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

Great! This shows some of the real power of J2ski. A member indicates an issue, everyone pitches in to help, and out comes a good result. Top marks for all those that contributed. SwingBeep often comes up with good accurate info, but top marks for everyone that helped.

B*gger, I said "top marks" twice. Bottom of the class, Davy Mac.....

Steady on, all I did was put the airport and destination into a search engine and choose the best route. I only put a bit of effort in when he said he was going to go via Merano which is miles out of the way.

If you are organising a DIY skiing holiday to Italy a transfer using public transport will usually be easier and cheaper if you fly to an airport that is in the same region as the ski resort you want to visit.

Ponte di Legno is in Lombardy and Venice Marco Polo airport is in Veneto so you have to get from Veneto to Lombardy via an interregional service, in this case it's straightforward as Brescia is on the main line from Milan to Venice. From Brescia there is a regional train to Edolo and from there a bus to Ponte di Legno, even though this is the quickest route the travelling time alone (including the shuttle bus from the airport) is 4hrs 32min and the total cost is €48.75 each way.

The bus service from Edolo to Ponte di Legno starts at Bergamo airport which is also in Lombardy, it operates every day, the journey takes 3hrs and costs only €7.60 each way.

Looking forward to an update from original poster on how the journey went.

Hi SwingBeep,

The journey was brilliant. Really enjoyable and effortless.

I get what your saying and will definitely take note of I Ski in Italy again. It was something I booked last minute.

I'm enjoying what looks like the very last week of Skiing here. It's slushy !!

Thanks again.