Is the 6 hour train from Vienna to Venice the best way to travel with 2 older teenagers? First class the way to go, is there a lot of stops along the way? The RailEurope.com website does not give much information - has anyone taken that train - 6:30 am leaving?
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19100 posts
The Rail Europe website is a site for selling train tickets for Europe. They only show the schedule for trains for which they sell tickets, which is only a small percentage of the trains that are actually out there, mostly the high fare, fastest trains. To get a comprehensive list of trains, you need to go to the German Rail query page or to Italian Rail.
Posted by
OP
Milwaukee, WI, USA
6 posts
Thanks Lee I will look into that
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
Austrian Rail has SparSchiene fares as low as 29€ for Vienna-Venice day routes. You can also get SparSchiene fares of 69€ for a bed in a three-person sleeper on the direct night train. See here. Book by phoning the Call Center. Dial 011 (US international access code) + 43 (country code for Austria) + (0)5-1717. Omit the zero in parentheses. It is only used for calls orginating in Austria.
Is 1st class worth the extra money? Not for me, but it may be for you.
Posted by
OP
Milwaukee, WI, USA
6 posts
Tim, do you know if that train is direct or makes a million stops?
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
Frank, The night train makes 22 stops. The fastest day train makes nine stops.