upcycledbliss
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Hello!
I am going to Italy in October, so I have a little while for planning, but I am excited so trying to do some now. I will be landing in Genoa (evening of 10/10) and going to the white truffle festival in Alba. I have not decided yet if I will stay a whole week in the area so that I can see the medieval and middle ages festivals in Alba or not. If I do not I will probably spend 4-5 days visiting Turin/Mountains/Alba. Does anyone have suggestions on this?
I will then take the train to Florence and spend 5-7 days (depending on time in piedmont) in Tuscany! I was thinking of basing myself in Greve for my time. I think I could rent a bike or an e-bike here to get around the local area some, but would like to rent something bigger for 1-2 days. I was wondering if a scooter would be able to hold enough gas and take the mileage to get me a comfortable visit to Val d'Orcia also. If not, do I go back to Florence to rent a car? I do not want to drive a lot in the Cities, especially if they have no drive zones.
My main goals other than wine and food, obviously, are to take photography, walk, enjoy the scenery and maybe see if there are any harvest events (any suggestions on this?). If I stayed in Greve, took a day trip to Sienna for one day, 2 day tour on scooter/car, one day in Florence, and had 1-3 days to visit the area on bike/foot/bus, would this seem reasonable?
Also the SITA bus schedule no longer has crosses or hammers that I can see. It also doesnt seem to have any Sunday times on it. THere are Festivos days. Am I looking at an old schedule?
I do not have a establishment picked for sleeping yet, any suggestions.
I figure I will end my time in Tuscany in Florence so that I can be in town to catch an earlier train to my next stop, Amalfi Coast (via Naples I know). Here I plan on spending 4-5 nights and visiting Pompei on the way back to Rome where I will stay 2 nights (fly out of Rome morning on the last day).
Does this sound like an okay itinerary? Am I doing too much?
Thank you so much!
Laura
I am going to Italy in October, so I have a little while for planning, but I am excited so trying to do some now. I will be landing in Genoa (evening of 10/10) and going to the white truffle festival in Alba. I have not decided yet if I will stay a whole week in the area so that I can see the medieval and middle ages festivals in Alba or not. If I do not I will probably spend 4-5 days visiting Turin/Mountains/Alba. Does anyone have suggestions on this?
I will then take the train to Florence and spend 5-7 days (depending on time in piedmont) in Tuscany! I was thinking of basing myself in Greve for my time. I think I could rent a bike or an e-bike here to get around the local area some, but would like to rent something bigger for 1-2 days. I was wondering if a scooter would be able to hold enough gas and take the mileage to get me a comfortable visit to Val d'Orcia also. If not, do I go back to Florence to rent a car? I do not want to drive a lot in the Cities, especially if they have no drive zones.
My main goals other than wine and food, obviously, are to take photography, walk, enjoy the scenery and maybe see if there are any harvest events (any suggestions on this?). If I stayed in Greve, took a day trip to Sienna for one day, 2 day tour on scooter/car, one day in Florence, and had 1-3 days to visit the area on bike/foot/bus, would this seem reasonable?
Also the SITA bus schedule no longer has crosses or hammers that I can see. It also doesnt seem to have any Sunday times on it. THere are Festivos days. Am I looking at an old schedule?
I do not have a establishment picked for sleeping yet, any suggestions.
I figure I will end my time in Tuscany in Florence so that I can be in town to catch an earlier train to my next stop, Amalfi Coast (via Naples I know). Here I plan on spending 4-5 nights and visiting Pompei on the way back to Rome where I will stay 2 nights (fly out of Rome morning on the last day).
Does this sound like an okay itinerary? Am I doing too much?
Thank you so much!
Laura