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Planning a trip from Switzerland to Italy — need some help?

I’m planning on taking a trip to Europe with my younger sister after i graduate college, and since we’ve both been there before, though to different countries, we are dying to get back. We’re planning to stay part of the time in Switzerland for skiing and snowboarding, and then travelling to Italy, which is where our great grandparents came from and my sister absolutely adored Italy so i find it important to include to our trip. I think i’m going to make the trip be 14 days, a few in there for Switzerland in the beginning and hit up the slopes and then spend the remainder in Italy, and this will be in the summer, probably in July. I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to get from Switzerland the quickest yet cheap way, & how long it would take.. and if anyone had suggestions for where to go for the best skiing in July.. i would love some good answers. .thank you very much!

I live near Verona and take the train to go to Geneva or Zurich from here for weekend trips sometimes.

You can check schedules and prices here: http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ad1ce14114bc9110VgnVCM10000080a3e90aRCRD

or at the Swiss train website: http://www.sbb.ch/en/

There are several trains per day to Milan and from there it’s pretty easy to go anywhere in Italy.

In addition to the trains, there are still some budget airlines operating in Europe. A couple of good resources for finding good airfares are: http://www.whichbudget.com/ and http://www.skyscanner.net . The Bergamo airport near Milan is particularly good for cheaper flights, but there are also some out of Malpensa or Linate.

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