My husband and I are celebrating our 40th anniversary and taking the Rick Steves My Way Trip 12 day Alps at the end of August. We end in Chamonix France and will be taking a mediteranian cruise from Venice 7 days later. During this seven days we will make our way to Ravenna Italy and would like recommendations for out of the way affordable places to stay and highlights between Chamonix and Ravenna Italy. We will have hiked alot in the alps and these 7 day we'd like to find a few places to stay that we can recharge for the next adventure on the cruise. Someplace not too crowed but with interesting sights and good food. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you!
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Geneva is lovely. Smaller city with big international flare. Great restaurants and fabulous shopping. Easy to navigate.
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Geneve is quite a distance in the opposite direction and not usually discussed in "Money Saving" forums...
Food, and in the right direction, would be Bologna probably for the last 2 or 3 nights before the cruise (and make sure you lnow exactly how to reach the ship). Bologna also fits whatever means of transport you use.
What comes before Bologna depends on how you will be travelling
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In about 5-6 hours you could be in Baveno or Stresa on Lake Maggiore.
After a few days on the lake you could move on to Bologna, 3-4 hrs.
From there you are less than 90 minutes to Ravenna.