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Italy on a Budget-Day trips? General Advice?

Hi, i’m heading to Italy next week for my first anniversary. I was there about 9 years ago for about 10 days (Rome, Florence, Pisa) and my husband has never been to Europe. Our trip will be from 9/3-9/13.
We’ll be staying overnight in Florence 9/4 through 9/7 and then Rome 9/8-9/12. At this point, our only concrete plans are a day try to Venice on our actualy anniversary (9/6) and i’ve already pre-booked tickets to the Uffizzi and Academia on 9/5. Which basically leaves 9/7 open for a possible day trip or two from Florence. I really wanted to do Pisa, Bologna and somewhere in Chianti for wine tasting but clearly that’s not possible in one day. At some point we need to transfer from Florence to Rome on 9/8. I want to assume we’ll take one or two solid days in Rome to do some of the major sites, but also am open to suggestions for a day trip or two from Rome. Any advice or tips would be GREATLY appreciated!

Depending on your point of view, the 6th is an interesting day to be in Venice. The Historic Regatta will be running in the afternoon – the boat parade should start around 4 in the bacino and run up the Grand Canal and the races start a little after 5. This is a popular event and Venice will be crowded. It also means that the vaporetto won’t be running on the Grand Canal for some period during the day. http://www.veneziamarketingeventi.it/page/eventoDettaglio?idEvento=113 My daughter will be visiting and I plan to be there for the weekend for the Regatta myself.

I live near Bologna, it’s only about an hour from Florence on the train, so it would be quite easy to visit. However, if you could only take one day trip from Florence, you should consider Pisa and Lucca. Take the train to Pisa in the morning and go see the Leaning Tower, Duomo, and Baptistry. Then go back to the train station and take the train another 30 minutes to Lucca for the rest of the day. The old section of the city within the walls has a lot of interesting things to see.

Another great possibility from Florence is a day in Siena. Wine tasting tours tend to be pretty expensive here.

Arezzo is another possibility. It’s on the train line between Florence and Rome and has a very nice old town on the top of the hill. However, the best day to be there is the 6th when the Giostra (joust) will be running. The costumed parades and events are excellent, but that’s the day you’ll be in Venice.

From Rome, I like Tivoli as a day trip. If you go make sure you visit Villa d’Este with all the amazing fountains and Villa Adriana. The train leaves from the Tiburtina station.

It’s also possible to do a day trip to Pompeii, by taking the train to Naples and then changing to the Circumvesuviana train towards Sorrento. the ruins are a very short walk from the Pompeii Scavi stop. Or you could take the train to Naples and catch a cab or bus to Molo Beverello and take the boat to Capri for the day.

Orvieto is another interesting day trip which is a fairly short train ride or you could take the Rome public transportation to the old port of Ostia Antica and then go on to the beach.

Train schedules and prices: http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html

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