Eurail benefits in Italy

Ferries

Travel between Italy and Greece with Superfast Ferries International

Ferry in bay, Greece

Eurail pass holders with a pass valid in Italy and Greece can travel on the routes:

• Bari – Corfu (Greece) (crossings during summer only)
• Ancona – Igoumenitsa (Greece)
• Bari – Igoumenitsa (Greece)
• Ancona – Patras (Greece)
• Bari – Patras (Greece)

1^st class: Free airline-type seats or dormitory*.
2^nd class: Free economy seating.

Eurail pass holders with a pass valid in Italy or Greece get a 30% discount on these routes.

*Dormitories are not available on ferries that operate on the routes:

• Patras (Greece) – Igoumenitsa / Corfu (Greece) – Bari (Italy)
• Bari (Italy) – Igoumenitsa / Corfu (Greece) – Patras (Greece)

Please note that pass holders do have to pay seasonal surcharges, port taxes and fuel surcharges.

Free and discounted ferry travel on international routes with Minoan Lines

Minoan ferry, Greece

With an Eurail pass valid in Greece and Italy, you can travel for free on the routes:

• Ancona – Igoumenitsa  (Greece) – Patras (Greece) 

2^nd class pass holders travel for free on the deck and 1^st class pass holders get free airline-type seats between Italy and Greece.

Eurail pass holders with a pass that is valid in either Greece or Italy receive a 30% discount on this route.

Please note that pass holders have to pay seasonal surcharges, port taxes and fuel surcharges.

Set sail for Greece, Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Morocco or Tunesia with Grimaldi Lines

Grimaldi ferry, Italy

Eurail Italy passholders receive a 20% discount on official fares (port taxes, fixed dues and special fares excluded) on the routes:

• Brindisi – Corfu (Greece)
• Brindisi – Igoumenitsa/Patras (Greece)
• Civitavecchia – Barcelona (Spain) 
• Livorno – Barcelona (Spain) 
• Porto Torres (Italy) – Barcelona (Spain)
• Civitavecchia – Porto Torres (Italy) 
• Civitavecchia – Trapani (Italy)  
• Palermo (Italy) – Salerno
• Civitavecchia – Valetta (Malta) 
• Livorno – Barcelona – Tangier (Morocco) 
• Civitavecchia – Tunis (Tunesia) 
• Salerno – Tunis (Tunesia) 
• Palermo – Tunis (Tunesia) 
• Trapani – Tunis (Tunesia)

Please note that on most routes the ferries do not sail daily. Check the

Grimaldi Lines website for detailed information about departures.

Special fares on Hellenic Mediterranean Lines

Ferry Corfu, Greece

Eurail pass holders get discounts up to 50% on the ferry route Brindisi – Patras (Greece) (with extra stops at Corfu & Cefalonia in the summer).

• 30% discount on all categories (except the luxury cabin) in high season (June 15 - September 15).
• 50% discount on all categories (except the luxury cabin) outside the high season.

Buses

Scenic routes with express buses

Interlaken, Austria

Eurail pass holders only pay a reservation fee on ÖBB intercity buses that operate on the following route:

• Venice (Venezia Mestre & Tronchetto) – Villach – Klagenfurt (Austria)

For this route passes must be valid in Italy and Austria. 

Discover the Musei dell’ Area Marciana in Venice

Doges Palace in Venice, Italy

Eurail pass holders get a €2 discount on the entrance price for this museum complex located in in the area of Saint Mark Square, the historical center of Venice.

The discount applies to:

• Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace)
• Museo Correr (Correr Museum)
• Combined visits to Museo Archeologico Nazionale (National Museum of Archaeology) and Sale Monumentali della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (Saint Mark National Library Monumental halls)

Explore Rome on a Segway!

Holders of a Eurail Italy Pass get a 25% discount on regular prices of Segway tours through Rome.

Experience the best of Italy's cities on City Sightseeing buses

Eurail Italy Pass holders get a 10% discount on city sightseeing bus tours in Rome, Florence, Naples, Pisa, Verona, Padua, Trieste, Turin, Genoa, Milan and Livorno.

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