Why Italy
i would like to travel to Italy,venice, rome, pisa,florence then, germany, paris, amsterdam in 2wks. is it pos?
what is the quickest and easiest way to get around?
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- Rent a car.
- erm in europe either a short flight or a train journey are the best ways if you dont have a car ( have never done it my self as i live in britain we take the car with us in europe) it isnt a massive place though, we managed to to get from lake garda (northern italy) back to london in one day we left about 6 and arrivred about 10/11 and that was towing too.
- Take the train and buy a Eurail pass for the 2 weeks. You can fly into Amsterdam then work your way to Rome and back in a 2 week period.. but you will traveling almost the entire time. If you flew into New York City and wanted to visit Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Denver, Salt Lake city, Los Angeles and do it all in 2 weeks.. just how many miles a day would you have to travel.?.. well.. THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE WANTING TO DO. Only a real amateur traveler would FLY in Europe. For one thing IT'S EXPENSIVE and for another... the Trains go from CITY CENTER to CITY CENTER and with the plane, you are always an hour or three from city center and, in some cases, you have to TAKE A TAXI to get there. You really need at LEAST 3 WEEKS to do the trip you want to do without killing yourself in the process... you DO want to ENJOY the trip, right? The first time I went to Europe I was 17, had a one MONTH Youthrail pass and $1000 and USED UP BOTH. Oh... BUY a copy of EUROPE BY EURAIL and BUY a general coverage GUIDE BOOK like FODOR'S EUROPE.. assuming you want any REAL information other whan what these people on answers (most of whom have never been outside the state they were born in) will tell you.
- This is a very ambitious plan, and while it is possible, you'll pretty much be doing whistle tour and won't be seeing much of any of the places. Is it sensible to do so much? And as many of the distance between 2 places are not far enough to justify all the time spent travelling to/fro airports and to go through security etc, I would say stick to train travel. You may want to do your travel something along the line of the following - and I use Berlin and Munich as your possible destinations in Germany since you never really specify which city you want to travel to: Rome - Pisa - Florence - Venice - Munich - Berlin - Amsterdam - Paris You could buy tickets online, and if booked in advance they can be much cheaper than buying on the go, especially for journeys in/out Germany. Here's the guide on prices based on online advance reservation, for adult on 2nd class, one way: Rome-Pisa : about 3h11m journey with ES or IC trains, Amica price 22.40euro, standard 27.50euro. Amica ticket must be bought in advance. Details re Amica fares (http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1f0b293acf71f110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD ) and ticket can be purchased from Trenitalia (http://www.trenitalia.it/en/index.html ) Pisa-Florence : regional R train takes between 1 and 1 1/2 hours, this is one ticket you can buy on the go, and it is about 6euro. Ticket with Trenitalia. Florence-Venice : ES train takes 2h40m, Amica ticket 25.80euro (standard 32.30euro), IC/IC*plus train takes about 1/2 hours longer but ticket is cheaper - Amica ticket 16.40-17.40euro (standard 21.50-23.50euro). Ticket with Trenitalia. Venice-Munich : direct night train of about 8 hours journey, ticket from 53euro including sleeper reservation from Bahn (http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml ). This is a better option than day trains because day trains involve changes and take even longer than the night train. Moreover, sleeping in train means no accommodation cost to worry over that evening, but on the downside, you may not get such a good night sleep. Munich-Berlin : ticket from 29euro, and the most direct is with ICE which takes about 5h40m. Otherwise there's also direct night train which takes about 8h37m and ticket is form 39euro including sleeper reservation. Ticket from Bahn. Berlin-Amsterdam : the train journey is a little over 6 hours, and the ticket is as low as 39euro. There's direct night train too that takes about 10 hours and ticket is as low as 43euro including sleeper reservation. Ticket from Bahn. Amsterdam-Paris : ticket from Voyages SNCF (http://www.voyages-sncf.com/ ) is 25euro. Travel time about 4 hours. So if you're organised, you can travel by train (taking night train whenever available as option, in order to save accommodation costs) for a total cost at about 205euro, which is much cheaper (nearly half the price) than getting a rail pass. Moreover with rail passes you'll have to pay for night train supplements as well as fast train supplements and train reservations. I don't think it's worth getting a rail pass. As for your trip organisation: Day 1-2 : Rome Day 3 : Pisa for 1/2 day, then onward to Florence Day 3-4 : Florence Day 5 : Venice, get an early train from Florence, depart that night for Munich Day 6-7 : Munich, depart on the night on 7th day for Berlin Day 8-9 : Berlin, depart on the night on 9th day for Amsterdam Day 10-11 : Amsterdam Day 12-14 : Paris, travel from Amsterdam first thing in the morning So in short: Rome (2 days) - Pisa (1/2 day) - Florence (1 1/2 days) - Venice (1 day) - Munich (2 days) - Berlin (2 days) - Amsterdam (2 days) - Paris (3 days) Even looking at this right now, I have to say, it's insane. It's possible as a trip go, but you'll be on the road a lot. This is going to be one very tiring tour. Ps: if you don't mind not going anywhere in Germany, you could consider flying from Venice to Dusseldorf with Ryanair, and get a train from there to Amsterdam.
- It's possible, but it's not a good idea. You're talking about at least six cities with many historical and cultural sites in only 14 days. Allowing for travel time between cities, that's an average of maybe 1.5 days per city. You could easily spend five days each just in Paris and Rome and not see everything. I've been to Europe over 20 times and, in my opinion, you'll be completely wasting your money. You'll spend so much time running that you'll have no time to stop and enjoy anything. You may as well just rent a travel video.You'll get the same experience, but you won't be exhausted afterwards. My advice is to cut this down to no more than three cities. That will give you time to see the major sites, explore a little on your own, and experience the food and culture. There is little point in going if you can't do that.
- You need at least 3 days in Rome, Venice, Florence or Paris to see these cites. You could even spent 2 weeks in just Rome or Paris and still feel you didn't have enough time. Pisa can be seen in an afternoon, and if you don't like to go to museums, you can see Amsterdam in a day.
- I will tell you of my trip to Italy..I had a night in verona, 2 in Venice, 1 in Montepulciano, 3 in rome, 3 in Florence and 1 in Bologna. That was a busy scheduele. In the 3 nights in florence i took a train to Pisa ( there is nothing else in pisa to see except the tower) and Lucca, in Rome I went on a day tour to Pompeii. As Italy you appear to have specific places maybe you should focus only on Italy. You will find that you get more out of your trip if you experience a place better and longer and see more than spending the majoritiy of your time travelling ( eg waiting for planes, trains, in transit, waiting) and trust me when you want to get out and see things its most frustrating. Trains in Italy are a good way ot get around and you can try the www.trenitalia website ( Italian train service)...I think its .it . Germany is a big place, you would need 5 days alone to see paris and a couple of amsterdam. Cut back on the places, trust me, there will be enough to see in the places you do go...
- Hi, it is certainly possible, but not really advisable. For your Italian destinations, you should take at least a week, in the 2nd week you can do Germany + Paris. But it will be rather stressful. Better to have 2 weks Italy. Then make another trip + 10 days Parios + Germany. But up to you! Bon voyage ! Bonny
