My daughter is travelling to Italy from copenhagen at the end of March. Interested in Florence, sicily, tuscany and Croatia, they have 10 days. What is the best path to take and are these the best places to go in Italy. What is the best flight plan and is it woth it to go to Croatia.tey will need to fly back to copenhagen at the end of the trip. Thanks for all your suggestions
Posted by
California 🦋
5301 posts
Marianne,
If your daughter has not visited Italy in the past, and she only has 10 days,
she may want to visit the big 3; Venice (3Nights), Florence (3N) & Rome (3-4N)
She could fly to Venice & fly back from Rome.
While in Florence she may want to take a day trip to Lucca & Pisa or go to Siena.
When in Rome, she may want to take day trip to Orvieto or Ostia Antica.
It's very easy to travel in Italy by train, so she won't need to rent a car.
Edit: Sicily is way out of the way and she can save it for another trip.
Posted by
Green Bay
21405 posts
Well they could fly to Dubrovnic, work their way up to Split, take a ferry to Ancona (Sun, Tue, Thur), then train to Perugia and Tuscany then Florence and fly back to Copenhagan. I don't see Sicily in the mix in just 10 days.
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pittston
67 posts
Thanks, some good advise. If she nixed Croatia all together, could sicily ( palermo) be an option with Florence and Tuscnay included. Not sure where to fly into from copenhagn and fly out of italy. They are not interested in Rome.
Posted by
Green Bay
21405 posts
I think that would be Copenhagan to Palermo, then maybe Cantania to Pisa or Florence. Fly back from Pisa or Florence or Bologna.
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pittston
67 posts
Is there antwhere else you suggest between Palermo and Florence (pisa/tuscany towns)
Should they stay in pisa or somewhere else between. You have good ideas, i have never been to italy so Im winging it.
Posted by
Green Bay
21405 posts
I'd give Pisa a pass, maybe just a half-day trip to see the tower. Florence is the transport hub for northern Tuscany. There are buses to many hill towns for day trips from there. Lucca is worth a day, and so is Siena. I guess if you don't want to have Rome in the mix, might as well go straight to where you want to go. 10 days is not a lot of time. Just Florence is worth 3 days, throw in a few side trips and its time to go home.
Posted by
Vienna, Austria
5534 posts
I don't understand why your daughter isn't planning her own trip. When I studied abroad, I planned all mine and that was pre-interwebs.
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pittston
67 posts
Thanks, Does anyone know anything about Pompeii, she was looking there to substitute Rome. Good advise,
Posted by
Toledo, Ohio, US
11613 posts
She should watch some videos by RS, look at the Lonely Planet guidebooks (or the RS ones if she wants to concentrate on major cities with turn-by-turn directions. No RS guidebook on Sicily yet.
She should look at Rome2Rio.com to check distances and modes of transportation. The trip you outlined in your original post is not feasible in 10 days, in my opinion, unless she is doing a study on train stations and airports.