What's the cheapiest way to travel through Italy for a month?

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Jetgirly

In terms of transportation, it is cheapest to buy tickets for individual trips directly at the train station before you depart. If you have a lot of baggage you should probably reserve a seat as well. This costs an extra three euros but it means you will be more comfortable and your luggage will be safer. For timetables and routes see http://www.trenitalia.it (available in English)

There are many, many hostels in Italy, most of which are not connected to Hosteling Internation. A good resource for hostels is http://www.hostels.com . Many former residences of nuns and priests have been converted into hotel-style accomodation (of which many are still run by the church). These are cheap and safe, but often have single-sex rooms with curfews. I hate Rick Steves' personality but I have to admit his guidebooks have great information about budget accomodation: definitely worth buying and taking on the road.

When it comes to dining, there are lots of places that serve take-away pizza and kebab for a low price. You can go to most bars/cafes and get a cheap bowl of pasta for lunch, or look for big chains like Brek that serve Italian specialities cafeteria-style.

Train travel in Italy is cheap and convenient. Buying a rail pass or tickets through RailEurope is a waste of money. They charge more than what the national company (Trenitalia) does. There are several promotions being offered by Trenitalia - Italy's national rail network.

29/39 euro Eurostar promotion
http://www.trenitalia.it/en/promozioni_offerte/promozioni/eurostar.html

"Freedom to travel starting from 15 euro" on IC, ICPlus and domestic Night Trains-
http://www.trenitalia.it/en/promozioni_offerte/promozioni/liberta_viaggi.html

last minute - "Happy Train" travel for 10euros
http://www.trenitalia.it/en/promozioni_offerte/promozioni/happy_train.html

Check http://www.trenitalia.it/en/index.html for timetables.

Aron

rent a motorcycle. You wont be disappointed.

cutie22

Get a eurorail pass and take the train. Stay in hostels ( check out hostelworld.com)

dragonrider395

It depends on how many people. For one person, the train is pretty good. If you have two or more, flying with local airlines can be cheaper! :)

*-MaGiC*DoUBt-*

Or you can buy eurorail tickets they usually have discounts for students and haver several circuits according to what every person would like to do!

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