Italy High Speed Train: Milan, Naples, Florence, Rome and Bologna by TrenItalia

TrenItalia, or Ferrovie dello Stato is Italy's national train line. It is very easy to travel in Italy by train. A tip that always helps is to know the name and spelling of Italian cities in Italian language. Buy a ticket from a vending machine or from the person - either way you'll need this information to make your Italy travel easy.

TrenItalia recently introduced high-speed rail service. Italy's high speed rail routes run between Naples and Milan. This train service is called the Freccia Rossa, named after the gorgeous new red trains that run Italy's high speed rails.

TrenItalia high speed rail travel time and cost of train ticket between cities in Italy:

• Rome to Milan by high speed rail to three and a half hours. -- Roma a Milano
• Milan to Bologna by high speed train is one hour. -- Milano a Bologna
• Milan to Florence 2 hours 10 minutes -- Milano a Firenze
• Naples to Milan 4 hours and 50 minutes -- Napoli a Milano
• Rome to Bari to 4 hours. -- Roma a Bari
• Rome to Verona by high speed Freccia Rossa train to 4 hours. -- Roma a Verona
• Rome to Venice by high speed rail to 4 hours. -- Roma a Venezia

Route	Time	1st Class	2nd Class
Milan - Bologna Centrale	1h5'	$65	$46
Milan - Florence	2h10'	$78	$55
Milan - Naples	4h50'	$146	$103
Milan - Rome	3h30'	$128	$93
Lemezia T.C.le - Rome	3h59'	$93	$63
Rome - Bari Centrale	3h59'	$93	$63
Verona P.N. - Rome	3h59'	$98	$67
Rome - Venice	3h59'	$116	$81

Italy High Speed rail prices good through January 15, 2009.

High speed rail travel in Italy includes free newspapers, beverages and snacks, so don't bother buying the water and snack in Termini, Milano Centrale, Napoli, or Firenze.

Click here for video How to Buy a train ticket in Italy.  For more about traveling by train in Italy click Italy travel travel.

Italy Travel: The Great TrenItalia Robbery

One of the great and convenient ways of travel in Italy is by train on TrenItalia. However, be ever vigilant.

Case in point 1. While you are getting settled in, gypsies jump aboard selling water, sandwiches, etc. But what they really do is, in the commotion of everyone settling in, they take off with your change and leave the train.

DO NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING UNTIL THE TRAIN IS RUNNING.

And even then, only from an officially uniformed employee..

Case in point 2. Eating in the restaurant car is a fabulous experience and great fun. But remember as the train makes various stops, the gypsies can jump on and jump off and sometimes with your handbags or luggage.

YOU NEED TO WATCH YOUR LUGGAGE AND YOUR HANDBAG DURING YOUR ENTIRE TRAIN RIDE, MOST ESPECIALLY WHEN STOPPED AT A STATION.

By the way, we have traveled for the past 3 weeks in Italy via train and have only had good experiences, including a delightful lunch.

So use the trains and enjoy, but be alert.