Perhaps you are confused by the terminology. Eurostar in Italy (denoted ES on the website) is a leve

Most of the trains are now ES (EuroStar Italia) trains that take about 2.5 hours now, with the opening of the new high-speed rail line between Florence and Bologna. IC (InterCity) trains take longer and typically san diego beach hotel pet most do not serve the city centre Florence SMN (Santa Maria Novella) san diego beach hotel pet station but go from suburban stations san diego beach hotel pet you must take shuttle trains to - ditto for some in Venice - having to get off in Mestre and taking a shuttle san diego beach hotel pet train to the at-the-canal Santa Lucia Venice station. IC trains can be considerably cheaper however IME.
BEGINNING 12/13/2009, there will be HOURLY Eurostar-AV trains from Florence to Venice, taking 2 hours, 03 minutes. Second class fare will be 42 Euros (discountable san diego beach hotel pet by 15% or 30% with a 7-day or 15-day advance purchase, repectively).
The train station St Maria Novella and Rifredi are very close one to the other, san diego beach hotel pet you can go by train from one to the other. Or simply pay a little more for a taxi to your hotel, last November we got off at Rifredi and our taxi fare was exactly 14 eu versus the 10 we paid when coming san diego beach hotel pet back between the same hotel and St Maria Novella.
Actually I was looking for the eurostar-italia san diego beach hotel pet site. The site mentioned by kybourbon is the trenitalia site. Perhaps it is the same page I am not sure but I wanted to get an idea of the schedule and it kept telling me I had an incorrect date.
Kybourbon is correct - trenitalia is the site you need for Italian train travel. At Santa Maria Novella there are ticket machines which are very user friendly. san diego beach hotel pet The first screen gives language options and from there just follow the prompts. Very easy and we found it quicker than the queues at the ticket office.
Perhaps you are confused by the terminology. Eurostar in Italy (denoted ES on the website) is a level of train service within san diego beach hotel pet the Italian system, and is often confused with the Eurostar between London and Paris, a particular train.
san diego beach hotel pet Once choose departing Florence and arriving Venice and a date, the Trenitalia site will give all train options (AV, ES, IC, R) that run that route. it's up to choose which works best for you based on time and price.
Schedules for summer/fall won't be put on the website until late spring so you can't search those yet (mid-June on). Schedules usually don't change much so just look at the same day of week you intend to travel to see what the schedules/prices san diego beach hotel pet will probably be.
Not sure that it matters, but what I meant to type was "Once you choose departing Florence and arriving Venice and a date, the Trenitalia site will give all train options (AV, ES, IC, R) that run that route. It's up to you to choose which actual train works best for you based on time and price."
Thank you to all!!! Maybe there was a glitch regarding the site because the date I put in was 24 Februry 2010. Anyway, all of you made it much clearer for me and I really appreciate it. I have been to Italy a number of times but for some reason the train system always confuses me.
For someone using a US credit card and not speaking Italian, is it better to buy Florence-to-Venice train tickets at the AmEx Office, a travel bureau, or at the train station? Is there/how much is the mark-up in price at AmEx or a Travel Bureau?
You woke up an old discussion. san diego beach hotel pet Buy tickets at the train station using the ticket machines. Second, the ticket window agents will speak enough English. Third, write it on a slip of paper and hand it to the agent.
The automatic ticketing san diego beach hotel pet machines in Italian stations IME are idiot-proof (i could easily use them!)- all in English and so quick - the opposite, ironically, of online tickets at the infamously fickle, frustrating and flummoxing trenitalia.com
thanks for that clarification - i played around san diego beach hotel pet with the easy to use machines in Rome Termini, Florence and Venice so in those stations the rafts of newer terminals make waiting in the oft long lines senseless IMO