Free travel and transfer to the hotel for those who choose the train to enjoy a holiday of at least a week in Riccione, Rimini and Cattolica. Seventy Frecciarossa, Frecciabianca and InterCity stops for tourists heading to the Riviera to which is added the new Frecciabianca Venice/Padua-Riccione route. In addition, discounts and reduced admission prices to the museums and castles of Romagna with the special Carta Advantages and, only for hotels in Riccione, the exemption from the tourist tax.
Are the main benefits expected from To the sea by train 2015, now in its tenth edition. The initiative was presented today in Milan by Gianfranco Battisti, Director of the National, International and High Speed Passenger Division of Trenitalia, Renata Tosi, Mayor of the Municipality of Riccione e Piero Cecchini, Mayor of Cattolica together with Rodolfo Apricot, President of the Hoteliers Association of Riccione, Antonio Guarini, Director of the Rimini Hoteliers Association e Gigliola Benelli, Director of the Cattolica Hotel Association.
The number of hotels involved in the eco-sustainable holiday idea rises to over 100, with the train and Trenitalia as its best ally. So much so that the FS Italiane Group with Trenitalia is Official Global Rail Carrier of Expo Milano 2015.
Il frecciabianca of the Venice – Lecce route, after Rimini, this year will also stop in Riccione from 14 June to 19 September: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A total of six summer trips will serve a tourist flow of families, young people, couples and foreign tourists who will be able to count on connections, without intermediate changes, between Riccione and the main cities of Veneto (Venice and Padua), Piedmont, Lombardy and Emilia. Tickets for the new trains are already available on all Trenitalia sales channels. The system of Arrows in Romagna, in fact, the rides and the new stopsfrecciabianca are added to the four links Frecciarossa Trenitalia active between Milan and Rimini. This brings the summer stops to 70 Frecciarossa, frecciabianca e InterCity for tourists heading to Riccione, Rimini and Cattolica.
Thanks to the initiative To the sea by train 2015, supported by Trenitalia and the Municipality of Riccione and Cattolica together with the hoteliers' associations of Riccione, Rimini and Cattolica, Trenitalia customers who stay at least one week in the affiliated hotels of the three towns on the Romagna Riviera will receive reimbursement of the rail ticket directly from the hotelier gone. If the stay increases to two weeks, the refund will also be extended to the return ticket. In the first case, a maximum of 40 euros per person is foreseen for three or four-star hotels (80 euros for two weeks). And 25 euros for those in the one or two-star category (refund which rises to 50 euros for two-week stays). This year, hoteliers will also refund any bus tickets used by customers for the transfer from Rimini, Riccione or Cattolica stations to the chosen hotel. In addition, the Municipality of Riccione will not apply the tourist tax to those who choose one of the partner hotels. For everyone a special Card Benefits which guarantees reduced entrance fees to museums and castles on the Riviera.
The initiative To the sea by train 2015 it can be combined with all the Base, Economy and Super Economy prices but also with the Family Offer and with the other special prices provided by Trenitalia and available on trenitalia.com.
Information, regulations and list of partner hotels, with descriptions and web addresses can be consulted on almareintreno.it. You can take advantage of the offer until 31 December 2015. The entire 2nd class offer of Regional trains is involved in the initiative, InterCity, frecciabianca and level standard of the Frecciarossa with departure or arrival in the stations of Riccione, Rimini and Cattolica. Travel tickets can be purchased at all self-service ticket offices, in the approximately 7 affiliated travel agencies, but also online in ticketless mode at trenitalia.com or by telephoning 89 20 21.
In 2014 to take advantage of the advantageous promotion To the sea by train they were families and couples, but also the elderly and young: 5% more than the previous year's edition. The site almareintreno.it moreover, 12% more visitors were visited than in 2013.
Again in 2014, four out of five customers chose a one-week stay, which entitles them to a refund for the outward ticket only. 11% instead extended their stay to two weeks, obtaining full reimbursement of travel expenses. Finally, the average value of the refunded Trenitalia ticket was around 35 euros.
