Finalizing my plans for my Tuscany trip next week. In all honesty I have not planned much due to so much going on in my life right now, but I have done some research and booked a few events. We will have a car.
In looking at the weather it looks like it will be hot, so we are thinking of doing some time at the beach. I was thinking of driving to Lucca in the morning and visiting like from 8-12, then driving to La Spezia, parking and taking the train into Monterosso and doing a beach afternoon and dinner. I looked at just doing a full day in Monterosso taking the train, but we could arrive at 9AM which means an early morning (ughh) and then being tied to a train schedule rather than just letting the day unfold, which is what we prefer. If we do take the train and do a full day, I think I would rather just stay the night. We have been to Cinque Terre before and stayed in Monterosso and my Husband wants to go back to a restaurant we visited and have dinner.
Just looking for some ideas and input. Not sure yet what we are going to do.