We have 4 days in Nice in Sep %26amp; then going onto Milan to Bellagio. We have a choice of 2 trains - a direct @ 10.02 or Nice-Ventimiglia-Milan @ 7.46. We are thinking of going the 7.46 as it gets into Milan earlier.
Is there a market in Ventimiglia on Fridays and would that cause a problem for us to catch the 7.46. There are 4 of us travelling together %26amp; when I look on train timetables (90 days advance from today) it doesn%26#39;t seem to give me seats on the first leg, but OK from Vent-Milan.
Appreciate any advice.
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You can%26#39;t get seats on the Nice-Ventimiglia leg because it%26#39;s a local train with no seat reservations. Even if you buy a ticket in advance (which is pointless), you are not guaranteed a seat. Exactly the same system as a journey from Sydney to Gosford.
Don%26#39;t buy a ticket for the Ventimiglia-Milan leg from some agency such as RailEurope without checking out the actual ticket price at www.trenitalia.com . It is highly unlikely that you will be able to book through that site, as it hardly ever accepts cards issued outside Europe. Not a problem, just buy the tickets in Ventimiglia.
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Hi Nick, I was thinking of buying thru the TGV-Europe site that I have bought our other tickets from. Would this be alright?
It doesn%26#39;t seem like I can get Prems so can%26#39;t print out myself but could pick them up while we were in Paris.
The change between trains at Ventimiglia is pretty tight so I thought it would be best to have pre ought.
Do you think that the markets on Fridays would make it really busy?
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The tgv-europe site is run by SNCF, the French railway operator. If it will let you book a journey in Italy, go to. You won%26#39;t get PREMS, as Trenitalia does not offer these fares.
As you are travelling early in the morning, the market might make the Nice-Ventimiglia trains busy but you can%26#39;t book seats on those trains anyway. It will not have any effect on trains leaving Ventimiglia then, as people will not yet be leaving the market.
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Thanks Sydneynick - your knowledge is invaluable.
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If your change at Ventimiglia is tight, get an earlier train from Nice to Ventimiglia. These trains do not always run to time, and it would be a shame to have to wait around several hours because you have missed your departure by 5 minutes.
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Is 23 minutes classed as a tight transfer? I%26#39;m not sure how big or busy the station is.
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The Ventimiglia station is kind of small, so it is very fast to go from one dock to another.
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