First of all let me say that I have found a wealth of info by reading your forums. It is so nice to be able to get information from the "experts" before we travel.
My husband and I are planning to visit Italy Sept 19-25, 2009. Our itin so far is:
Saturday, Sept 19 Train from Switzerland (via Milan) to Cinque Terra region arriving later afternoon. We do not have hotel nor know which city we are staying in. Any suggestions on where to stay (town and hotel) would be appreciated.
Sunday, Sept 20 Visit Cinque Terra
Monday, Sept 21 Train to Florence with a stop in Pisa for a few hours to see the leaning tower. We plan to arrive in Florence in later afternoon. We are staying at the Grand Hotel in Florence Monday, Sept 21 - Friday, Sept 25.
Tuesday, Sept 22 - Friday, Sept 25 - This is the part we don't have plans for yet. We want to see Florence but aren't necessarily interested in the museums, although we do want to see David but would love to walk through Florence and see the architecture and shops. Items we have heard about are: Duomo, Medici Chapel and Giotto's Tower.
We want to see Tuscany - maybe Siena and/or San Gimignano? The question here is how to get there. We would like to avoid driving if we can but if driving is the best/easiest then we will do that. I think our hotel is in the city center so how would renting a car work out for that? Some items that interest us are medieval towns, some wine tasting, maybe biking. Any suggestions on itin in Florence/Tuscany would be very much appreciated.
Friday, Sept 25 we train to Rome in the morning and complete our trip there. We are staying at The St. Regis in Rome and only have Friday and Saturday to see everything We want to see the Colosseum, Forum, Pantheon and the Vatican. Should we hire a driver so we can cram all this in? Samantha Brown suggests a company called ITC on her show Ithink Any suggestions here much appreciated too!
Thanks so much in advance to all you Italy experts. We really appreciate all your help. This has been a bit stressful to know if we are planning this well.
Please let me know if you need more information. Thank you.
My husband and I are planning to visit Italy Sept 19-25, 2009. Our itin so far is:
Saturday, Sept 19 Train from Switzerland (via Milan) to Cinque Terra region arriving later afternoon. We do not have hotel nor know which city we are staying in. Any suggestions on where to stay (town and hotel) would be appreciated.
Sunday, Sept 20 Visit Cinque Terra
Monday, Sept 21 Train to Florence with a stop in Pisa for a few hours to see the leaning tower. We plan to arrive in Florence in later afternoon. We are staying at the Grand Hotel in Florence Monday, Sept 21 - Friday, Sept 25.
Tuesday, Sept 22 - Friday, Sept 25 - This is the part we don't have plans for yet. We want to see Florence but aren't necessarily interested in the museums, although we do want to see David but would love to walk through Florence and see the architecture and shops. Items we have heard about are: Duomo, Medici Chapel and Giotto's Tower.
We want to see Tuscany - maybe Siena and/or San Gimignano? The question here is how to get there. We would like to avoid driving if we can but if driving is the best/easiest then we will do that. I think our hotel is in the city center so how would renting a car work out for that? Some items that interest us are medieval towns, some wine tasting, maybe biking. Any suggestions on itin in Florence/Tuscany would be very much appreciated.
Friday, Sept 25 we train to Rome in the morning and complete our trip there. We are staying at The St. Regis in Rome and only have Friday and Saturday to see everything We want to see the Colosseum, Forum, Pantheon and the Vatican. Should we hire a driver so we can cram all this in? Samantha Brown suggests a company called ITC on her show Ithink Any suggestions here much appreciated too!
Thanks so much in advance to all you Italy experts. We really appreciate all your help. This has been a bit stressful to know if we are planning this well.
Please let me know if you need more information. Thank you.