From Italy's deep south to the Viennese coffee house
12–16
Days
2
Countries
saves ~220kg CO₂ vs flying
Climate impact
🚄 Frecciarossa
Bari to Venice in ~5h via Bologna — Italy's full spine in one fast journey
🚄 ÖBB RailJet
Verona to Innsbruck over the Brenner — Austria's flagship crosses into Italy
🚄 ÖBB
Innsbruck to Vienna via Salzburg — the imperial capitals connected in 4h
Start where Italy points its heel — Bari's Norman castle and whitewashed trulli country — then ride the full length of the peninsula north on the Frecciarossa through Bologna and into Venice's lagoon. Cross the Brenner via the RailJet into Innsbruck's mountain bowl and finish among Salzburg's baroque domes and Vienna's grand boulevards.
Route highlight
✨ The Brenner corridor — RailJet climbing from the Venetian plain through the Brenner Pass at 1,371m