Clare.Estelle
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Hi! I'm so happy to have found this forum. What a life saver!!! Hoping someone will have some advice for me as I'm feeling a little lost - especially in regards to transportation in and around Italy.
A little background on the trip:
My husband and I will be traveling in Italy in early April for 8 days and are mostly interested in seeing Florence/Tuscany/Venice. We've never been to Italy before, but we're very excited. We're trying to do our research now to make things as comfortable as possible - because I'll be 20 weeks pregnant at the time of the trip (an adventure before nesting for a few years)! We have to fly in and out of Rome even though we're mainly interested in Tuscany and Venice because of the travel deal we got. The travel deal also includes a rental car. We'll be staying at the Castello di Montegufoni outside of Florence for six nights and then two nights in Venice at a place of our own choosing.
So now for the questions - mainly transportation related for now:
1. Is a car really needed? It comes with the travel package, but we wonder if maybe the trip would be less stressful without it and we should just tell them we don't want it? For instance, my husband is pretty nervous about the 3 hour drive from the airport in Rome to the Castelle just outside of Florence.
2. If we do get the car, unfortunately we'll need to keep it the whole time. If we wanted to park it for three days overnight in Florence while we do the Venice leg of the trip - where could we do that and how much would it cost?
3. Am I right to assume that it would be easier to take the train and explore Venice on foot? Or should we take the car there too?
Thank you so much in advance for the help!
A little background on the trip:
My husband and I will be traveling in Italy in early April for 8 days and are mostly interested in seeing Florence/Tuscany/Venice. We've never been to Italy before, but we're very excited. We're trying to do our research now to make things as comfortable as possible - because I'll be 20 weeks pregnant at the time of the trip (an adventure before nesting for a few years)! We have to fly in and out of Rome even though we're mainly interested in Tuscany and Venice because of the travel deal we got. The travel deal also includes a rental car. We'll be staying at the Castello di Montegufoni outside of Florence for six nights and then two nights in Venice at a place of our own choosing.
So now for the questions - mainly transportation related for now:
1. Is a car really needed? It comes with the travel package, but we wonder if maybe the trip would be less stressful without it and we should just tell them we don't want it? For instance, my husband is pretty nervous about the 3 hour drive from the airport in Rome to the Castelle just outside of Florence.
2. If we do get the car, unfortunately we'll need to keep it the whole time. If we wanted to park it for three days overnight in Florence while we do the Venice leg of the trip - where could we do that and how much would it cost?
3. Am I right to assume that it would be easier to take the train and explore Venice on foot? Or should we take the car there too?
Thank you so much in advance for the help!