I AM PLANNING TO TRAVEL BY TRAIN FROM VENICE TO FLORENCE AND FROM FLORENCE TO BOLOGNA (I KNOW THE EXACT TRAVEL DATES AND TIMES). SHOULD I PURCHASE THE TRAIN TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME? I WAS IN THE ITALIARAIL.COM SITE AND I NOTICE THAT IF I PURCHASE THESE TICKETS FOR OUR ENTIRE GROUP (6 PEOPLE) IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE PER TICKET THAN IF I BUY THEM INDIVIDUALLY. IS THIS THE CORRECT PLACE TO PURCHASE THE FAST TRAIN TICKETS? I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE TIMES APPEAR AS SOLD OUT...........THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE
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Try www.trenitalia.com , which is the official site for trains in Italy.
However, I never bought tickets from them, but I used this site just to know train schedules.
When you will arrive in Italy in the first city, you can buy from there all the tickets for all your destinations.