Italy Travel
Advice about Italy - travel time between Florence/Rome/Venice - costs - where to go, what to see, etc.?
I am going on a week long trip to Italy with my boyfriend & his family next summer. We're considering staying in Florence, & making a couple day trips to Rome and Venice depending on how far away they are. Questions: what's the estimated travel time between Florence & Rome, & Florence & Venice? Best way to travel between cities, and appx. cost? How will the weather be in June/July? If you live in or have been to Italy, what are some good local spots to site see and/or eat at that might not be crawling with tourists?
ANY advice about costs, food, what to wear, where to go, etc. will be greatly appreciated!!!
The advice from maxmarm8 is all excellent - just a couple of details to add.
If you use the Italian language interface on the train site, you have to use the Italian place names Firenze, Roma, Venezia rather than the English versions. The English interface for the trenitalia site is: http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html You can use the English names there.
Check the train website for special offers when it's nearer to you're travel date. There are sometimes good deals.Right now some tickets to Munich or Budapest are as low as 29 euro. Switzerland is as low as 19 euro.
The Eurostar from Florence to Rome is 1.5 hours (33 euro each way 2nd class). Florence to Venice is 2.5 to 3 hours (30 euro each way 2nd class). The intercity prices are about 7.50 euro less with a seat reservation (in some cases mandatory). A regional train from Florence to Rome is only 14.90 euro, but it takes 3.5 hr to get there because it makes frequent stops.
In Florence, try the fiorentina (steak), ribollita ( a peasant soup) and for dessert cantucci and vin santo. In Florence, see the main attractions in the guide books, but take time to walk up to Piazza Michelangelo enjoy the view, then continue to San Miniato al Monte (the church on top of the hill that you can see from the street along the Arno. Then walk back down through the rose garden. The Orsanmichele is also worth seeing.
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