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Subject: Re: Trenitalia.com questions Posted on: Fri, 11 May 2007 21:40:59 -0700

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Giovanni Drogo wrote:

> > Are there any bus or train tours from Venice to surrounding cities like
> > Verona, Padua, Dolomites?
>
> No idea.

Well Dolomites leaves from Santa Lucia but takes almost 4 hours to get
to Cortina. So that's kind of out for a day trip.

>
> > What is the best way to get to the train station at Mestre? Vaporetto
> > to Piazzle Roma and then bus? Which number bus?
>
> To get to Mestre from where ? From Venice ? The best way is by train
> from Venezia Santa Lucia station !!!

I just put in Venice to Verona and they only listed Mestre. Yes I would
have to go from near the Ponte Rialto to the train station.

>
> > Trenitalia lists 3 stations in Verona? How far apart are they?
>
> Do not know, but maybe google maps or google earth can help you.
> Anyhow fast trains call at Porta Nuova ("newgate"), which is just
> outside the walls of the old city. I suppose that Porta Vescovo
> ("bishopsgate") is similarly located, because of the name. What is the
> third ?
>

The third one they list is Villafranca di Verona. So which of the 3
stations are the closest to the main attractions, which would be the
Arena and the Basilica (San Zeno Maggiore)?

Some tour companies play up the wines grown around Verona. I don't
suppose they have something related to the Shakespeare play?

Anyways, for a day trip, maybe Padua (which I assume is Padova by
another name?) and then onto Verona and then back to Venice sounds more
like a manageable day.