Need help - Rome to Paris by train
Apr 3rd, 2007 | 08:52 AM
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Need help - Rome to Paris by train
Preface: This is my first trip to Italy so I am a greenhorn here.
Situation: I am leading a student trip which will end in Rome at Fiumicino airport. I am sending the students/parents back to the US and then I am going on to Paris for a few weeks. I need to burn a day before my apartment is ready in Paris, so to pass time, I was thinking of taking an overnight train from Rome.
Questions - is there a train from Fiumicino like there is from CDG? Since I will already be at the airport dropping my students, I would rather not have to go back into the city to a train station. Also, I have checked the train schedule and it shows a couple of stops lasting 2 hours. What does one do during this time? How best to book my ticket?
I'm not sure I am going to do this - just checking the details. It may make more sense to fly into Paris and just get a hotel for one night. Just looking for something different for a change.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Situation: I am leading a student trip which will end in Rome at Fiumicino airport. I am sending the students/parents back to the US and then I am going on to Paris for a few weeks. I need to burn a day before my apartment is ready in Paris, so to pass time, I was thinking of taking an overnight train from Rome.
Questions - is there a train from Fiumicino like there is from CDG? Since I will already be at the airport dropping my students, I would rather not have to go back into the city to a train station. Also, I have checked the train schedule and it shows a couple of stops lasting 2 hours. What does one do during this time? How best to book my ticket?
I'm not sure I am going to do this - just checking the details. It may make more sense to fly into Paris and just get a hotel for one night. Just looking for something different for a change.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Apr 3rd, 2007 | 09:47 AM
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The most direct night train rail service Rome-Paris would be out of Termini.
You could also get a night service as far as Lyon but that would entail a change of train at 6:30 AM or so.
You could also waste a day in Italy by going to Milan, staying overnight there and going on by daytime rail the next day...and there are variations on that theme I won't bore you with.
Budget flights to paris all seem to originate out of Rome's Ciampino airport and you can check www.skyscanner.net for the most up-to-date details and schedules.
You could also get a night service as far as Lyon but that would entail a change of train at 6:30 AM or so.
You could also waste a day in Italy by going to Milan, staying overnight there and going on by daytime rail the next day...and there are variations on that theme I won't bore you with.
Budget flights to paris all seem to originate out of Rome's Ciampino airport and you can check www.skyscanner.net for the most up-to-date details and schedules.
Apr 3rd, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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Apr 3rd, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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The direct night train leaves Roma Termini at 18:40 and arrives at Paris Bercy at 09:10. Discounted fares are available if you book far enough in advance. If you book at trenitalia.com, you'll have to register first and this can be a frustrating process. If you book at sncf.com, you can choose to have your ticket mailed to an address in Rome (like your hotel).
