on routes given these locations much appreciated! Traveling with my husband and two daughters 17 and 19.

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It's a rather convoluted itinerary, since Lake Como is well north of Milan, and Pisa and the CT are quite a distance south of Milan. Use the Trenitalia website to expore train options and times from Como to Pisa or Monterosso. Pisa could easiy be done as a day trip from any of the C T villages. You may find that the Como -Pisa route requires more train changes. It looks like the Como to Monterosso at 0930hrs is a direct train from Milan. That's around 6 hours. You can get from Monterosso to Nice with only 2 changes in a little under 6 hours.

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If you're coming from Pisa, the southern gateway to CT is La Spezia, and there are dozens of trains daily from Pisa to La Spezia.

If you're coming from Como, the northern gateway is Genoa. Never done the Como-Genoa trip before, but I'm sure it connects through Milano Centrale.

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By the current schedules valid up to December 13, there are 7 direct IC trains from Milano Centrale to Monterosso. These trains run every day and take around 4 hours and something. There are more options with a change in Genoa. Taking an IC train you'll have a reserved seat all the way from Milan to Monterosso. There is no reserved seating on Regionale and Cinque Terre Express trains.

Spending hours to get to Pisa to see only the Tower seems quite a waste of holyday time.

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