Wanted to see what people would recommend for our 3 days we have openned between being in Rome and picking up our houseboat from Crown Blue Line outside of Venice.
My husband wants to save Tuscany for a seperate trip. We thought of getting to Venice by train and renting a car and driving to the Dolomites or Lake Garda - or -Taking the train from Rome to the 5Cinguas for 3 day and then the train to Venice. I checked out the train from Rome to Venice and it is 4 1/2 hours. From Rome to the 5Cinguas is about 4 1/2 hours and then from there 6 hours to Venice. Is it worth taking this side trip to 5 Cinguas for 3 days? Would there be something else we should do instead? (but not Florence)
Thanks
Posted by
Los Angeles, CA, USA
1449 posts
How about visiting Le Marche? It's on the way north towards Venice. Urbino is a great hill town, and from there you can drive around and explore the small towns. You could also spend a day at the coast in somplace like Pesaro. Amazon has books about Le Marche.
You could also head south and spend 3 days in Sorrento. You could do this all by train from Rome, then use Sorrento as a base to explore Pompeii, the Amalfi coast, Capri, etc.
Posted by
Seattle, WA
4 posts
If I wanted to head north, I would train to Verona. The ES train leaves at 9:00 and arrived nonstop in Verona at 1:30. Renting a car there gets you much closer to Lake Garda or the road north to Bolzano and the Dolomites. Verona itself is a great city for a short break, and you can bus up to Lake Garda for a day trip.
Posted by
OP
Wilmington, DE, USA
712 posts
Thank you for both suggestions.
Looking at Marche - also renting a car latter sounds better - away from the city.