EUROPEAN TRAIN TRAVEL | Zurich to Venice | Autumn views

Join me for a 7 hour train trip direct from Zurich to Venice!
The weather was lovely and I got to see lots of snowy mountaintops and colourful autumn trees below the snow.
I'd never taken this train before, and I also hadn't taken a Vaporetto (public transport boat in Venice) before, so it was a day of firsts!
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This is Episode 1 of my "European Train Travel" series (which currently is a series of one episode haha)
I'm going to try and visit all 1736 Swiss public transport train stations, but I'm setting that aside for an international trip today! (Update: apologies it’s actually 1732!)
Train stations visited today:
- Venezia Santa Lucia
(I'm counting a train station as visited if I've spent 15min in the area, or walked from it to another train station or vice versa.)
Map of the day's activities (click on each icon to see details about the route / the location):
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi...
Follow my train travel progress here! www.ceciliatravel.com/
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:24 To the trains!
01:12 Past the lakes and through the Alps
10:43 Towards Milano
13:56 Through northern Italy
16:38 Arriving in Venice
17:42 Vaporetto
18:39 Evening in Venice
19:16 See you soon!
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[@shalinitravellife]

Nice one Cecilia. Train ride to Venice has been on my list for a while now. Even more motivated to try it after seeing your experience. The facts you shared through the video were interesting.

[@cecilia.travel]

Thanks Shalini! It was so nice, definitely going again sometime because it really is super easy!

[@me_tetiana]

Nice views indeed! Will definitely try this route one day, Venice is on my list ☺️

[@cecilia.travel]

It was such a nice and easy trip! Definitely going back :)

[@boatlover1875]

What train line has that route without a train change in Milan? We will be Zurich in late September and then traveling to Venice. Thanks!

[@cecilia.travel]

Hey! If you look on the SBB website on their timetable, there’s usually a 7.33am train from Zurich to Venice and a return one at 3.18pm. (SBB are the Swiss national railways, I would really recommend getting their app for while you’re in Switzerland and using their EasyRide function for shorter journeys - if you google “SBB EasyRide” it’ll come up.)
It’s worth checking prices on the Trenitalia site as well, sometimes they differ, and Trainline etc also sell tickets for this route. (It’s Zurigo to Venezia S. Lucia on the Italian site.)
While the Gotthard Base Tunnel is closed for passenger transport, the route is still the one I took as well, up through the mountains, but at some point in September they’ll reopen the tunnel and the direct train will go through that instead - which still gets you some lovely views before and after the tunnel, and the train is an hour faster that way so you can’t really lose either way :)
One thing to be aware of is that within Switzerland you don’t need reservations on almost any “normal” train, but in Italy it’s a requirement and as a result it’s part of booking a ticket - which you can do on the SBB or Italian railways site - so book in advance if you can!
Hope you have the best time!

[@boatlover1875]

@@cecilia.travel Thank you Cecilia! The video was great and your response was very helpful. I think if you can boost the volume on your end it would help, I had it at full volume and had trouble hearing. The viewers can always lower their volume if too loud. You will do well on TH-cam IMO!

[@cecilia.travel]

Ah, thank you for the feedback, really appreciate it!