Trying to decide what order to spend a week by myself in Italy while my husband is working. We will be parting in Venice on a Sunday (preferably after lunch) and meeting up again in Rome the next Saturday (preferably mid morning or noon). Option 1: Train from Venice to Florence; stay 3 nights (Sunday-Tuesday); includes a day trip to Siena Train from Florence to CT (maybe with quick stop in Pisa on the way); stay 3 nights (Wednesday-Friday) probably in Monterosso Saturday: morning train to Rome Option 2:
Same amount of time in each place, but switch Florence and CT. I'm not sure if there's much of a difference either way?
Posted by
US Pacific Northwest
10344 posts
"I'm not sure if there's much of a difference either way?" I'm not sure, either. You've probably seen the train schedules: Venice to CT is a lot of travel time and you go through Florence (probably) to get to CT. If you stop in Florence (Venice - Florence, instead of Venice - CT), you shorten that day's travel time. But the tradeoff is that you have longer travel time on the CT - Rome leg, compared to Florence - Rome (which is 1hr 35mins on fastest trains).
Posted by
Los Angeles, CA, USA
1449 posts
what time of the year? This January? Next summer?
Posted by
OP
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
58 posts
We'll, the dates aren't firmed up yet, but I'm planning for late May-early June.