Hello, my husband and I are in our early 30s and planning a trip to Europe for May 2025 and do NOT plan on renting a car. We prefer to use trains and the occasional bus. It is an open jaw trip and we will be flying into Munich on May 11 and plan to use it as a homebase through the 15th, seeing Dachau and a day trip to Salzburg. We then plan to take a train to Innsbrook for one night and we’re planning to then take another train the following day to Bolzano and bus in to Ortisei to stay in the Dolomites from May 16-20. We would love to hike to Seceda (with the use of cable cars if possible) and Alpe di Siusi. We then plan to take a high-speed train from Bolzano to Florence from the 20th to the 24th and enjoy the Tuscany region. On the 24th we will train to Milan for an overnight stay and then fly home the next day.
Does this seem do-able? From my initial research it appears as though the Dolomites shut down during the month of May. We are worried that there may not be much to do/restaurants to eat at if the weather doesn’t cooperate. It also appears as though the cable cars/ lifts close too. Is there another region we could easily replace it with that is accessible via train?
I’m trying to make the travel between cities as easy as possible.
Thank you! Happy travels!