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70 Day Europe Backpacking Itinerary - Thoughts?! (Second 30 Days)

DAY 31: Wake up: Oia Sleep: Oia
Beaches
Ancient Akrotiri
Ancient Thira

DAY 32: Wake up: Oia Sleep: Crete (Rethymno)
Beaches
Ferry to Crete arrive 1900

DAY 33: Wake up: Rethymno Sleep: Rethymno
Beaches

DAY 34: Wake up: Rethymno Sleep: Ferry
Beaches
2100 Ferry to Athens (Pireaus)

DAY 35: Wake up: Athens Sleep: Athens (Food/Drink: Moussaka,Horiatiki,Spanakopita,Gyros)
Ferry to Athens arrive 0600
Athens Walk *RS
Ancient Algora
Acropolis

DAY 36: Wake up: Athens Sleep: Athens
Acropolis Museum
Plaka
National Archaeological Museum

DAY 37: Wake up: Athens Sleep: Ferry
Bus to Patras arrive 0900
Ferry to Bari

DAY 38: Wake up: Bari Sleep: Naples (Food/Drink: Pizza)
Arrive Bari 0930
Train to Naples arrive 1700
Spaccanapoli
Mergellina boardwalk

DAY 39: Wake up: Naples Sleep: Sorrento
Capri Boat Tour (Gianni’s Boat)
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Train to Sorrento

DAY 40: Wake up: Sorrento Sleep: Sorrento
Train to Pompeii
Tour Pompeii
Vesuvius
Train to Sorrento

DAY 41: Wake up: Sorrento Sleep: Sorrento
Tour Amalfi Coast
Beaches

DAY 42: Wake up: Sorrento Sleep: Rome (Food/Drink: Pizza Bianca)
Train to Rome
‘Caesar Shuffle’
Collosseum
Forum
Capitalone Museums
Pantheon
Piazza del Popolo to Spanish Steps

DAY 43: Wake up: Rome Sleep: Rome
National Museum Rome
Baths of Diocletian
‘Dolce Vita Stroll’ *RS

DAY 44: Wake up: Rome Sleep: Rome
Vatican City
St. Peters Basilica
Vatican Museum
Trevi Fountain

DAY 45: Wake up: Rome Sleep: Florence
Train to Florence arrive 0800
Accademia
Mercato Centrale
Medici Chapels
Baptistery
Climb Duomo’s dome
‘Renaissance Walk’ *RS

DAY 46: Wake up: Florence Sleep: Florence
Bargello
Gallileo Science Museum
Bike/Walking Tour
Uffizi Gallery
Ponte Vecchio ‘Oltrarno Walk’
PIazzale Michelangelo (sunset)

DAY 47: Wake up: Florence Sleep: Florence
Tuscany Wine Tour

DAY 48: Wake up: Florence Sleep: Riomaggiore
Train to Pisa arrive 0800
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Train to Cinque Terre 1300
Blue Path
Eat/Drink: A Pie de Ma, La Lanterna

DAY 49: Wake up: Riomaggiore Sleep: Riomaggiore
Train Riomaggiore to Monterosso (swim)
Hike to Vernazza Eat/Drink: Ristorante Belforte

DAY 50: Wake up: Riomaggiore Sleep: Venice
Train to Venice arrive 1300
St. Mark’s Square
Correr Museum
St. Mark’s Basilica
Doge’s Palace
Campanile Bell Tower
Dueling orchestra @ St. Mark’s Square

DAY 51: Wake up: Venice Sleep: Venice
Walk over Calatrava Bridge to Piazzale Rome
Slow boat vaporetto (#1) ‘Grand Canal Cruise’ *RS
Hop off Mercato Rialto – continue cruise
Accademia

DAY 52: Wake up: Venice Sleep: Venice
Gondola Ride
Pub crawl

DAY 53: Wake up: Venice Sleep: Nice
Train to Nice arrive 1500
Walk Promenade des Angles to Castle Hill

DAY 54: Wake up: Nice Sleep: Nice
‘Vieux Nice’ *RS
Villefranche-sur-Mer

DAY 55: Wake up: Nice Sleep: Nice
Boat Tour Nice
Monaco

DAY 56: Wake up: Nice Sleep: Nice
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Beaches

DAY 57: Wake up: Nice Sleep: Nice
Antibes

DAY 58: Wake up: Nice Sleep: Collioure
Beaches
Train to Collioure arrive 1600

DAY 59: Wake up: Collioure Sleep: Collioure
Beaches

DAY 60: Wake up: Collioure Sleep: Barcelona (Food/Drink: Paella)
Train to Barcelona arrive 1200
Placa de Catalunya
La Rambia
Mirador de Colom
Placa Reial
Barri Gotic
Catedral
Montjuic
Sadrada Familia

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The train schedules are friendlier if you go from Rome to the Cinque Terre, then stop in Pisa on the way to Florence, then on to Venice.