What is the fastest (and hopefully not most expensive) way to travel between Venice and Marseille, Nice or Lyon? I can't seem to find the train connections or to figure out time.
Posted by
Pacific Northwest
2645 posts
Kay, I faced this same issue when planning our trip. I just did not want to leave Venice out as I am traveling with two people who have never been there. I could not ever make the Venice to France (Paris for us) trains make financial or time-investment sense. Easyjet did, indeed, make it all totally doable. I paid 66US per ticket and that includes the EasyJet additional fee for luggage. The trains were so much more expensive...glad I looked into flying...it's an excellent alternative here.
Posted by
Seattle, WA
16745 posts
Venice to Nice is a bit over 8 hours by train, including time to change trains in Milan and Ventimiglia. Where are you looking for schedules?
Posted by
OP
Berkeley, California, US
621 posts
Thanks, Lola. Mostly trenitalia, but I've trashed around on other sites as well. I think eight hours is going to be too long for us, so it looks like we'll have to skip Venice this time. I was hoping there might be some sort of Franco-Italian high-speed train.
Posted by
Bend, OR, United States
1167 posts
You can get the connections information here: http://www.bahn.com/i/view/USA/en/index.shtml Using the next 2 sites you can get the fare information by breaking the trip down into the Italalian part (Venezia-Ventimiglia) and the French part (Ventimiglia-?) http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html
http://www.tgv-europe.de/de/ When I just check the total from Venice to Nice was about €60+6.
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
Easyjet flies nonstop from Venice to Lyon, 4 days a week. Flight only takes 90 minutes. Cost varies depending on your travel date but is never very expensive. This is clearly the fastest - and probably the least expensive - means of travel between your destinations.