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Drive from Val d'Orcia to Cinque Terre

I am planning to drive after 3 days in Val d'Orcia to CT and hopefully return rental car there at the main train station in La Spezia before staying in CT for 3 nights. I am wanting to spend one night somewhere along the way and am looking for suggestions for that, thank you. Or , maybe stay in Sienna and return the car there?

Posted by
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Lucca is a really easy place to return the car then a quick train ride to La Spezia

We drove from Pienza to Lucca just last week
GPS took us all backroads and it was a really nice drive
Or Pisa if that is of interest

Posted by
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Look at both Certaldo and San Miniato. Both about 1 1/2 hours from The Pienza area. You could actually do a shot visit to Certaldo Alto and stay the night in San Miniato.

The next day, your drive to LaSpezia is a little over 1 1/2.

Both are beautiful.

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We drove from the Val d’Orcia to La Spezia a few years ago, stopping for lunch in Lucca. The drive without the stop was about three hours. We rented a car from Hertz and the office was about a 10 minute cab ride to the station. Not sure if it’s still the same.

If you definitely want to stop for a night, Lucca would be my choice.