Does anyone have advice on whether we should rent a car to travel around Tuscany (from Siena hotel as a basepoint) or do organized bus tours? This is in early October, 2016 for 3 days. My hotel does have parking for a fee.
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
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A car is good to have to visit the small towns in Tuscany. I'd rent one and in fact I always do, every year.
Posted by
Chicago
8703 posts
I'd rent a car; an organized bus tour is okay if you like such tours; doing it by public bus is not a good idea.
Posted by
Toledo, Ohio, US
11613 posts
I travel by public transportation when I am alone, plenty of hill towns are accessible by train and/or bus. But, I travel pretty slowly when I am going solo.
If you plan to visit three a day, rent a car. It's great to see a little town on a hill and decide to go there. If you don't want to rent a car, you just have to be more organized.
Posted by
Sacramento, CA - Calif, United States
339 posts
2 years ago we rented a car for the first time in Italy and it was easy. It was September and October. There were two of us so navigating was easier than perhaps a single but definitely doable. We are in our mid 60s and do have experience with a stick shift.
Posted by
Portland, Oregon, United States
907 posts
Rent a car, take a camera, and enjoy the countryside as well as the hill towns.