Routes
The journeys worth planning around
Journey times, reservation fees and what a ticket would cost without a pass — plus which service to pick when there is more than one.
Rome to Florence
1h 32mThe busiest intercity pair in Italy and the best-value pass journey on the high-speed network: a €55 walk-up fare replaced by a €13 reservation.
Frecciarossa 1000 · reservation €13 · walk-up about €55
Florence to Venice
2h 05mTwo hours across the Apennines and the Veneto plain, ending with the only railway causeway in Europe that arrives inside a car-free city.
Frecciarossa · reservation €13 · walk-up about €62
Milan to Rome
2h 59mThe spine of the Italian network. Under three hours for 574 kilometres, and the journey where a pass saves the most against a walk-up fare.
Frecciarossa 1000 · reservation €13 · walk-up about €110
Rome to Naples
1h 10mSeventy minutes between two of the most different cities in Europe, and the obvious first hop south from a Rome base.
Frecciarossa · reservation €13 · walk-up about €45
Milan to Venice
2h 13mThe northern cross-country run, with Verona and Padua sitting on it as ready-made stops.
Frecciarossa · reservation €13 · walk-up about €52
Naples down the Tyrrhenian coast
4h 20mThe long run south along the Tyrrhenian shore to the toe of Italy, and the approach to the Sicily ferry crossing.
Frecciarossa / Intercity · reservation €3 · walk-up about €60