Strike Schedules Italy
 

I was going to post this in response to a question on another thread, but thought it would be more visible under a more pertinent title. I'm sure there are other sites out there, but the following lists the schedule of various strikes in Italy through May and into early June. Hope it helps some of you.

http://www.seekitaly.com/news/from_roma.html#strikes

It is important to know the strike schedule ahead of time for obvious reasons, not the least of which is the old adage "to be forewarned is to be forearmed." Example: when you arrive at an airport and you're planning to take a bus into town and then a train to XYZ, and then some taxi driver approaches you in the bus line and tells you the train to XYZ isn't running because of "the strike" so you should take his taxi there for 140 Euros. This happened to me recently, and it was good to know that doing my homework had paid off.

Clarification: there was no train strike that day.

Well, I feel like I'm talking to myself here, but I'm actually topping this for nbs mjs.

Thanks Holly - that's just what I was looking for!

Steve

Great site Holly, thanks. Is this site updated regualrly? We are traveling in Octobedr and would like to keep ontop of things.
Lisa S

I was checking the site for a few months before my last trip, and it seemed it was always current to about 4-6 weeks out. Not a big help if you're trying to plan your travel itinerary way in advance, but enough so that you can come up with a plan B, if necessary, before you leave.