Lazio in Tour is back for the fifth consecutive year, the Lazio Region initiative that allows free travel on all Cotral vehicles and Trenitalia regional trains, until September 15, giving 30 days of travel to young people up to 25 years of age within the regional territory.
373 municipalities and 1217 km of railway for 17.242 km² of territory, all to be discovered: these are the numbers of "Lazio in Tour" which is preparing to return throughout the summer until 15 September 2022 to offer over 500 young people from the region a renewed formula of the traditional interrail. A free regional interrail, to discover a great artistic, cultural and naturalistic heritage, rich in seaside and mountain locations, landscapes, archaeological sites and historic medieval villages.
“Lazio in tour gratis is a beautiful project that we experienced for the first time in 2019, and that this year we wanted to replicate also in light of the success of previous editions. With this project, which is part of a broader territorial enhancement program with particular regard to youth tourism, we give boys and girls between 16 and 25 the opportunity to travel for free for a month on buses and trains. regional, to discover our wonderful Lazio. A unique place that must be visited and discovered, with Lazio on tour therefore we provide the youngest with the opportunity to learn more about the territory in which they live. An immense cultural and archaeological heritage, with many small jewels, often hidden in the neighboring municipalities of our provinces, which as the Lazio Region we are trying to bring to knowledge and reuse, making them available to the very young ", declared the President of the Lazio Region, Nicola Zingaretti.
Da Roma a Frosinone, from Latina a Rieti e Viterbo passing through the many small and medium-sized municipalities scattered in every single province: a journey through the territory that is also a journey through history, to discover that cradle of cultures that is Central Italy. An unmissable opportunity for the young people of the Region to be able to discover the heritage of Lazio for free, traveling from north to south between famous areas and lesser-known territories on board the local public transport.
"With this initiative carried out through a special collaboration with Trenitalia SpA and Cotral SpA, we want to achieve two fundamental objectives: to encourage young people to use public transport and to promote and enhance the Lazio region, favoring the so-called proximity tourism"Concluded the Councilor for Public Works and Land Protection, Mobility, Mauro Alessandri which concludes: "In the next few days, the regional company LazioCrea SpA will disseminate all the information on the project through the specific App, also providing technical assistance to all the children who own the card ".
A project that gives new value to the beauties of the Lazio Region, aiming to rediscover them through the vitality and enthusiasm of young people. An initiative, which, now in its fifth edition, takes on a new meaning, that of local tourism, which is becoming more and more important every year. Not surprisingly, Lazio In Tour has been very successful in the first four editions, gathering over 80 young people, who have crossed the territories of the Lazio Region in recent years.
Lazio In Tour is made possible by Trenitalia e cotral and will allow all owners of the LAZIO YOUTH CARD, aged between 16 and 25, to travel for one month free of charge throughout the region, using regional buses and trains (with the exception of Leonardo Express, the Rome-Lido, the Rome metro and the city buses of other transport companies). “Lazio in tour gratis 2022” is the interrail of the Lazio Region, dedicated to young people between 16 and 25 years old and registered in LAZIO YOUth CARD, which allows free use of Cotral and Trenitalia vehicles during the summer. The project, financed with 555 thousand euros, offers young people residing in the municipalities of Lazio the opportunity to travel for free on Cotral and Trenitalia vehicles, in the period from 1 July to 15 September 2022 and for a duration of 30 continuous days.
"Lazio in Tour is just one of the many initiatives connected to Lazio YOUth Card, a project of our administration that won once again this year the award as the best youth card in Europe for the quality of the benefits and discounts offered and our communication. A success built from below that does not satisfy us but rather encourages us to plan initiatives and facilities in favor of our children in the coming months, because we want Lazio to be more and more a region for young people”He concludes Gypsies.
The Lazio Region is the only Italian region to make a project of this magnitude available to young citizens and carries it out through LAZIO YOUth CARD, the initiative that offers over 2000 conventions and many free events and initiatives. To take advantage of Lazio In Tour it is therefore necessary to download the LAZIO YOUth CARD app (from Store Ios or Android) on your smartphone, register, search for Lazio in Tour events and activate the voucher, which produces the QR CODE with which to travel within 30 days following the activation date. Just get on the chosen vehicle and show the QR CODE to start enjoying your holidays immersed in the beauties of the Lazio Region.