There are 7 ways to get from Venice to Cinque Terre by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain Re
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centraletrain Re
6h€53–138Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to La Speziabus 536
8h 2m€38–58Drive 354 km
- Drive from Venice to Cinque Terrecar 354 km
4h 25m€58–83Fly to Pisa International Airport, train
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane VCE - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centraletrain
7h 14m€71–324Train via Viareggio (Trenitalia)
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Viareggiotrain Re
- Take the train from Viareggio to La Spezia Centraletrain Re
6h 19m€52–142Fly to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, train
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)plane VCE - GOA
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Monterossotrain
8h 9m€91–247Fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane VCE - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centraletrain
8h 31m€117–302
Venice to Cinque Terre by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Venice to Cinque Terre is to bus which costs €35 - €60 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Venice to Cinque Terre is to drive which takes 4h 25m and costs €55 - €85.
No, there is no direct bus from Venice to Cinque Terre. However, there are services departing from Venezia, Tronchetto and arriving at La Spezia - Stazione FS Via Fiume via Parco XXV Aprile. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 2m.
No, there is no direct train from Venice to Cinque Terre. However, there are services departing from Venezia S. Lucia and arriving at Corniglia via Firenze S.M.N., Pisa Centrale and La Spezia Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h.
The distance between Venice and Cinque Terre is 413 km. The road distance is 354 km.
The best way to get from Venice to Cinque Terre without a car is to train which takes 6h and costs €50 - €140.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Venice to Cinque Terre, including transfers.
Venice to Cinque Terre bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Venezia, Tronchetto station.
Venice to Cinque Terre train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Venezia S. Lucia station.
The best way to get from Venice to Cinque Terre is to train which takes 6h and costs €50 - €140. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €35 - €60 and takes 8h 2m.
What companies run services between Venice, Italy and Cinque Terre, Italy?
You can take a train from Venezia S. Lucia to Corniglia via Firenze S.M.N., Pisa Centrale, and La Spezia Centrale in around 6h. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to La Spezia once daily. Tickets cost €35–55 and the journey takes 6h 35m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Pisa International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Pisa International Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Pisa International Airport via Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Pisa International Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Viareggio to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Viareggio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Viareggio to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Genova Brignole to Monterosso
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Viareggio to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Genova Brignole to Monterosso
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- 2nd Class
- €23–35
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- 2nd Class
- €23–35
Train from Viareggio to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €40–65
- 2nd Class
- €19–26
Train from Pisa Centrale to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- 2nd Class
- €23–35
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to La Spezia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Venice to Cinque Terre bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at La Spezia station.
Venice to Cinque Terre train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Firenze S.M.N. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Venice to Cinque Terre is 354 km. It takes approximately 4h 25m to drive from Venice to Cinque Terre.
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