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These are fairly small places, so two hours gives you enough time to walk around and get a feel for each one. Do consider where you'd like to have lunch and allow yourself enough time there. I would buy the ferry tickets in advance because this year tourism has overwhelmed Italy and you don't want to get shut out. The train tickets do not need to be purchased in advance.

Okay, let's lay this out and see how it feels for you. The Genova Piazza Principe train station is an easy ten minute walk from the cruise port (one third of a mile). You have a nice, long day so I wouldn't try to race off the ship, I'd aim for the 7:47 IC train that arrives to Rapallo at 8:27. There is a ferry every hour from Rapallo to Portofino, it takes a half hour to make the trip. When you're ready, just jump on the ferry (buy tickets in advance, it can sell out). Take the same ferry back to Santa Margherita Ligure when you're ready, and eventually the train back to Genova. Since you'll need to be back on board by 6:30 PM, I'd aim for arriving back to Genova Piazza Principe station no later than 6. There are trains from Santa Margherita Ligure at 16:46 (4:46 PM), arriving at 17:26 (5:26 PM) or at 16:55, arriving at 17:46. That gives you a nice long day without feeling pushed. Train info here: EN - Trenitalia Ferry info here: Visit Rapallo, Santa margherita Ligure, Portofino, San Fruttuoso - Maritime Services of Tigullio (traghettiportofino.it)

Yes, it is possible by public transit but a little more information is needed to be helpful. As I said, some transportation is seasonal, so what month is this port day taking place? Also, what are your hours in port? With that we can provide more specific information. In general, you can take the train from Genova Piazza Principe to Santa Margherita in about 45 minutes. Then, from there to Portofino is an easy ferry, bus or taxi ride. From Portofino to Camogli just reverse the process back to Santa Margherita and take the train from there to Camogli, before taking it again back to Genova. It's a lot of travel time when you add it all up, which is why I asked about prioritizing your list. You may have to drop one of the three stops in order to have an enjoyable amount of time at the other two.

The return Frecce timing is fine, I would nail that down as they can sell out. As for the morning train, regional trains cannot sell out as they are not capacity controlled, so there's no need to purchase those tickets in advance. You can use the Trenitalia app and buy the ticket while you're on the bus headed to the train station, but you are correct that the ticket is good for four hours so one purchased for the earliest possible train would still be good on several later ones. After a long, hot day on your feet in Rome, that seat assigned Frecce is going to feel very good. There is a morning Frecce that departs Civitavecchia at 9:16 and arrives to Rome Termini at 10:03. That's only a half hour later than the 8:19 regional and it's earlier than the 8:57 regional. You might consider that in order to get a seat and working air conditioning.

Is this an NCL transfer to the port? I'm trying to figure out any other way you would have a port arrival time. I'm afraid you are looking at hours of cooling your heels at the terminal before boarding the ship.

In general, when planning a DIY excursion it's best to focus and attempt to see fewer places (unless you are using a car service), because public transportation simply takes more time than being driven from place to place. Can you prioritize the places you want to see? Also, when is this port day? Some transportation (water) is seasonal.

A couple of my cousins have been in Rome this week and it has been challenging. I suggested a day in the lakes to cool off, but there is so much they want to see that they keep pushing themselves. Sometimes less is more, especially when your health is on the line.

There is a shuttle bus you can book in advance run by the tourism consortium, 20 euro per person: Shuttle bus - Ravenna / Porto Corsini Cruise Terminal - Ravenna Turismo

Yeah, as I think I said yesterday, the Trenitalia website is screwed up and has been for a couple of days. You can pay for the bus in cash on the bus (6 euro).

Keep in mind that anything people post reflects the story they want to tell. That doesn't make it true, or common, it's just the perspective they want to promote (or what they found, within the limitations of their abilities, sometimes we only see exactly what we want/expect to see, ignoring all other evidence).

First, everyone is going to know you're a tourist regardless of what you wear, so stop trying to be something you're not. Second, Italians under the age of sixty wear them all the time. Third, as an example Nike has more than 40 stores in Italy: Nike Stores in Italy. Nike.com IT The notion of Italians not wearing jeans, sneakers, baseball caps, etc. is at least twenty years out of date.

Oh, that's great. If you don't have to be there until 6 PM you have options. Going to Termini in this case makes more sense, because there is a left luggage office right at the station where you can safely leave your bags while you spend some time in Rome. I would consider the 16:57 Frecce that arrives to Civitavecchia at 17:44, if you buy the ticket to Civitavecchia Porto it also includes the bus to the cruise terminal. It gets you to the terminal at 18:05, if the ship isn't going anywhere until 20:00 I don't think the five minutes will make a difference. If that feels too risky there's also the 16:23 Civitavecchia Express train from Ostiense (arrives at 17:35 with the bus to the terminal). You'd need to add the time to take the metro from Termini (assuming that you checked your bags there) to Ostiense but even with that it gets you another hour or two in Rome.

It depends on what time you have to be on board. If the train is on time, it arrives to Civitavecchia at 14:44 (2:44 PM). It takes some time to get from the train station to your check-in terminal, so the earliest you can count on reporting to the ship, if everything goes right, is 3 PM. Is that early enough? It seems late to me, given that most ships require boarding at least two hours prior to departure, but if you have a later departure it could work.

That changes everything. If you are going from the airport directly to the port a Frecce really takes you out of the way, it means you have to go all the way to Termini and then back out again. Also, it's never a good idea to buy a train ticket in advance when you are arriving by air, you really have no way to know what time you'll actually be ready to travel onward. Better to pay a little more for the ticket on the day of travel than to pay twice if you miss the train you purchased in advance. There are very few Frecce trains from Rome to Civitavecchia, the only two that might work for you depart Rome at 11:57 (arrives 12:44) or 13:57 (arrives 14:44). If going by Frecce is important to you, just take the Leonardo Express to Termini and wait for the next one. The IC train from Ostiense at 16:07 doesn't arrive to Civitavecchia until 16:45, which I'm sure is too late for embarkation.

There's something off with the Trenitalia web site yesterday and today. Try looking at October 4th, then scroll down until you see the time you want the following day, the actual day you want to travel. The 9:16 Frecce is available for 9.90 euro on the 5th. An IC train is not the same and, I think, only goes to Ostiense not Termini.

The train can't sell out as it is not capacity controlled (no seat assignments) but the bus can. Even so, I would wait until at least the day before, when you have a good sense of the weather forecast, because the tickets are not refundable. Would you still want to go if it was pouring down rain? If not, wait to purchase.

There is another train option, the Trenitalia regional from the Portici-Ercolano station. It's a longer walk from the ruins than the Circumvesuviana train (1.7 km/1.1 miles vs. 800 meters/one half mile) but it avoids the uphill. There are also two trains per hour on this route, so it provides an alternative if the Circumvesuviana experience is one you'd rather not repeat.

The six and a half hours does include a high speed train! Italotreno does not serve Civitavecchia so Trenitalia is your only option from there. Italo also does not serve Stresa, so Trenitalia/Trenord is your only option at that end. The key shortest-travel-time options are departing at 7:30 and arriving at 2:12 PM, or departing at 9:58 and arriving at 4:32 PM. Both include a regional train from Civitavecchia to Termini, then a high speed to Milano, followed by a regional to Stresa. You could increase the comfort level, but also increase the travel time, by waiting for the first Frecce of the day from Civitavecchia to Rome, then a second high speed train from Rome to Milan (on either Trenitalia or Italotreno), but there's no avoiding the regionale from Milan to Stresa. You could replace this segment with a car service, if ease and comfort are more important. The first Frecce train from Civitavecchia to Termini is at 9:16, arriving to Termini at 10:03. This allows you to easily connect to either the 10:30 on Trenitalia or the 10:40 on Italo to Milano Centrale. PLEASE NOTE: If you take a regional train from Civitavecchia to Rome you will arrive to auxiliary tracks at Termini and will have a three-block walk, with luggage, to the main terminal and track head for the train to Milan.

A responsible adult with a healthy appreciation of the need to get back in plenty of time runs little risk of missing the ship. There are trains every half hour back to Naples, it's very easy to do on your own with plenty of "plan B" options for the return.

From the port to Messina Centrale train station is an easy, short walk of about 1 km/three-quarters of a mile. You can now purchase one ticket from Trenitalia that includes both the train and the bus up to Taormina. Simply enter Taormina Centro as your destination and you'll get both. The trip takes between and hour and a quarter and two hours, depending on the connection timing. For example, there is a train at 9:15 that arrives to the center of Taormina at 10:28, the trip costs 6,30 euro.

You can see the map of Terminal 3 arrivals here: You depart from baggage between belts 9 and 10 and there are places to get something to eat while waiting. If she waits airside without collecting her bags, they will be hard to find a couple of hours later. They don't leave them just sitting around waiting, they will be collected and stored somewhere that you'd need to track down.

By train from Civitavecchia to Stresa (that's where we stayed for Lago Maggiore as well) by train is six and a half hours, with two changes en route.

Sad, but true. The fees are both necessary and understandable but the implementation is awful. They have newness as an excuse for the Pantheon, but what's the excuse for the Colosseum?

I doubt they will be ready that early, they'll still be unloading the luggage from the prior cruise. Tarquinia is a beautiful hilltop Etruscan town, with a lot to see, an easy bus ride from the port.

I don't think you have enough time to get to Rome and back, as it takes about an hour each way and you'd need to be on board the new ship in time for the muster drill, usually about two hours prior to the stated departure time. So let's say you are able to drop off your bags with RCI somewhere between 9 - 9:30, that would allow you to get to Rome between 10:40 - 11. If you need to be on board by 3 PM, you'd need to be on a train leaving Rome by 1:20, which only leaves you with a couple of hours in Rome. Much as I love Rome, I don't think it's worth it.