As a travel and food writer, I am beyond lucky that my work takes me to dozens of dreamy destinations both near and far each year. But the very best trips make me reluctant to walk out the door for the last time, wishing I could hit a rewind button and begin the trip all over again even while I’m still there.
A New Retro Sleeper Train Will Take Travelers from Rome to the Dolomites
12.12.2023 - 16:35 / cntraveler.com / Vita La-Dolce
Winter in Italy means one thing: ski season. Every year, Italians—but also plenty of international visitors—plan their getaways around the snowfall that hits the Dolomites and the Alps in the north for weeklong vacations packed with skiing, snowshoeing, tubing and, of course, après ski.
In the past, the most common way to reach those snowy mountains required a long, eight-hour drive by car. But travelers setting their sights on the mountains from Rome are in for a treat: A new sleeper train linking Italy's capital city to Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in the Alps, will kick off service on December 15, making the trip just a single night's sleep away.
Named Espresso Cadore, it's the first route by FS Treni Turistici Italiani (TTI), a venture launched last May under Italy’s state-run railway network, Gruppo FS, to promote slow travel. As per its recently released schedule, it will leave the Eternal City on Friday evenings at 9:40 p.m., and arrive in Calalzo di Cadore near Cortina, where the railway ends, just before 8 a.m. Saturday morning. From there, a bus service included in the ticket will take passengers to the pearl of the Dolomites in about 50 minutes.
“It’ll be a new, sustainable way to get to the Dolomites,” says Luigi Cantamessa, Managing Director of FS Treni Turistici Italiani. “But it’ll also go beyond that. The idea is to make the journey as much part of the vacation as hitting the slopes. We want to turn the trip itself into an experience.”
The new Espresso Cadore, which has been launched to promote slow travel across the country.
The Espresso Cadore is no regular sleeper train. To start with, its carriages have been repurposed from cars that were decommissioned in the 1980s and '90s, giving the whole ride a retro, slightly nostalgic feel manifested in plush carpets, upholstered leather, and wooden paneling. On board, guests won’t just find seats and standard sleep cabins, but thoughtfully appointed rooms that can accommodate up to six people, plus a restaurant serving dinner and breakfast, a bar that’ll stay open all night, and a dedicated car to store luggage and ski equipment.
Services will include Wi-FI, optional in-room dining, and an assigned attendant for each cabin, and extras like armchairs, personal desks, and en-suite wash basins will ensure passengers can settle in comfortably from the moment they step on the train. Ski passes—the e-tickets necessary to access the slopes—will also be available for purchase during the ride.
“Think of it as a hotel on wheels,” says Cantamessa—although, he specifies, not a luxury one. “There’s the Orient Express La Dolce Vita for that, of which we are partners. The Espresso Cadore will be more about bringing back traditional train travel, with a
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