Basel / Bâle to Stresa by train

Trenitlalia is the national rail operator in Italy and in addition to its cheaper types of ticket; it also typically offers other discounts available to non-Italians, which include:

• Group Offers, provides for a discount of up to 50% when 3-5 Adults travel together.
• Family Offer for when groups of 2 - 5 people are travelling together and at least one of the party is a aged 11 and under.
• The Children Free Offer is available for journeys by Frecce trains, when groups of 2 - 5 people are travelling together and at least one of the party is a aged 15 and under.
  Those aged 15 and under travel for free, but the Adults will need to purchase full price 'Base' tickets.

Omio is an online ticket agency which offers tickets for rail journeys in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Spain.

The three key advantages of using Omio are

• it offers prices in multiple currencies
• it usually offers price comparison with other modes of travel including flights and buses
• when visiting Europe, you can book journeys in multiple countries in one transaction.

The disadvantage of booking with Omio is that it often adds a booking fee to the final price; therefore when it does so without offering a price advantage, SMTJ doesn't tend to offer Omio as a booking option.