Travelling from Rome to Florence, we'd like to stop and explore Orvieto. Do we need separate tickets - Rome to Orvieto then Orvieto to Florence, or just one ticket and we can spend a couple hours in Orvieto before reboarding.
I've been told each by different people, so I'm hoping someone here will know the correct answer!
Thanks
kath
Posted by
Elk Grove, CA, USA
6898 posts
Most Eurostars between Rome and Florence are non-stops. They don't stop at Orvieto. For Eurostar or ICPlus trains, you will need to buy tickets from Rome to Orvieto and then a separate set from Orvietto to Florence. These trains require seat reservations that you get with the ticket. These tickets have departure times on them.
What you can do is buy a ticket on the local Regionale (R) train from Rome to Florence. No advance tickets or seat reservations permitted. It's the local. 18 stops on this run with Orvieto being the 6th. The R ticket has no train number, time or seat reservation on it. It's an open ticket good for 2 months. You can hop off and back on a similar train all day long and into the evening. You can even stay the night and get back on a similar train the next day. Don't try to get on an ICPlus or Eurostar train with this ticket.
Posted by
OP
silver spring, md, usa
23 posts
Thanks - another question - where can I find the price of the regional train tickets? Trenitalia.com has the prices for ES and IC trains when I click the Buy icon, but I can't figure out how to see the fares for the regional trains.
Posted by
Elk Grove, CA, USA
6898 posts
Hard to do. The only way I find them is to put in a travel date 2 days from now (not including Sat or Sun). This close in, they often will show the red shopping cart.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
7737 posts
And you know the Italian name for Florence is Firenze, right? That throws some people for a loop.
Posted by
Wichita
831 posts
Kath,
You can not hop on AV, ES, or ICPlus trains. You can hop on regional trains if your ticket is valid usually only about 6 hours.
Why bother, just get two tickets, Rome to Orvieto and Orvieto to Florence. It will cost you about 1 euro more since the cost is bacically by distance.
Larry,
See http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ab0199d2cf2ea110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD#4
for the restrictions on validity.
Posted by
Elk Grove, CA, USA
6898 posts
Henry, I read the rules. The R ticket is an open ticket for 2 months from purchase date. It's not good for 6 months as I've mentioned above. However, once it has been stamped in the station, it's only good for 6 hours. That means that you won't be validating your ticket, hopping off, spending the night and getting back on the next day. I've learned something.