I am going to Venice and will stay there for 4-5 days. I like to know if it is possible to take a one day trip to Siena. Do they have direct or non stop train from Venice to Siena? If I start early in the morning from Vience and need to come back to Venice at same day(late). Is it possible?

Hi

I wouldn't bother. As fantastic as Siena is I would use all the time up in Venice. 4 or 5 days is still not long enough for lovely Venice!

It's 4-4.5 hours each way by train, and the last return train is at about 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. on Sundays). The Siena train station is not in the historical center of the town, so you'd have to add time to get to/from the center.

No - it's not a realistic trip as noted above.

When you want to check something like this the easiest way is to go to bahn.de - the German rail site. It;s very easy to use and shows all trains throughout europe - although you can use it to buy tickets only for trains originating in Germany.

It is <i>possible.</i> You can compute for yourself how much time is available in Siena.

Venezia S. Lucia - Firenze SMN by train: www.fsitaliane.it
Firenze - Siena by bus: www.busfox.com/timetable/, enter "Firenze" and "Siena, Piazza Antonio Gramsci 15"

The bus from Firenze drops you off in the middle of the town. From Siena train station you would need to take a taxi or another bus to get into the center.

is there a particular reason why you want to go to Siena on this trip?

if there is, then the only realistic way would be to do it as an overnight - which would be a shame when you only have 4-5 days in Venice.

Verona, however, is a realistic day trip from Venice.