A friend and I are taking a ferry into Civitavecchia and are currently planning on heading to Milan where our hotel reservation is that evening. The websites I have checked say that we will have to change in Rome, but Civitavecchia appears to be on the way from Rome to Milan. Will we really have to take 1.5 hours to go the wrong way first? If so, I might try to change our hotel reservations for that evening to Rome and go north the next day.
Posted by
Elk Grove, CA, USA
6898 posts
All runs on the Trenitalia train site will show you going back and changing trains in Rome. It is indeed a 50-70 minute trip to Rome depending on which type of train you are on. But, overall, this is the fastest way to get to Milan. The train at Civitavecchia does continue north up the coast to Pisa and Genoa. I looked up schedules to go in that direction (Pisa, Viareggio and Genoa) and it's about the same journey time - 6.0hrs.
The train run that you see from Rome will stop at Florence and Bologna on the way. The others that I describe above will take you through the Cinque Terre on the way to Genoa. Your choice.
Posted by
Portlandia
3313 posts
Just a caution about the route north, though. Few trains will actually stop in the Cinque Terre.
Posted by
Elk Grove, CA, USA
6898 posts
Doug is correct. The runs stop at La Spezia and then pass through all five towns without stopping. Tunnel-town, tunnel-town, tunnel-town, tunnel-town, tunnel-town. Blink 5 times and you've seen the CT. It just whizzes by at about 70MPH.