I haven't read anything that makes me think I should skip Venice altogether, but am prepared to. We arrive 12/27, and the hotel assured me that the press was worse than the actual situation and that the flooding is normal. I will be there two days. Then we take the train to Vienna, do we need advance tickets? I was planning to just buy at the station on 12/29.
Posted by
Italy
3812 posts
compare the on-day prices with the discounted ones for advance purchases, but read the Terms&Conditions of those cheap tickets.
In Venice the tide comes and goes twice a day, it's not a flooding.
Posted by
New York, NY
1586 posts
Julie buy the advanced ticket for Vienna. With the holiday season, trains get filled up fast.
Posted by
Seattle, WA
17575 posts
You will save a lot of €€€ if you buy those train tickets now. Trenitalia is showing Smart 2 tickets still available for the 9:55 direct train to Vienna, a journeynof 7h 40 min. The Smart2fare is €54,90 instead of the regular €106 for walk-up tickets.
Buy on Trenitalia.com or if that proves difficult, trainline.eu.
Posted by
Huntsville, AL, USA
8359 posts
I assume you'll have to take a train ride and then connect to a bus before connecting to another train to complete your trip.
Vienna is not the easiest city to reach from Venice. Only Austrian Airlines flies between the two cities.
Posted by
Seattle, WA
17575 posts
No bus necessary at all. Trenitalia is selling tix on the direct ( no changes) Railjet ( Austrian) train from Venice Santa Lucia to Wien Hauprbahnhof. And as I mentioned above, there are still discounted tix available for the 29/12 9:55 departure ( maybe on the later one too, but this departure time looks good to me).
Posted by
OP
Frisco, Texas, US
262 posts
Thank you all. Lola, I purchased the Smart2 tickets, but had to take the 15:55 train.