Venice to Avignon by Train, how?

Old May 11th, 2013, 02:35 PM
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One thing to remember when traveling by train is the size and amount of the luggage. In Milan help is available if you ask to get it across the tracks.The best place change next is Monte
Carlo to the little scnf that goes to Cannes avoiding changing in Nice. Then from Cannes to Marsilles and on to Avignon. My husband and I left with cruise luggage from Venice to Villenuve-loubet by train around 10 actually we used the Mastre station and arrived about 7 in the evening. Always buy seat reservations as you never know when the airline in Italy will strike. Good luck and enjoy the scenery!!!
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Old May 11th, 2013, 05:09 PM
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>>> Always buy seat reservations as you never know when the airline in Italy will strike.>>We might just drive from Venice to Avignon, and break the trip overnighting somewhere in the middle, like Genoa. Does this sound sane?
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Old May 12th, 2013, 09:08 AM
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All the fast trains in Italy include seat reservations. Only the slow R trains don't and part of this route (if you go through Genoa) will probably have R trains. You can't reserve seats on R trains.>

Asking THE expert - I though now that some IC trains have a section that are non-reservable - that folks will railpasses for instance would not have to make reservations and they could sit in those unreservable seats - is this so - that parts of some IC trains are unreserved first-come seating??

Thanks in advance!
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Old May 12th, 2013, 07:31 PM
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Thanks for all the good information again!

Was researching where to drop of the car, on the Italy side, train to Nice, pick up another car. Kemwel replied that it was Genoa or Savona, with the caveat that it depends really on what is available with which supplier at the time.

Another option I found would be to drop off the car in Rappelo, and then cross over by train.

Although we will be away from home about 3 weeks, we are each bringing a small suitcases since 1) it's summer 2) I'm obsessed with the 10-piece wardrobe challenge.

If it all gets too complicated, I've found tickets on Thello.com for E360 (all of us) for a 4-berth couchette. Overnight train, land in Paris painlessly, then leisurely train down to Avignon, where we pick up the car. Mapwise it looks like we're going all the way up to Paris to go down again to Avignon, but it is direct and we'll be horizontal and rested for the whole trip. We could get off at Dijon, but I'd have to scream the kids awake and hobble off the train at 6 am. Train from Dijon to Avignon is also 3 hours (slower train?).

Cost for all of us to train from Paris to Avignon RT is also around 300E, and we really need to go to Paris after our week in Avingon. Choices, choices.
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Old May 13th, 2013, 11:00 AM
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anyway kinds will find the overnight train experience to ge great - at least my once young son did the several times we took them. And they should find the nearly 200 mph TGV train to Avignon an experience.
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My thoughts exactly PalenQ. Thanks everyone for all your suggestions and your comments. Appreciate the effort!
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and as for the TGV - try for a TGV Duplex - double-decker - kids love the view from up top - lower levels often have no views at all - high-speed train lines being now built in recessed rail beds to avoid winds.
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and since you have 4 person you can book the whole 4-person compartment and have a private quad - be sure when booking all your party is in the same compartment however.
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