Hello All,

I have read that traveling by train in Italy is relatively inexpensive. I have just got prices on RailEurope Trenitalia website. Round trip tickets for our family of four from Chiusi to Florence round trip one day is $249.00. Almost the same price from Siena to Florence and Florence to Lucca round trip. We will have a car, just thought it would be less hair raising to train to the cities. Am I reading everything right, or do these prices seem accurate?
Thanks!

Hi, Tiller,
I just checked the Trenitalia website and came up with a one way fare of 34.40 euro for four adults(don't know if your kids are youth or adults.) I'm not sure how you came up with the $249 figure.

Hey Massagediva,

What am I doing wrong. Google Trenitalia, click, RailEurope. Choose
my cities, round trip with date (one day trip up and back) 2 adults, 1 youth, 1 child. Price $249.00 This was Chiusi to Florence roundtrip.

Tiller,

I suspect you have the wrong Web site.

Try your trips again at

www.trenitalia.com

You can click on "English" in the upper right-hand corner.

For Siena-Florence round trip, I would suggest the bus, which takes you up into Siena (the train station is down at the bottom of the hill):

http://tinyurl.com/bvlos

Hi T,

You don't want to buy tickets through Raileurope. They are a ticketing agency.

Go directly to www.trenitalia.com.

Adult fare, 2 cl, Florence to Lucca is 5E each way.

Thank you Eloise and Ira:
Whew- those prices were scary, figured we definitely would be driving all the time. Found the "real"website and round trip to Florence from Chiusi looks to be about 52E! Thanks again, I was getting a little discouraged checking on those "differently" price fares.
Tiller

>Google Trenitalia, click, RailEurope. Choose..<

Good Lord!

Raileurope wants $34 + 15 S&H for a $6.00 ticket from Florence to Lucca.

You're welcome,T.