Rain the next few days. Itinerary ideas?

Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Mantua is a nice leisurely route to Milan with LOTS to see.
I think you have rain everywhere in the region at the moment.

San Marino and Rimini

Weather forecast for the end of the week looks really nasty.

I'm afraid museums are the only options available.

Theresa, maybe mosaics and meals -- Ravenna and Bologna!

We have been in Italy for 7 days, suppose to rain everyday and so far hot and humid, I would look at a weather map on line. Maybe you will be lucky and get no rain.b

My husband just looked up the weather map and see's no rain in all of Italy including the Dolomites

Some close by options would be Padua, Ravenna, Verona you could also see what the weather is like on Lake Como or Lake Orta since you prefer nature.

Check accuweather - big headline about flooding rains to Northern Italy and the Balkans this weekend (which we were also told by a friend who just went on a tour of rhe Dolomites yesterday and their guide told them about the storms that were coming)

That being said, any suggestions if we decide to go to Tuscany? Good home base? Siena? Chianti? Can you drive a car into Siena?

Also looking at possibly flying to Nice instead for a couple days if the weather looks too bad here.

Where is Ravena? What is there to do there?

Thanks for the suggestions!

Theresa, Ravenna is about a one hour train ride east of Bologna. There are the most magnificent ancient mosaics there, in about 4 or 5 sites in Ravenna and another 1 or 2 just outside of town. Some sites are large churches with huge mosaics, some are smaller sites, with smaller mosaics. It is a very flat and walkable town, not a big tourist center, with many people of all ages riding bikes to get around, more than any place I have been outside of China! Given that the mosaics are inside of buildings, and the town is easy to get around, any rain should not interfere very much. You can look Ravenna up through Google, TripAdviser, or in any major travel guide. RS has a nice section on it.

On my first visit to Ravenna it was cold and rainy for the 2 days I was there (February). Loved it all. The sights in the town are short walks from each other and close to the train station. The only one that's farther is San Vitale - easy bus ride and so worth it.

I really liked Bologna, not a big tourist draw but very lively and a good base for day tripping to Ravenna, Ferrara (where everyone bikes and there's hardly a car to be seen in the historic center), Padua (where you can see all the main sights in day). The Bologna university tour is more interesting than the Padua one.