A long Journey ? Venice to Ponte Di Legno (Passo Tonale)?

Hi there, damn ! Your right. Why did I come up a 30 minute journey !!

I'll have to go to Mezzolombardon and then it's another 1 hour and 30 minutes. I wish I'd never booked this now.

PowderManDan wrote:I wish I'd never booked this now.

It wouldn't be so bad if you drove from Venice airport. It's only 3 1/2 hours by road.
Other than that, maybe you should try cancelling that booking and try somewhere else?

SwingBeep wrote:

AllyG, I find that Rome2Rio http://www.rome2rio.com/ is better than Google maps for planning journeys on public transport in Italy.

Thanks SwingBeep. I'll make a note of that website :)

I tested out the Google Maps public transport route planner for Verona airport to Folgarida, and it was spot on - it had the route I'd used, which the Folgarida tourist board had advised me was the best way to do it :)

It's ok I can breathe a bit better now . . . This is what I've worked out:

Venice Marco polo Airport to Venice Mestre train station: 15 minutes
Venice Meste to Trento: 2 hours 10 minutes.
Trento to Male (On the Dolomiti Express): 1 hour 27 minutes
Male to Ponte Di legno: A bus ride of approximately 53 minutes

So thats a total of 4 hours and 45 minutes not including the waiting and changing so probably 7 hours Venice Airport to Hotel.

That means I'll get there about 7 pm . . . Could be worse.

Saying this the fast trains are not available for my times so this could all change when I arrive.

I can't cancel the trip or I'll have to pay the hotel fee and I can't afford to hire a car so I just have to get on with it and enjoy it.

I've learned my lesson to not book so quickly next time.

Thanks guys,

Hi PowderManDan,
I think the Male route will be OK as long as that coach is going. I couldn't find anything about it, except that it's meant to be there!

I went from Male to Verona airport, and I've still got the time-table for the Dolomiti Express.
You have to be careful with the time-table because some of the trains don't run on Sundays etc. I had to get help from the manager of our hotel in Folgarida with this, as the taxi driver told me the train we were aiming for didn't run on Sundays! Luckily the taxi driver was wrong. Which day are you travelling on? I think the trains that don't run on Sundays are the ones marked with a square.

The Dolomiti express station at Trento is about 200 yards from the mainline one, on your left as you come out of the station. They sell tickets for it at this little station, and it only costs around 4 euros. They have a special carriage for people with skis, but a ski bag doesn't fit in the rack, as it's meant to be a daily ski commuter train.

There are indirect trains from Venice to Trento, via Verona, as well as the direct ones. And some of the trains from Verona to Trento are slow ones, which take about 1 hour and 40 minutes, as compared with the fast ones at just over an hour. Don't forget to stamp your ticket on the platform. I was surprised at the time-tables on the wall in Verona - they have the platform marked on them, so presumably each train always comes into the same platform.

Best of luck!

I think you are making this much more difficult than it needs to be, the transfer is long but it's pretty straightforward. Forget the route via Trento / Malé, according to the timetable there isn't a bus to Ponte di Legno and the last bus to Passo Tonale arrives at 16:23 http://srvtt.pegasus.it/OrariDiLinea/OrariDiDirettrice-E13I-646A.pdf Take the shuttle bus from the airport to Venice Mestre, from there take the train to Edolo http://goo.gl/mmk9CC You will have to change in Brescia where you will probably have to wait a while as there are only 5 trains from Brescia to Edolo a day. Have lunch, look round http://www.bresciatourism.it/en/ From Edolo there are connecting buses to Ponte di Legno at 13:15, 15:15, 17:10 and 19:15 if you arrive later you will have to take a taxi. All this assumes that you are traveling on a Saturday, if this is not the case the timings might be different.

The timetable codes are:
GIOR = every day
FER6 = from Monday to Saturday
LUN = Monday
VEN = Friday
sco6 = school bus from Monday to Saturday

You know something, SwingBeep, you are totally amazing! :thumbup:

I had no idea how to find that time-table for the bus from Male to Passo Tonale. And you're quite right, it says the bus only runs from 8th December to 6th April. I was worried about that ... I suppose if he was determined to go that route he'd have to get off the stop before and get a taxi - which might be quite expensive. Plus, the time-table is littered with 'only on holidays' etc.

We booked a taxi from Folgarida to Dimaro (only about 10 minutes) on a Sunday and it cost 25 euros, but the taxi driver very kindly said he'd take us on to Male (which is a bigger station with a cafe and things) for the same price. And I expect it would have cost even more if we hadn't booked it ahead of time.

I looked at the link you provided for that train time-table and it says it takes 4 hours from Mestre to Edolo, with a change at Brescia, and costs 40 euros one way, and there's a train at 13-02 and another one at 15-02.

SwingBeep wrote:I think you are making this much more difficult than it needs to be, the transfer is long but it's pretty straightforward. Forget the route via Trento / Malé, according to the timetable there isn't a bus to Ponte di Legno and the last bus to Passo Tonale arrives at 16:23 http://srvtt.pegasus.it/OrariDiLinea/OrariDiDirettrice-E13I-646A.pdf Take the shuttle bus from the airport to Venice Mestre, from there take the train to Edolo http://goo.gl/mmk9CC You will have to change in Brescia where you will probably have to wait a while as there are only 5 trains from Brescia to Edolo a day. Have lunch, look round http://www.bresciatourism.it/en/ From Edolo there are connecting buses to Ponte di Legno at 13:15, 15:15, 17:10 and 19:15 if you arrive later you will have to take a taxi. All this assumes that you are traveling on a Saturday, if this is not the case the timings might be different.

The timetable codes are:
GIOR = every day
FER6 = from Monday to Saturday
LUN = Monday
VEN = Friday
sco6 = school bus from Monday to Saturday

SWING BEEP I SO LOVE YOU !!!

Thanks so much for letting me know about this alternative journey. You have just cut my travel time by virtually half so you've just given me virtually a whole day back of my holiday.

Honestly thank you so much !

Best wishes . . .

I leave on Monday ! YES !

Now to continue praying for snow . . .