"At sea on wheels" Top 5 Page for this destination Europe Transportation Tip by Maryimelda

By the time, we headed off from Naples to Sicily, we were getting a little weary, so
a nine hour train trip was actually most welcome as it would give us a chance to sit still for a while and catch our breath.
The highlight of the trip as far as we were concerned was the crossing from Villa San Giovanni to Messina. Whilst I knew that we would have to cross to Messina in a ferry, I couldn't quite believe it when I was told that they put the entire train on to the ferry! But sure enough, that's what happened and the entire process was amazing. One minute we were on a train travelling down the west coast of Italy and the next minute (or so it seemed) after a small amount of huffing and puffing and toing and froing, we were on a huge ferry at sea without ever leaving our seats! The train was divided into two sections which sat side by side in the hold of the vessel. The short trip allowed us enough time to detrain and get a quick coffee in the ferry canteen and before we knew it, we were back on dry land continuing on our merry way across Sicily to Palermo.

Mode: AROUND
Type: Train