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Do you need to reserve seats on Italian trains?
Various trains in Italy require a reservation. Eurail Pass Holders have to pay an additional fee for these reservations.
Can you reserve seats on Trenitalia?
“Seat Reservation” is an additional service offered by Trenitalia and is offered on a voluntary basis and not required to complete the train booking.
How do I select seats on Trenitalia?
Re: Trenitalia How do I change seats? Once you’ve seen the trains you want to take, if they’re AV or ES trains, you can go to the “Freccia” site to pick your seats.
How much are train reservations in Italy?
Reservations are required, and cost about $12 per leg if you have a rail pass. EuroCity, InterCity, and international trains: Reservations are required, and cost about $10 if you have a rail pass.
Do you need to book seats on trains?
Even without a seat reservation your tickets are still valid and you can sit in any vacant unreserved seat for the appropriate class of travel for your journey.
Do I need to book train tickets in Italy?
You will need to buy a train ticket for every train trip you take in Italy. You will not necessarily need to buy a train reservation for every trip. Some trains require them, some trains have them available if you want to buy them, and in some cases they aren’t even an option.
How do I reserve seats with Trenitalia Pass?
Reservations can be made directly at a train station or by using the City to City search tool on our website. For seat reservation booking choose “I have a railpass”.
Why can’t I reserve a train seat?
This could be because: the train services you are travelling on do not offer seat reservations e.g. if it is a short journey. the train on which you wish to travel is full at the time of booking. the seat reservations may not have been released yet.
How far in advance can you reserve train seats?
You booked your ticket before the seat reservations were open. Seat reservations typically open 3 months in advance, if you booked a flexible ticket (Anytime, Off-Peak or Super Off-Peak) before then you will not have been allocated a seat, however you may be able to reserve a seat closer to the time.
What is the difference between Trenitalia and ItaliaRail?
Italiarail is the North American booking agency. The trains are the same. Trenitalia is the national railway company for Italy. If you buy a ticket for Rome/Florence on Italiarail, you will be overpaying the ticket (they are charging $58) by $4 plus an $18 ticket shipping cost.
How do I book train tickets in Italy?
Main train operator in Italy
What is the best train system in Italy?
High-speed trains in Italy can reach speeds of up to 400 km/h (248 mph). The fastest Italian high-speed train reaching that speed is the modern Frecciarossa 1000, which connects the main cities, including Turin, Milan, Florence, Rome, Naples and Salerno. The next fast trains in Italy are Frecciargento, which can reach speeds of up to 300 km/h
How much are train tickets in Italy?
Avoid train-station ticket lines whenever possible by using the ticket machines found in station halls.
What is the best way to travel through Italy?
Start in Rome: Day 1. Rome is a fantastic starting point for this trip.