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Interrailing through Italy during covid

  • 15 January 2022
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So I am really tired of the lockdown we have going on in the Netherlands and I want to leave the country for about 7/10 days. Now I’ve been looking online at my options for traveling to italy and visiting some of the cities there and I would love for some opinions on if this is a good idea and if it will work.

Italy requires both being fully vaxxed and having a negative pcr test within 48 hours of arriving. 

My plan right now is to get a test, take the thalys and tgv and go to Turin in a day and then just travel around in italy for a week or so. I would like to know if people are doing the same thing as I am and if it will be a social experience and if it would be a good idea at all during covid. I would love to read any thoughts on this :)

 

Also can you get on a train like the thalys and tgv last minute like this (booking tomorow for the day after tomorow for example) and is it only the 30 euros extra my trip planner says it will be? Since the thalys is really expensive on it’s own, it;s like 130 euros

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R
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You could also consider going to Italy via Switzerland, which you can do entirely without reservations.

Reservations to Paris and then to Italy are quite expensive and only have limited availability.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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I haven’t been in Italy since autumn but in beginning of January travelled a bit through Romania and well… it is not really crowded at the moment. In the hostel where I stayed 2 nights and the occupancy was around 1/3… Suppose in Italy it is looking similar, probably a bit better. Socializing is possible but more difficult and much less “choice” than usual.
Last year in May in Rome & Catania the hostels where I stayed were almost empty, while the ones in Palermo and La Spezia were fully booked…

Big advantage is that in the main sights there are (almost) no queues and you can enjoy them often almost empty (just Uffizi galleries, Vatican museums etc. were really still crowded).

And yeah, about the route I’d also suggest going via Switzerland - will save you a lot of money!

To summarize: I’d definitely recommend to travel now, but don’t expect the super social experience - sometimes it might be hard to find other travelers, mostly should be possible.

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Ach jeetje toch-you will face even much more restrictions as lax Holland for now. You MUST have that green pass or will be refused entry everywhere, including all trains and transport. Trains for now in IT only do windowseats and all IC trains and now even many of the more populair Regional trains must be reserved-so the MAX nr of pax is not surpassed.

The cost for going via Munich and using the direct OeBB trains via Tirol to Verona and on is 10 eur/seat with a pass. Even/also payable without the REServation, as surcharge.

seewulf
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@Maxelan 

You could catch the ICE Amsterdam - Basel (daily service) and travel then onwards through Switzerland (for example Milan) to avoid the reservation change in Chiasso or Bellinzona to a regional train to Milan ;)

From Milan you have plenty options :)
Verona,Venice,Turin,Genoa,Rome or even a Nighttrain all the way down to Sicily (Syracuse, Palermo)

I´ am not working for Eurail or Interrail i just share my knowledge here. Please ask in the Community and not via private message as this is the fastest way to get an answer. I prefer English/German/ Czech for my answers. In case of Reservationquestions please share some details like Route, Date, Trainnumber as otherwise we can just provide general advices or answers

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