cinque terra trains
Can someone who has visited the Cinque Terra please tell me what time the milk trains between the towns start up in the morning? We would like to be in Genova by 7:00am to catch a train to Venice and we are staying in Vernazza. So we need to get from Vernazza to Genoa probably through Monterosso.
Tina
Hayden Lake, ID USA 4/8/07
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If you need to be in Genoa at 7AM, you will need to get there the night before, find a hotel and be at the Genoa train station for your early departure to Venice.
There is a great hotel right across the street from the Genoa train station and some good resturants just down the street.
You don't need to spend the day in Genoa, there really isnt' too much to see, it's pretty dirty and a bit scary...so perhaps plan to arrive around 5-6, check into your hotel, ask for directions to a resturant and enjoy the evening relaxing.
Go to Genova the night before. The "milk trains" are not particularly reliable, though fairly frequent. The connection in Monterroso is not so frequent. Also, you have to buy your on-ward trip at the small ticket counter in Monterosso (no machines)- you can't get it in Vernazza (at least this was how it was 2 years ago). The trip to Venice from Vernazza is not difficult, but it is time consuming.