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

Hi Guys,

I'm worried I've booked my self a horrible journey to go skiing.

I land in Venice then need to get to Ponte Di Legno where I've booked a hotel for 7 nights.

Have you done this trip by train or bus?

Did it take long?

Where I could I find information on options for this trip?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Dan

Hi,
I think you might find getting there by public transport rather difficult.

The Flyski shuttle bus from the airports to Passo Tonale only goes from Milan Bergamo and Verona and it finishes on 6th April.

http://www.flyskishuttle.com/start.php?page=home&lang=EN


You could go by train from Venice to Trento via Verona, and then on the local train to Male, where there's supposed to be a coach to Passo Tonale (although the coach may well have stopped running by then as well). And - it will take ages, even if the coach is running!

I should think the best thing would be to e-mail the local tourist board about this. They were very helpful when I was contacting them about how to get to Folgarida from Verona airport.
tonale@valdisole.net

http://www.valdisole.net/cms-01.00/articolo.asp?IDcms=7968&s=334&l=EN

You might end up having to hire a car. It's about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Venice airport to Passo Tonale.

You will probably have a long journey. I think there are two airports near Venice. Your best bet would be a coach if it's possible. Taxis are very expensive in italy. If you want to use trains for your journey or part of it they are generally reliable and relatively cheap. You will probably need to get to the mainline in Venice either by bus, possible train or water bus, the vepperata sorry about spelling and then to the nearest station to Tonale.
Coach would be best, but if you do decide to use train send me an email and I will send a link to the Italian train service website. All the best

looks like your best bet is train to trento 2hrs 50m then bus,,,or train to Marilleva
http://www.valdisole.net/EN/Dolomiti-Express/?s=452
http://inverno.pontedilegno.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=4&Itemid=26
http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=737da71d9556e310VgnVCM1000008916f90aRCRD

you would have been better flying to Verona,,the other option is hiring a car but that depends on how many you are...its not a bad journey ..about 3 hours but if you do make sure you have plenty of petrol as a lot of the garages only take some special cars ..or cash in a machine at the weekends

if you have a car also you could get the skirama pass and ski the whole area

The journey from Venice airport to Ponte di Legno via Trento using public transport takes approx 8.5 hrs and involves 7 changes. Much quicker (5 hrs) would be shuttle bus to Venice Mestre station, train to Edolo via Bresica and a taxi from Edolo to Ponte di Legno, total cost will be about €130 return.

Following the above route the journey by car would take about 3.5 hrs. Assuming you are going for a week starting 5th April you could hire a car for about €110, motorway tolls would cost a further €24 and you would need fuel for 600km.

Hi guys,

Thanks very much. It's ok I've worked out that by train I can get from Venice to Moreno in about 3 hours 40 minutes then from Moreno to Ponte Di leg no it's another 30 minutes by bus, van or what ever I can jump on to !

Now to pray for snow . . .

Hi PowderManDan - that route sounds a lot quicker - but where is Moreno?

I tried asking google maps for a route from Venice to Ponte di Legno by public transport (I forgot to say Venice airport). It seems to be more or less the route SwingBeep suggested except that they reckon it would take 8 1/2 hours and he found a quicker way of doing it. This is what google maps said:


Venice
Italy
Venezia Mestre
Long distance train EC Long distance train EC 86 towards München Hbf
13:47 - 14:55 (1 hour 8 mins, 2 stops)
Verona Porta Nuova
Walk Walk to Verona-Stazione Fs
About 1 min (15 mins to make transfer)
Verona-Stazione Fs
Bus LN026 Bus 26A59 towards Desenzano - Stazione F.S.
15:10 - 16:35 (1 hour 25 mins, 42 stops)
Desenzano - Stazione F.S.
Bus LN034 Bus 34A69 towards Brescia-V.Solferino
16:35 - 17:19 (44 mins, 20 stops)
Brescia - Porta Venezia
Bus S202 Bus 202A99 towards Brescia-Terminal Sia-Arrivo
17:40 - 17:47 (7 mins, 2 stops)
Brescia-Terminal Sia-Arrivo
Walk Walk to Brescia
About 1 min (11 mins to make transfer)
Brescia
TrainBS-ED Train towards Edolo
17:58 - 20:18 (2 hours 20 mins, 34 stops)
Edolo
Walk Walk to Edolo - via Sora (stazione FNM)
About 1 min (1 hour 27 mins to make transfer)
Edolo - via Sora (stazione FNM)
Bus 052953 Bus 00092 towards Ponte di Legno - p.le Europa (autostaz.)
21:45 - 22:15 (30 mins, 1 stop)
Ponte di Legno - p.le Europa (autostaz.)

Ponte di Legno BS
Italy
Travel time: about 8 hours 28 mins
Local agency information:

I think he means Merano, it's miles out of the way. From there it would take 5 hrs by public transport or 2.5 hrs by car to get to Ponte di Legno. A better route, but still longer (over 6 hours) and with more changes than the one I suggested above would be; shuttle bus to Venice Mestre, train to Verona Porta Nuova, train to Mezzocorona, bus to Mezzolombardo, train to Malè, bus to Passo Tonale and a taxi to Ponte di Legno. There is a shuttle bus between Passo Tonale and Ponte di Legno but it only operates until 6th April.

AllyG, I find that Rome2Rio http://www.rome2rio.com/ is better than Google maps for planning journeys on public transport in Italy. Google makes a right meal of getting from Venice Mestre to Bresica, there's a direct train every hour http://goo.gl/SCMHMr It doesn't list every service, as you mentioned there is a bus service between Edolo and Ponte di Legno http://www.sab-autoservizi.it/htdocs/orari/ricora.htm