From Arezzo to the sea by train. There are many places that can be reached with some Frecciarossa trains that Trenitalia has set up with the summer timetable. Mostly the departure base is the Santa Maria Novella station in Florence, but there are also pairs of trains headed to Liguria that depart from Arezzo and Valdarno.
The new features start on Sunday 9 June and are all contained in a newly presented package called Trenitalia Summer Experience and which brings new connections to Tuscany for summer tourist destinations, mountains, cities of art and music festival venues and major concerts.
From Arezzo towards Liguria
Until September 1st it will be possible to reach the Cinque Terre directly from Arezzo and Valdarno, with the pair of trains active on holidays between Arezzo and Sestri Levante.
Arrows from Tuscany to the sea and the mountains
With the new summer timetable the night Frecciarossa will connect Tuscany to the Tyrrhenian coast up to Reggio Calabria, making it possible to arrive at your destination early in the morning. The offer for Cilento is strengthened, with 2 additional connections on Friday, Saturday and Sunday which extend their route to Sapri, also stopping in Florence Santa Maria Novella, and which are added to the other 2 daily Frecciarossas which connect Florence to the main Cilento locations. Among the seaside destinations is Orbetello-Monte Argentario where the Frecce return to service for the summer period.
Furthermore, many destinations can be reached with FrecciaLink, such as, for example, Sorrento, the Gargano, Piombino, Cecina and, new compared to previous years, Acciaroli, Pioppi, Casal Velino Marina, S. Maria and S. Marco di Castellabate nel Cilento.
For those who prefer the mountains, 10 Frecciarossa trains will be available per day between Rome, Florence and Bologna with departure and arrival in Trento and Bolzano. With FrecciaLink the most beautiful mountain locations in the Alps will be even closer from Florence: Val Gardena, Val di Fassa, Val di Fiemme, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Cadore, Madonna di Campiglio, Pinzolo, Courmayeur and Aosta.
Services also for those going abroad
For those who want to go abroad, the European capitals of Vienna, Salzburg and Munich can be reached by train from Florence.
The capillarity of the Regional in Tuscany
Regional Trenitalia also confirms its capillarity in Tuscany with a rich offer of destinations, intermodal solutions and Line tourist trains. The novelty of the summer will be the intermodal connection “Argentario Link” which will allow you to travel by train to Orbetello-Monte Argentario and then continue by bus to Porto Santo Stefano, having purchased the train+bus ticket in a single solution. Argentario Link adds to the train+bus connections already active for the towns of Montepulciano, SanGimignano center and Cortona centre. The Etruscan Line train has also been confirmed to reach the seaside resorts from Pisa along the Tuscan coast to Grosseto, with stops in the main locations including: Castiglioncello, Cecina, San Vincenzo, Campiglia Marittima and Follonica. Thanks to Elba Link, once you arrive in Piombino by train, you can continue your journey by ship, with the ticket purchased in a single solution on the Trenitalia channels, towards the ports of the Island of Elba: Portoferraio, Cavo and Rio Marina.
Special trains for summer concerts
To allow live music fans to reach concerts in a sustainable and comfortable way, Regionale di Trenitalia will enhance services for the Lucca Summer Festival, Antonello Venditti’s concert on 13 July in Pistoia, the Musart Festival Florence, which will take place at the Park Mediceo di Pratolino there will be extraordinary trains from Vaglia to Florence Campo Marte for the shows of: Pink Floyd Legend, Roberto Vecchioni, Loreena McKennitt, Il Volo, I Pooh and CCCP.
New itineraries for Italian tourist trains
The summer season of FS Treni Turistici Italiani begins. The Espresso Versilia will arrive on the Tuscan coast, departing from Milan, from 6 August to 26 September, it will lead towards some of the most beautiful places in the Cinque Terre, and then continue towards Livorno and the beaches of Versilia with stops at: Massa Centro, Forte dei Marmi, Camaiore Lido-Capezzano, Viareggio, Torre del Lago-Puccini and Pisa.
Bus, shopping and animal transport
Among the further innovations presented are the connections for those who remain in the city and want to indulge in a luxury shopping experience who will be able to take advantage of the new, fast and frequent connection from the center of Florence to the Luxury Outlet The Mall Firenze located in Reggello. Furthermore, for the entire summer period – from 1 June to 15 September – dogs, cats and other pets, both small and large, will be able to board the Frecce and Intercity trains for free.
