We have a 2-week trip with 2 home bases....
1) Week on Lake Garda. Besides Verona, what are the MUST DOs around there?
DRIVING IN BETWEEN... Would love to drive through and spend a few hours in Parma.
2) Week in Lucca. Will do day trip to Cinquaterra, maybe Pisa (??) and Florence is not TOO far. (though we've been there and don't "need" to.)
Y'all are the experts! Welcome your advice!
There is an 8:30a train departing Lucca that requires a connection in Viareggio to Monterosso (2h): https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html. If you go from Apr 1 through Oct 31, you can take a ferry between towns except Corniglia where you’ll have to take a train and then a bus to the top of the town. The other alternative is to climb the Scalinata Lardarina that consists of 382 steps. You can return from Riomaggiore to Lucca at 6:48p with another transfer in Viareggio (1h 45m). Most trains require two connections to and from the Cinque Terre.
You can take a direct train (no transfers) from Lucca to Pisa Centrale (30m). There are also direct buses from Lucca to La Spezia. (1h 15m).
