misstravelbug
100+ Posts
Hi
our family is finally planning to visit Italy next year, in April, I know it's along way off but as we are booking the flights with FF miles I am sorting out our itinerary now.
We are flying from Australia with our two children (aged 10 and 8 by then).
Looking to fly into Rome for 7 nights
train/bus to Assisi for 4/5 nights
Val d'orcia 7 nights (with hire car)
Verona 4/5 nights (keep hire car for a few days to visit lake Garda, then rely on trains for a day trip to Venice etc.)
then to Paris for 7 nights.
It has taken a long while to narrow down our trip to these few places and we will still be travelling quicker than what I would like to.
The plans are still in their infancy and I could add another 20 years to this trip and still not see what I would like to. It will be the children's first trip to Europe, but they are well travelled in Asia Pacific, Asia and the USA. I can also speak very rusty Italian, so I hope to brush that up a bit before i go and while I am there.
We are totally set on Rome, val d'orcia and Paris. I would love to cut Paris and have another week in Italy but the children really want to go there and they have their list of historical sites to visit, I will be over on the French forum to tweak that one day in the future...
Assisi and Verona are the two places that I am wondering about. There is a lot to see and do within and surrounding these places. Other spots on my list were Lucca, Santa Maria Ligure and that area, Varenna and Ascoli Piceno, to name a few.
I would love any recommendations in general that you would be willing to share and also any suggestions on the itinerary or your preferences as it has been a very long time since I have been to Italy.
Thank you.
our family is finally planning to visit Italy next year, in April, I know it's along way off but as we are booking the flights with FF miles I am sorting out our itinerary now.
We are flying from Australia with our two children (aged 10 and 8 by then).
Looking to fly into Rome for 7 nights
train/bus to Assisi for 4/5 nights
Val d'orcia 7 nights (with hire car)
Verona 4/5 nights (keep hire car for a few days to visit lake Garda, then rely on trains for a day trip to Venice etc.)
then to Paris for 7 nights.
It has taken a long while to narrow down our trip to these few places and we will still be travelling quicker than what I would like to.
The plans are still in their infancy and I could add another 20 years to this trip and still not see what I would like to. It will be the children's first trip to Europe, but they are well travelled in Asia Pacific, Asia and the USA. I can also speak very rusty Italian, so I hope to brush that up a bit before i go and while I am there.
We are totally set on Rome, val d'orcia and Paris. I would love to cut Paris and have another week in Italy but the children really want to go there and they have their list of historical sites to visit, I will be over on the French forum to tweak that one day in the future...
Assisi and Verona are the two places that I am wondering about. There is a lot to see and do within and surrounding these places. Other spots on my list were Lucca, Santa Maria Ligure and that area, Varenna and Ascoli Piceno, to name a few.
I would love any recommendations in general that you would be willing to share and also any suggestions on the itinerary or your preferences as it has been a very long time since I have been to Italy.
Thank you.