We are planning to visit Venice and Tuscany during an upcoming trip to Europe. Our tentative itinerary is as follows:
Fri June 7 Venice--arrive in early morning, spend all day
Sat June 8 Venice--all day
Sun June 9 Venice--all day
Mon June 10 Florence--early train to Florence then all day bike tour through Toscana until 5 pm. Take 7:00 train to Siena and enjoy Siena at night, which is magic according to Rick Steves.
Tue June 11--Siena in morning. Take 1:00 pm train to Orvieto and then bus to Civita d'Bagnoreggio for the afternoon/early evening. Return to Orvieto and enjoy the quiet nightlife and take late(midnight) train to Vernazza in the Cinque Terre.
Now the questions I have are...
Is June 10th too busy? Is it possible to do all we have planned? Or would you recommend another day in Tuscany and sacrifice our third day in Venice? In otherwords, rather than 3 days in Venice and 2 days in Tuscany, change it to 2 days in Venice and 3 days in Tuscany??
Is the Accademia in Florence open on Mondays?
Would it be more scenic to take the train from Orvieto to Vernazza during the day rather than taking the train at night??
Thanks to everyone for their input.
ladybug