Can you travel to Venice there and back from Rome in a day?

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conley39

Yes, you can.

The best option to maximize your time there is to take the night train from Rome to Venice. You leave from the Roma Tiburtina station at 10:50 pm and arrive in Venice at 5:24. You can get a 2nd class seat for 36.50 euro, but it would be better to get a berth in a four bed cuchette for 56.50 euro and sleep through the night. However, check to see if the Amica fare is available - if there are places still available the fare is 45.20 for the cuchette instead of 56.50.

If you don't take the night train, there's a Eurostar at 6:50 from Roma Termini that will get you to Venice at 11:17. There's also an earlier train from Roma Tiburtina at 4:58 am, but you have to change trains in Bologna to arrive at Venice at 10:03.

The latest return to Rome without taking a night train leaves Venice at 6:36 pm and arrives in Rome at 11:08 pm. Note that the train station in Venice is at the opposite end of the Grand Canal from Piazza San Marco. You'll need to allow time to go back and forth, but you would still have a few hours to see Venice.

You could also take the night train back from Venice to Rome. It leaves Venice at 0:04 am (just after midnight) and arrives back in Rome at 6:56 am. Again, you have the advantage of being able to sleep on the train. The return price is the same as above.

Taking the two night trains would give you approximately 18 hours in Venice and use time you'll be sleeping anyway for transit.

Any way you do this will be a very long day - not recommended for everyone, but I make these kinds of trips fairly frequently when there's something I particularly want to see. I've made day trips from Bologna or Verona to Paris, Munich, Nurnberg, Geneva, Pompeii, and Vienna this way over the years.

BillyB8

you can, but the amount of time you would have in Venice, wouldn't make in worth it.

barely enough to take a vaporetta from the station to St. Marks Square and back.

you need at least two days.

Tamart

Yes you can and you also drive.

old know all

Yes, by train it's 4 hours 27 minutes each way. That leaves you a couple of hours in Venice. You need a couple of days to do it justice.

thursday84

Absolutely, BUT if you do, you will spend ALL day traveling and you will not get to enjoy and experience the different aspects of each beautiful city! Your best option is to pick one of the two cities and invest your whole day exploring the city of your choice!

Have fun!

Ruby

...yes,but you spend all day travelling...

BiBi

yes you can but I suggest you spend a night in venice to enjoy it :)

azdbacksfan

Yes. it is like a 4 hour and 30 mins train ride. But to really see Venice you need to at least stay a day or two. My dads family is all back there, and we travel between Venice and Rome a lot.

- k3iZii -

yes of course. u can ride the train or drive. but it's more comfortable to ride the train. =]

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