I’ve never been to Italy and I’ll be traveling solo from a week-long friends trip in Sicily to a flight home six days later from Florence. This will be the last week of June. I’m into good food, charming piazzas where I can read, write, people watch, walking, beautiful sights, and accessible but not overrun places. I don’t need to visit any specific sights or cities - except I must visit Lucca and I’d love to take a cooking class or two. I’m thinking of hopping a train and meandering north - Tropea looks interesting, then somewhere else en route to Orvieta, Lucca, Florence for a day or two? But I could fly and really do anything… So, what would you do?!
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Calgary, AB, Canada
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We took the train recently from Naples to Sicily. While we enjoyed it, I think you will lose a lot of time doing that. As it is your first trip to Italy, you really want to maximize your time on the ground. I would probably fly from Palermo to Florence, and then spend your next week around Florence, Lucca, etc.
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North Italy
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It depend on your travel style. Some people are happy with one night stops, I find them a little stressful, I seem to waste a lot of time rounding up my belongings and losing things and looking for them, or otherwise I unpack very little and seem not to relax either. But flying for a short flight is a load of wasted time and bad for the environment. So I would probably take the train to look at the scenery and just overnight in one place on the way.
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Hi,
I saw your post.
I just recently wrote an article regarding a 14 day guide to Italy. You might find some inspiration: https://innovateandeat.com/italy/14-day-italy-tour/
Let me know if it helps!
All the best,
Giancarlo
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visited orvieto in April (loved) and wish I had hit more hill towns (Assisi? Todi? both? ) also would like to have seen arezzo and have heard wonderful things about lucca. have fun.