We are travelling to Europe from Australia in April 2024. We would prefer to get from Patras to Brindisi by ferry and continue down to Sicily and leave from Palermo to Naples.
Has anybody done this route?
many thanks,
ReneeL
We are travelling to Europe from Australia in April 2024. We would prefer to get from Patras to Brindisi by ferry and continue down to Sicily and leave from Palermo to Naples.
Has anybody done this route?
many thanks,
ReneeL
Best answer by Yorkie
Getting across the lower half of Italy from Brindisi is a slow affair and really needs an overnight plan.
If you are adventurous there are a couple of cross country routes from Brindisi to join up with the train to Sicily at Villa S. Giovanni, rather than going up country to Salerno to come back down. You go via Taranto (Tarantum) and then either round the coast to Reggio di Calabria for a short hop to V S G to match up with a boat train to Palermo or a short ferry ride to catch a train from Messina.
Alternatively you can do a more convoluted journey via Cosenzo.
These are all regional stopping trains, but the only alternative is the line from Taranto to Salerno then back down. Regional trains take about 7 to 8 hours to V S G, whereas the trip to Salerno takes about 6 hours and the run to V S G takes about 4 hours. From VSG the run to Palermo takes between 4 and 5 hours. (From Salerno there are direct IC and sleeper trains to Palermo ( about 8 hrs daytime).
OOI there is a daily morning train direct from Palermo to Rome (via Salerno and Naples) or daily sleepers that avoids the ferry crossing.
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