i believe i've seen it said that you only need to reserve a seat in italy and france? do you have to reserve seats on every train in italy or just some trains? do you do this online?
i will be traveling from vernazza to paris and am thinking i will need to reserve for this leg.
thanks for your help - i'm leaving in three days and am getting a little stressed.
You do NOT have to reserve seats on every train and in fact you often cannot do so. For example, I highly doubt reservations are taken on trains to Vernazza. If you're doing a night train, say Paris to Genoa or Turin, that should be reserved ahead of time though.
so only the bigger cities in italy like rome and venice? i am only traveling from vernazza to paris - no where else in paris.
how do you reserve? just online?
Yup online. Only certain types of trains can be booked ahead of time (In Italy they are denoted as ES-Eurostar Italia or IC-Intercity, while R-Regionale may not be booked ahead of time). Night trains may also be booked of course.
You can buy tickets at the train station....
