Family of four starting a tour in Venice ending in Rome. We plan to arrive earlier, and was wondering if anyone could suggest another place to visit days beforehand (such as Croatia?).
Posted by
Maryland
1103 posts
Depends on your interests, but Cortina d' Ampezzo, which is much in the news for the Olympics, is a two hour bus ride north of Marco Polo Airport (bus departs from the airport parking lot). You don't mention when you are going or how long you are planning to spend before your tour, but Cortina is an entry to the Dolomites and southern Alps with excellent local transportation. Great food, wine (the local wines are Lagrein and Alto Adige) and spectacular mountains with gondolas up and down everywhere because of the ski industry.
Posted by
Indiana
1144 posts
If you would please provide a few more details that would be helpful for us to make suggestions. How many nights have you allocated for this extra visit? What are your interests and budget? Are you wanting to use public transportation? Rent a car? Private or group tours?
Posted by
OP
2 posts
We are doing the "My Way" 13-day tour starting in Venice on Sept 1. We can arrive 5 days beforehand (or maybe even more). We are also flexible about travel though I prefer traveling on fast train.
Posted by
martinez, ca, usa
2920 posts
hey hey kara
does your family of four include kids and their ages? what are your likes and dislikes, family friendly, budget in euros, what are your must sees, are you landing in venice and spending anytime there before venturing off? traveling by trains, buses or renting a car? many places to see in northern italy. there are the lakes (lake garda or lake maggiore), verona, vicenza by train.
check the travel time to croatia and where/what city.
so many decision and thoughts to think about. hope it all works out. good luck
aloha
Posted by
The Heartland USA
9588 posts
When we did the VFR tour, we flew into Milan and visited Lake Como (Varenna) for a few days before taking the train to Venice.
Posted by
Bend, OR
1866 posts
When we did the Village Italy tour we flew into Venice and spent 4 days in the Verona and Lake Garda area before our tour began in Padua. You could fly into Milan and visit Milan and the Lake Como area since your tour doesn’t go there. There’s a number of options in Northern Italy depending on your interests.