OurItalianHoneymoon
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Hello All!
First of all I have to say that this forum has some fantastic advise from some very knowledgeable people!! I have read so much on this site that my head is spinning from trying to soak in all the information.
My wife and I will be traveling though Italy in July for our Honeymoon and would absolutely love to visit some "off the beaten path" locations during our visit. We will be arriving in Venice on 12-July-2014 (having come from BENELUX). Our tentative schedule is as follows, however no hotels/trains have been booked yet. We are open to ANY suggestions to our itinerary.
12-July - Arrive Venice
13-July - Venice
14-July - Venice
15-July - Travel to Florence
16-July - Florence
17-July - Florence
18-July - Travel to Rome
19-July - Rome
20-July - Rome
21-July: Depart Rome back to USA
Mode of Travel:
We would feel more comfortable traveling by train and find that the Raileurope.com site is easy to navigate. We would be open to traveling by bus however I have not yet found a website in which we can easily book our travels. We are somewhat reluctant to travel by car however this is not completely out of the question, though I have read that parking in major cities can be a big issue.
Interests:
We are open to basically anything!!! We LOVE LOVE LOVE trying new food and wine. It looks like the Chianti region is right up our alley in terms of scenery and fantastic food and WINE!! Though we are tourists, we don’t prefer to do the tourist type site seeing and prefer a more local approach. My wife is of Italian descent so this is a life-long dream of hers come true so I want it to be very special for her. We would love to be able to visit a vineyard where you can enjoy some wine and have a fresh home-cooked Italian meal. If anyone can recommend good locations to visit, be it a day trip from Florence, or possibly to stay at in place of Florence we would greatly appreciate it. From Florence i have found a couple options.
All inclusive, including bus
http://www.greve-in-chianti.com/en/shared_tuscany_tours.htm
This one looks nice however I am unable to locate a bus service online to get us there AND back if we stay in Florence as a base camp.
http://www.vicchiomaggio.it/eng/index.html
If any locals would like to meet up with us one day to do some exploration we would love that too!! Any and all help is appreciated!
Best Regards,
Richard
First of all I have to say that this forum has some fantastic advise from some very knowledgeable people!! I have read so much on this site that my head is spinning from trying to soak in all the information.
My wife and I will be traveling though Italy in July for our Honeymoon and would absolutely love to visit some "off the beaten path" locations during our visit. We will be arriving in Venice on 12-July-2014 (having come from BENELUX). Our tentative schedule is as follows, however no hotels/trains have been booked yet. We are open to ANY suggestions to our itinerary.
12-July - Arrive Venice
13-July - Venice
14-July - Venice
15-July - Travel to Florence
16-July - Florence
17-July - Florence
18-July - Travel to Rome
19-July - Rome
20-July - Rome
21-July: Depart Rome back to USA
Mode of Travel:
We would feel more comfortable traveling by train and find that the Raileurope.com site is easy to navigate. We would be open to traveling by bus however I have not yet found a website in which we can easily book our travels. We are somewhat reluctant to travel by car however this is not completely out of the question, though I have read that parking in major cities can be a big issue.
Interests:
We are open to basically anything!!! We LOVE LOVE LOVE trying new food and wine. It looks like the Chianti region is right up our alley in terms of scenery and fantastic food and WINE!! Though we are tourists, we don’t prefer to do the tourist type site seeing and prefer a more local approach. My wife is of Italian descent so this is a life-long dream of hers come true so I want it to be very special for her. We would love to be able to visit a vineyard where you can enjoy some wine and have a fresh home-cooked Italian meal. If anyone can recommend good locations to visit, be it a day trip from Florence, or possibly to stay at in place of Florence we would greatly appreciate it. From Florence i have found a couple options.
All inclusive, including bus
http://www.greve-in-chianti.com/en/shared_tuscany_tours.htm
This one looks nice however I am unable to locate a bus service online to get us there AND back if we stay in Florence as a base camp.
http://www.vicchiomaggio.it/eng/index.html
If any locals would like to meet up with us one day to do some exploration we would love that too!! Any and all help is appreciated!
Best Regards,
Richard