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Itinerary help - Porto or Amalfi

Posted by (North Carolina mountains) on

Hi folks. We’re off again. Just four weeks this time. April 18 - May 18. We’re flying in to London. Have been several times, so we’re staying just two nights to use previously cancelled tickets before we lose them.

We have five days to fill before meeting friends in Stresa, Italy. Will spend about ten nights with them touring the Piedmont region. Our original plan was to fly from London to Porta, Portugal and stay there five nights before flying to Milan to meet them. I realize this would just give us a glance of Portugal, but thinking just a glance would let us know if we want to return, We have not been there before.

Or we’re thinking it might be easier, because of Covid to just keep it to Italy. We have been to most of the major cities in Italy, but not Amalfi Coast. I’ll probable get a lot of flack from this, but pictures of hillside towns in Amalfi look like Cinque Terre to us. We have been there and enjoyed it.

So……..go for Porto or keep it to Italy?

Thanks for your input.

Posted by
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Addendum: we haven’t been to Assisi or Orvieto. Maybe we should just pick a town that size, with good train connections, and relax there for five nights, Thoughts on this or some place similar?

Posted by
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It seems best to minimize the number of countries you visit in a single trip, due to changing Covid border restrictions (although this seems to be getting better). Therefore, it feels more prudent to head to Italy!
And if you worry that the Amalfi Coast looks like Cinque Terre, there are similarities, but it still has a different flavor. Have you been to Naples, by the way?
Ischia would also be a great place to relax for 5 nights.

Posted by
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I like both Assisi and Orvieto; I'd favor Orvieto over Assisi for a stay as long as you are contemplating, but if I were religious, it might be different. However, before choosing one of those primarily as a base for day trips by train, you should develop a list of places you'd like to go and check the travel times on trenitalia.com. I don't think of either of those towns as being great central points for train trips. Adding buses into the mix would help--though you have to be really, really careful about bus frequencies on weekends, especially on Sundays--but really it comes down to what other places you want to see. There are places that look close on the map but involve very convoluted trips by public transportation.

Or are you thinking about renting a car? That would certainly simplify matters.

Posted by
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Thanks for the input. We have decided to give Porto a try. Looking forward to exploring a new country!

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