Travelling to and in Italy by coach

You can get to Italy by coach. If you want to go from Britain to continental Europe, or from the continent to Britain, you can easily travel by coach. The trip can last a whole day or more, according to the starting point, but it's fun. It's a good way to travel not only to Italy but also across Europe. You see a lot of places, that you'd never have a chance to see if you flew over them.
The bus travels on the motorway, travellers eat and sleep aboard, with a few stops every so often, to stretch one's legs or get refreshments at a service area. Lavatory facilities are on the coach.
It's an excellent way to meet new people. After a few hours spent together, having gone through all sorts of experiences, an atmosphere of friendliness pervades the place, the coach becomes a small community. One has the impression of having known the other passengers for a lifetime.
Eurolines, part of , runs regular services between Great Britain and Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain and Switzerland, and also Eastern Europe. Eurolines station in London is near Victoria Station.

Here's the link to its website, from which you can get information and buy tickets online:

In fact, you can travel in Europe and Ireland to & from over 500 destinations throughout Europe and Ireland, including Northern Ireland. Eurolines, part of , consists of 31 coach companies operating in over 30 countries, virtually all the countries of Western and Eastern Europe and even some of North Africa: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, under the Eurolines brand.

Its network offers high quality services and the best value way to travel throughout the UK, to airports and into Europe.

website gives best value fares, and in addition the speed and convenience of booking through the Internet.
It's very easy to book from it: it has easy-to-access coach times, fares, online journey planner, printable e-tickets and services to thousands of destinations.
It offers a very extensive choice of coach journeys without the hassle of queuing at a coach station.
It always has many cards, passes, special offers, for students, for senior citizens, young people, families, and for everyone.

Within Italy there are several private coach companies, each serving a particular region or area. In Tuscany there is the Autolinee Lazzi, whose main office in Florence is also the Italian office of Eurolines, connecting Italian cities to the UK by coach. Trains are faster than coaches, but the latter are more versatile, reaching small villages as well.

If you travel on an inter-city coach or an urban route bus in Italy, you have to buy your ticket before getting aboard. Urban bus tickets can be purchased in many places, from bars to newspaper kiosks. Coach tickets are sold at coach stations. When you get on board, you have to stamp your ticket from a validating machine on the bus.