
Originally Posted by
DonnaDenise
Wow - you have planned a busy itin.
That is a lot of time on the road. You might enjoy the sights more if you had a home base for a couple of nights and can leave the driving to someone else so you can enjoy the scenery (and the wine.)
Since the area of Venice / Bologna can get a bit stressful to drive due to the weather and busy roads, you might want to consider taking the train for the first half of your travels. Venice - Bologna - Parma & Modena are very well connected with the train service, my suggestion would be train it to Bologna settle in and visit - enjoy the nightlife and small cafes in this University town then the next day you can take a train to Modena and Parma...quick and convenient... and return to Bologna for the night.
You can do the same thing in Florence, make it your home base for two nights - one day Florence and then the next day train it to Pisa a Lucca. Actually even Cinque Terre is very do-able on the trains from Florence.
Then in Florence pick up a car for the second half of your journey...Chianti, Fishing and Civitavecchia.
Buon Viaggio
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