19 May 2012

Monfalcone to Florence

Having decided to fly to Trieste (price to Milan doubled within a couple of hours) ... the next decision is what train to get ...

The journey from Monfalcone (near Trieste airport) to Venice is on a regional train where there is no discount for advance booking ... with the flight arriving at 14:35 ... the 15:07 departure (arriving into Venice Mestre at 16:37 and S Lucia at 16:49) should be doable without flight delays, otherwise the 16:07 arrives into Venice Mestre at 17:37 and S Lucia at 17:49 - the price to go into S Lucia is 8.95 eur in economy or 13.50 eur first class

The decision is what to do on the Venice to Florence leg ... in case the flight is delayed it's probably too risky to make an advance booking on the 17:09 departure from Venice Mestre (which arrives into Florence S.M. Novella station at 19:35), in which case the walk-up fare is 43 eur in economy ...

But it would be safe to book the 18:27 departure from S Lucia (18:39 from Mestre) which would be 29 eur in economy or 39 eur first class, and arrives into Florence S.M. Novella station at 20:35 ... that would give either 1.5 hrs or half an hour (depending on whether the flight was on time) to get reacquainted with the Grand Canal ...

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