Mestre to Ravenna Cruise port

[Ah2302]

We are flying to Venice and staying overnight in Mestre. Can anyone advise the best way to get from there to Ravenna cruise port? A taxi is far too expensive 

[Essiesmom]

Several suggestions:  the Ports of Call. Board that covers Italy.  Probably lots of discussion there about sailing from Ravenna, Trieste, Marghera…

Have you joined the roll call for your cruise?  A roll call is where other CC members on your cruise are talking about transfers and excursion (among other things).  Scroll down the main boards page and find ROLL CALLS, select your cruise line, then your ship, and look for a thread with the dates of your sailing.  EM

[Ah2302]

16 minutes ago, Essiesmom said:

Several suggestions:  the Ports of Call. Board that covers Italy.  Probably lots of discussion there about sailing from Ravenna, Trieste, Marghera…

Have you joined the roll call for your cruise?  A roll call is where other CC members on your cruise are talking about transfers and excursion (among other things).  Scroll down the main boards page and find ROLL CALLS, select your cruise line, then your ship, and look for a thread with the dates of your sailing.  EM

 

[Ah2302]

Thank you. I haven’t heard of the roll call. Do you mean to scroll down the main page on cruise critic to find this?

[Essiesmom]

On the main boards page you have Cruise Lines A-O, Cruise Lines P-Z, River Cruising, then ROLL CALLS.  EM

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@Ah2302

 

Thank you for your new topic on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns Italy and is off topic there.

 

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[14ersco]

On 5/26/2023 at 2:52 PM, Ah2302 said:

We are flying to Venice and staying overnight in Mestre. Can anyone advise the best way to get from there to Ravenna cruise port? A taxi is far too expensive 

If you are arriving early enough in the day I would recommend not staying in Mestre, just an industrial port.  From Mestre you can take the train to Bologna (gastronomic capital of Italy) for your overnight and in the morning take the train into Ravenna.  Actually, if you have the option, flying into Bologna is better for Ravenna, if you don't plan to visit Venice. Bologna has a monorail directly from their airport to the central station.  You can check the time schedule and reserve Italian trains on the German train site bahn.com

[cruisemom42]

1 hour ago, 14ersco said:

You can check the time schedule and reserve Italian trains on the German train site bahn.com

 

It is highly recommended to book trains with the actual official seller/operator.

 

For Italy that would be either:

 

Trenitalia (https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html)  

 

or Italo (https://www.italotreno.it/en)