An Italian adventure
Italy is a wonderful destination for travelling by train, so arrange your dream rail holiday with the experts...
THERE are many images which sum up the joys of Italy. The Colosseum, at the heart of Rome. Sunlight on Lake Garda. A bowl of pasta in a restaurant on a glorious town square.
But to these and many other classic snapshots you could add one more image – a train making its way across an amazing landscape, cutting through the Dolomites and Alps, rolling to Venice, gliding past the Italian Lakes, or hugging the tracks down the flank of the Amalfi Coast.
Italy is a destination which lends itself perfectly to rail travel – from the stress-free journeys that dispense with the hassle of the airport to the leisurely itineraries that convey travellers around one of Europe’s greatest destinations in style and comfort.
And Citalia is the expert in the field. This respected travel operator has been the leading Italian specialist since it was founded over 85 years ago, and has a real depth of knowledge when it comes to arranging breaks in this remarkable country.
Citalia offers train escapes which get right to the soul of Italy. Holidaymakers can, for example, book a ten-day rail odyssey, alive with
Italy is a destination which lends itself perfectly to rail travel
history and culture, that takes in Venice, Florence and Rome – or a 13-day affair which begins in the capital and winds south to Sorrento and Sicily. Alternatively, Venice can be the start of a nine-day tour by train that wanders to Verona (the setting for Romeo and Juliet) and Lake Garda – while Lake Como can be seen via a 15-day ‘Highlights of Northern Italy’ break that departs from Florence. Citalia can also arrange rail journeys to Italy from Britain. Passengers can step aboard a Eurostar train to Paris, and venture onwards via the attractive Swiss city of Zurich – all the while enjoying the fact that they have not had to board a busy plane. Best of all, though, is the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express – perhaps the most romantic way to head to Italy, with its cosy sleeping compartments, fine cuisine and echoes of the golden age of travel. As the first choice for rail breaks in Italy, Citalia can organise this trip of a lifetime too.