three friends in their early 20's are eurrailling in Italy this July - Rome, Florence and a beach? Any recommendations on where to stay and what beach?

The Ligurian coast would be close to Florence. I like Rapallo and Santa Margherita Ligure. These areas are busy with Italian tourists in July so they should plan well in advance.

What do you mean by "eurrailing?" I hope they're not getting a rail pass for just those destinations. Plain old point-to-point tickets would almost certainly be cheaper.

There is no such thing as Eurail. that is simply a company in the US that resells rail passes. Saying you're eurailing in europe is like saying you're american expresing in europe - it has no meaning.

And certainly individual train tickets would be MUCH cheaper than any sort of pass.

Hi dd,

You do NOT want to buy passes for such a short trip.

Schedules and fares are at http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/inde...0080a3e90aRCRD

It is RailEurope in the US..the SNCF/SBB marketing arm for North America and they do not RE-sell passes..they SELL them and the prices for passes are FIXED by the participating railways, NOT by RailEurope and I say all this for the sake of the accuracy POLICE, many of whom are already ON this thread.

I agree that a pass isn't necessary nor is buying any point0-to-point tickets in advaNCE depending ON:

how far in advance they will BE in Italy before needing their first rail ride and which services (Eurostar vs. others) they might want to use.

Wish we had known..you could have deplaned, taken your luggage, gone sightseeing and then taken the train to Rome