Hi!
Me and my wife are planning to travel Italy for two weeks. Here is the rough draft of our itinerary(23May-7June)
1. Arrive Saturday afternoon in Rome. Spend Saturday, Sunday and Monday night in Rome. The Sunday we will visit all the museums etc since on Monday all museums are closed(then we will do all the walks etc)
2. Travel to Florence via train (or possibly take the bus via Assisi). Spend Tuesday and Wednesday night in Florence. Spend the Wednesday visiting all the museums and sites.
3. Thursday - Hire a car in Florence and travel Tuscany for the next 5 nights. We have heard that San Gimignano is a great place to stay. We thought of staying in two different places over the five nights,what are your thoughts on this? Tuscany is our at leisure time where we want to soak in the Italian culture and very much interested in wine tastings etc. what are the best places to stay in to be able to experience the wine of the region? I have heard that you need to book for a wine tasting. Which farms should we be visiting? How much does a wine tasting go for? We would like to stay in farm houses if we can afford it(have heard they can be quite expensive). Any recommendations?
4. Tuesday - drive to Pisa to view the leaning tower etc and drive through to Cinque Terre where we drop the car off(if this is not possible we drop the car off in Pisa and take a train to Cinque Terre. Here we spend two nights to do some hikes and just enjoy the scenery)
5. From here we travel to Venice(not sure if the best is to take a train straight or first go back to Florence the to Venice. We spend the Thursday and Friday nights in Venice and leave afternoon back to South Africa.
Does this sound like a well balanced itinerary? Tuscany is our highlight and we have heard such great things about it. If you can advise how to make best use of our time I would really appreciate it.
Kind regards
Stefanus
Me and my wife are planning to travel Italy for two weeks. Here is the rough draft of our itinerary(23May-7June)
1. Arrive Saturday afternoon in Rome. Spend Saturday, Sunday and Monday night in Rome. The Sunday we will visit all the museums etc since on Monday all museums are closed(then we will do all the walks etc)
2. Travel to Florence via train (or possibly take the bus via Assisi). Spend Tuesday and Wednesday night in Florence. Spend the Wednesday visiting all the museums and sites.
3. Thursday - Hire a car in Florence and travel Tuscany for the next 5 nights. We have heard that San Gimignano is a great place to stay. We thought of staying in two different places over the five nights,what are your thoughts on this? Tuscany is our at leisure time where we want to soak in the Italian culture and very much interested in wine tastings etc. what are the best places to stay in to be able to experience the wine of the region? I have heard that you need to book for a wine tasting. Which farms should we be visiting? How much does a wine tasting go for? We would like to stay in farm houses if we can afford it(have heard they can be quite expensive). Any recommendations?
4. Tuesday - drive to Pisa to view the leaning tower etc and drive through to Cinque Terre where we drop the car off(if this is not possible we drop the car off in Pisa and take a train to Cinque Terre. Here we spend two nights to do some hikes and just enjoy the scenery)
5. From here we travel to Venice(not sure if the best is to take a train straight or first go back to Florence the to Venice. We spend the Thursday and Friday nights in Venice and leave afternoon back to South Africa.
Does this sound like a well balanced itinerary? Tuscany is our highlight and we have heard such great things about it. If you can advise how to make best use of our time I would really appreciate it.
Kind regards
Stefanus