We are flying into Rome in the beginning of May 2011 for a 2 week trip. Having visited much of Italy before, so we have only 3 unvisited destinations in mind; Imalfi Coast, Pompei, and Venice. We were thinking of adding some part of Croatia to our trip. Any ideas if that would be too much and if that would involve too much travel time? Thanks for any ideas.
Posted by
Marion, Ohio, USA
36 posts
It may mean alot of time on a train as the Amalfi Coast and Venice are catty corner on opposite coasts. .Think you might be better off concentrating in one area. So you could train to Venice from Rome and then train to Trieste and rent a car to visit the North part of Croatia and perhaps gp up into Slovinia or Northern Italy which is still part of the Venice Providence. One year we trained from Rome to Ancona and then ferry to Split and did the above trip up into the Dolomites!. There are also ferrys to Dubrovnik from Ancona which is way south in Croatia but our favorite part! The Amalfi Coast and Pompei are very duable together. Last year we took a Ferry to Palarmo Sicily from Civita Vecchia and throughly enjoyed it. Also drove all around the island but you can then Ferry back to Naples and see the coast and Pompei. Hope this helps!
Posted by
OP
Everett, WA, USA
3 posts
Thanks. After our last trip to Italy, my partner swore he did not want to drive next time we went to Europe, so. . . out of respect, we aren't; any thoughts with how to handle going to Croatia, with that limitation?
Posted by
Ottawa
1446 posts
Start in Rome, train to Sorrento (Amalfi, Pompeii). Fly from Naples to Venice. Ferry to the Istrian Peninsula. Stay put around the Istrian little towns (Pula, Rovinj) and ferry back to Venice. Train back to Rome. Not renting a car in Croatia limits your choices...
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OP
Everett, WA, USA
3 posts
Due to the some of the advice we received, now we're thinking, that we might skip the whole Venice thing for now, and take a train out of Rome to Ancona or Pescara. If we go to Ancona we likely would stop for a day or two in between to adjust to our trip. We've stayed in Assisi, which we really liked, but don't want to repeat it and would rather stay on the train route. After Ancona we'd maybe take a ferry to Zadar or Split or both, then continue on along the coast taking boats or ferries (is that costly?), staying 2 nights here and there. We'd cross back at Dubruvnik to Italy, then take a train to the Amalfi Coast and stay a few days, then train or bus to Pompei, then back to Rome for our flight out. If we take a train from Rome to Pescara and onto Split,then continuing as I wrote above, we would be shortening the trip a bit, yet lessening travel time as much, and not allow us a place to R & R between our flight and our adventure. Any useful thoughts? We've appreciated what we've heard so far.
Posted by
lexington, il
4105 posts
Robin, Consider flying out of Naples to Venice 2 flights/day easyjet. Latest @17:55 arrive19:10 much less expensive than the train 26.99E
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