Transport in Italy is represented by a fairly developed network of roads and railways: a quarter of all motorways in Europe are concentrated here, in particular, the oldest motorway Milan-Varese (1924).
Public transport in Italy
Common types of public transport in the country:
- Buses: at the entrance you need to activate the ticket by validating it (tickets are sold at newspaper and tobacco kiosks, automatic ticket offices). In cities, you can get around by regular buses, night buses and express buses. If you want to get off the bus, you need to notify the driver about this by pressing the special yellow button (located in the passenger compartment).
- Metro: Metro in Rome has two lines - line A and line B, and in Milan it has three lines - M1 (red), M2 (green), M3 (yellow).
- As for Venice, the only public transport in the city is water trams - vaporetto: the first run is at 06: 30-07: 30, and the last - at 21: 00-22: 00 (it all depends on the route). If you wish, you can take a sightseeing river tram that departs every half hour. In addition, river taxis and gondolas are common here.
- In Italy, railway transport is developed: it is represented by regional, intercity (they operate flights between Italian and other European cities), express trains (they operate flights between cities without stops).
- In addition, using the services of the airline Alitalia, you can make not only intercity, but also domestic flights, for example, from Rome to Milan or Sicily.
Taxi
You can call a taxi by phone from a restaurant, hotel or pay phone - you will be asked to pay for the time that the taxi driver will spend to the place of the call. Additional rates (for luggage, parking in traffic jams, travel at night, on holidays) can be found on a special plate installed in all official taxis (information is shown in English). It should be noted that it is not customary to stop a taxi on the street.
Car rental
To rent, you must have an international license and be at least 21 years old (additional fees may apply for anyone under 25 years old). It is worth considering that traffic in the country is right-hand, and most local drivers do not comply with traffic rules. Therefore, you need to be extremely careful on the road and not follow their example if you do not want to pay rather big fines (incorrect parking - 30-70 euros, speeding - 35-130 euros).
Your trip to Italy will not be overshadowed by the search for means of transportation - you can choose both trains and intercity buses for trips.
