Day Trips from Florence

[Fancypants]

We will be visiitng Florence for 3 days in September, I was hoping we could make it to the coast, in particular Cinque Terre. Would anyone have thoughts on day trips to that area, and what is the best way to get there.. car, train, bus tour...
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks
Tracy

Happy traveling

[Lourdes]

Ciao Fancypants,

Three days isn't very much time, I definitely suggest spending at least 2 full days in Florence if not all three. But if you want to see more than just Florence, on your third day I would recommend something closer than Cinque Terre, something in Chianti or Mugello or a day trip to Lucca or Pisa.

If you've got your heart set on Cinque Terre - it is beautiful! - train is the easiest way to get there but it takes about 2.5 hours each way. You'd have to leave early enough and maybe at night head toward your next destination rather than come back to Florence.
There is lots of info about getting to Cinque Terre and what to do there on this forum - you can do a Search on the middle navigation bar above to find all related threads but here are a few to get you started. That way you can decide whether or not you want to include it on your itinerary:
Two days in Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre
Tuscany to Cinque Terra

If you are interested in getting to the coast but not necessarily Cinque Terre, are you interested in beaches? Just getting to the coast to enjoy a romantic sunset? Hiking?
Let me know so that I can offer some more ideas of where you could go along the coast.