Hello,
Wife and I are flying into Rome and out of Venice in mid-November. Spending 4 nights in Rome and 4 nights in Venice (leaving early in the morning after that 4th night). First time to Italy.
That leaves us with 11 currently unscheduled nights in between Rome and Venice.
The general thought is to rent a car in Rome and head more or less north, drop off the car when we get to Florence, stay there for x number of days and then take the train to Venice.
Our usual MO on driving sections is to wing it and stay where we think we might end up for the day in a town we like and spend a night or two or three depending on how we feel. Trying to make a reservation the morning or early afternoon of that night's stay. We have mainly done this in the U.S. and Canada but last year did it in Ireland and it worked out there. We don't always get our first choice hotel or B&B but have always found a decent place to stay.
If we stay three nights in Florence we would have eight nights somewhere in between Rome and Florence.
Some of the questions are:
Does three nights in Florence sound about right since we will be spending eight other nights in “big” cities (Rome and Venice)?
Given it is the off season can we get away with our usual MO of deciding where we stay the morning of when we might get there, or do we need to pre-book rooms now for the driving nights between Rome and Florence?
Do you have any suggestions of particular towns to stay in for the nights on the road? Some thoughts have been Viterbo, Gubbio, Siena, Luca and smaller towns in between. Don’t need or want to go in a straight line.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks in advance.