Hi,
We will traveling from Venice to an agiturizmo in Pienza area. I was planing to rent a car for travling in Tuscany. Thus my first thought was to rent it in Venice. Then I relized it takes 4+ hours to drive between Venice and Pienza. Would it be better to go by train and rent a car in Chuici or another train station near Pienza? What is best place to rent a car to go to Pienza?
Thanks
Dimitry
Dimitry,
If you want to avoid a long drive Chiusi is probably your best bet. Second choice would be Siena.
It really isn't a difficult drive from Venice - Autostrada all the way to Chiusi before needing to drive on secondary roads. Assuming you'd be picking up the car on the same day either way, it's a cost difference between the fuel between Venice and Chiusi and train tickets. Driving on the Autostrade is easy and picking up a rental car in Venice is easy because you don't have to navigate any urban traffic to leave town.
Take the train to Arezzo and rent your car there.
The car rental is across the street from the
train station - very easy access. The drive to
Pienza from Arezzo via the Autostrada takes about an hour.
