hello, I'm going to Italy with my parents in October. I'm trying to make a day trip out of Florence to Pisa-CT.
Is this even possible? Via train? We don't plan on staying too long in Pisa. It would be a brief stop to just grab lunch and photos. Would appreciate tips on how I can coordinate this!
Thank you!
Check the Trenitalia site for dates and schedules. Plan on taking the next-to-last train home in case there are issues. The fastest direct to CT is around 3 hours. I'd try and catch Pisa on the return. But that really only leaves you a couple of hours in CT at best. Nearly all return routes have a change in Pisa. Since they are regionals, you should have no issue jumping off and back on.
I’d skip Pisa as there is not much to see except a quick look at the Tower…go early in the day to CT and skip Corniglia and train between other beautiful towns…enjoy this special day trip.
I would go to CT first and do lunch there; much more scenic.
Would do Pisa on the way back; grab a snack for on the train to hold you til dinner in Florence.
I would plan for the following day to be a 'low key' kind of day
I also recommend to do Pisa on the way back. You want to enjoy the daylight as much as possible at the Cinque Terre.
You can see the tower of Pisa and the Duomo in the evening as well. I think the Duomo (Cathedral) closes at 8pm (confirm for October).
Train schedule here:
www.trenitalia.com
FROM: Firenze Tutte Le Stazioni (Florence all stations)
TO: Any of the Cinque Terre towns (Monterosso is the most important station).
By choosing Firenze Tutte Le Stazioni you will capture also the departures from FIRENZE CAMPO DI MARTE station.
From that station you can catch the FrecciaBianca (fast train) which departs early in the morning (at about 7:30am) and gets you to La Spezia very fast. Then from Spezia you will take a regionale to your preferred town at the Cinque Terre.
For the return use the same website, but this time use Pisa as destination. Choose the train time most suitable in the afternoon so that you are in Pisa in time before they close the cathedral if you want to visit the interior of it.
The trains from Pisa to Florence are available till 1030pm.
hey hey dani
if that's what you want go for it. leave early morning, follow roberto's directions for train.
anything, special you want to see or do in cinque terre? get it done, watch your time getting to pisa and whatever you want to do, you could even go into the small town and have dinner and see what everyone doesn't want you to do.
buy roundtrip train tickets firenze (florence) to CT to pisa to firenze. make sure to activate/stamp ticket before boarding train.
opapisa.it
site to buy tickets to tower, you will need to buy with date and time online. get before flying to italy.
go have fun and enjoy. my first trip to italy was to rome and i wanted to ride a fast train, people said you don't have time, WHAT???
i'll go by myself, friend went and we went to naples LOL, best day trip while in rome, it was crazy & insane, cops in and out of their tanks with guns, rifles, uzis in plazas and street corners, walked back alleys to shop, eat pizza and desserts, talk with our hands to all the friendly people we met, had wine and chacuterie at outside table. back to train station laughing so much, happy to have a toilet on board.
aloha
