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Northwest Italy in 9 days

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This is about trip 5 to Italy, so far we have missed everything west of a line drawn from Milan down to Firenze. We arrive in Italy 9:30 Oct. 1 in Torino and start a week stay in a farmhouse near Perugia Oct. 10 and are trying to allocate the days, we love driving in Italy and avoid tourist crowds, still have a little PTSD from Firenze.
Current plan, the dates shown are actually the nights we will sleep in that location.
Torino Oct. 1, 2.
Alba Oct. 3, 4
Camogli Oct. 5, 6
Lucca Oct. 7, 8, 9

Any feedback would be most welcome, and thank you.

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Since you’re arriving in Torino, I would give the third day of Lucca to Torino unless you’ve already made all of your reservations or have a cooking class in Lucca. Torino is one of my favorite larger cities in Italy.

When you’re in Perugia, be sure to go see the painted stained glass laboratory museum & the underground walkway lanes & rooms (read up on both before you arrive).

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I wold add the Egyptian museum in Torino as a not-miss. It's the largest outside of Cairo! And lucky you, the International Truffle Fair in Alba is in October (I think on the weekends). Lucca is awesome. Wonderful itinerary!

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Just throwing out an option: you could omit Camogli and drive between Torino and Lucca (or a variation that makes sense) and explore the countryside around Alba, as I wish I had done. I had only a brief stay without a car and a lot of rain prevented us from doing so. Much may depend on the truffle fair and such.
But, nothing wrong with what you have selected.

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