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Itinerary for Northern Italy - April/May - Is it ok?

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Hi, below is an itinerary I put together for our trip in April/May. We fly in and out of Milan because we are using miles. Our love food tours, walking and visiting churches. I will book some food tours in many of the locations we will visit. We have visited Milan, Venice, Lake Como and Bologna before. We ruled out Cinque Terre due to crowds and substituted CT with Camogli.

I figured we can try taking Buses for part of the trip. It looks easy to take a bus from the Milan Airport (MXP) to Turin. Also a bus may be easier from Camogli to Parma. Any suggestions regarding transportation would be appreciated.

Arrive Milan 4/20 and overnight by Airport
4/21 - 4/24 - Turin
4/24 - 4/26 - Camogli
4/26 - 4/28 - Parma
4/28 - 4/30 - Modena
4/30 - 5/02 - Verona
5/02 - 5/05 - Bolzano
5/05 - 5/08 - Brescia
5/08 - 5/09 - Milan

Thanks for any suggestions, input or recommendations. I have found a ton of useful information on here.

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A warning about the way you've listed your itinerary: At a glance, it appears that you have 4 nights in Turin (so about 3-1/2 days); 3 nights (about 2-1/2 days) in Camogli, Parma, Modena, Verona; and so on. What you actually have is 2 full days in Turin and a good chunk of a third day (if you get an early start on April 21) and just one full day plus some extra hours in Camogli, Parma, Modena and Verona. I'm afraid some folks commenting here will not realize how short those stays are, because you're listing the days you change hotels as if they are available for sightseeing in both cities.

Your time allocations may be fine for your sightseeing plans; I haven't been to most of those cities.

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I admittedly have a hang-up about two-night stays, I actually dislike them more than one-night stays, which are sometimes a necessity.
This is so much about personal preference and without knowing what you want to see/do in each place, it's hard to know how to advise. I assume you have a good sense of the travel times involved. Camogli is the outlier, so you could put those two nights toward some of your other stays. That would give you a nice loop back to Milan.
Parma and Modena could easily be combined--it's just a 30 minute train ride. I would also probably choose either Verona or Brescia given their proximity.

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