Can you help planning a holiday for 5-6 in tuscany - near a railway for Venice & Rome?

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haslo

Try this website...see if it helps:

http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/italy/italy_menu.htm

Have fun!

The best area in Tuscany to stay if you want to take trips to Venice or Rome is in Florence. Florence is a major hub for the trains and is on a more direct path to Venice/Rome than Pisa. Florence to Venice is about 3hrs and Florence to Rome is about 1.5hrs both by a Eurostar train.

The best option would be to rent an apartment in Florence. If you decide to stay in the Tuscan countryside or Siena, Lucca or Chianti then a car is necessary unless you are staying close to a train station - which most larger villages have one but some villas are not anywhere near a train station. By the way, if you stay in Florence, a car is of no use to you in Florence! The streets are narrow and it is difficult to find parking.

slowtrav.com has plenty of info about Italy-

Where to stay in Tuscany-
http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/planning/where_tuscany.htm

Vacation rental reviews for Florence. If you click on the name of the apt, it will lead you to the apt rental agency link-
http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/vr/list.asp?r=Florence

apartment rental reviews for other parts of Central Italy/Tuscany-
http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/vr/reviews.asp

Tuscany villa rentals-
http://www.totuscany.net/
http://www.tuscany-villas.com/lista,villa_search,last_minute.html

Driving directions website-
http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm

General map website to see relation to other cities/villages
http://www.mappy.com/

Rome would be a better daytrip than Venice since it is closer, but Venice is doable, it just would be a very long day since it is 3hrs one way to Venice. I recommend you see the Accademia and the Uffizi in Florence but you should pre-book tickets as the queues can be very long to get in - you can call 011 39 055 294 883 to make the reservations, they will give you a reservation number, just show it to the ticket box office at the respective museum.

Italy's rail website-
http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html

Unfortunately, this forum doesn't really allow you to engage in some type of conversation. So if you have any further questions you can ask them on www.tripadvisor.com sign up with a user name and password. Here is the Tuscany link-
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum-g187893-i67-Tuscany.html

and

Italy forums, if you want to jump to a more specific forum, just click on the name of the city/forum such as Rome or Venice.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum-g187768-i20-Italy.html

CHEERS from Chicago! Hope you have a good holiday! We love Florence!
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A few additional villas
Close to Florence
http://www.florenceby.com/settemerli/index.html

By Greve
http://www.greve-in-chianti.com/
http://www.vignamaggio.com/

Chianti
http://www.toscana-casa.com/

Holiday Girl

Pisa airport has a railway line that runs to the centre of Florence. Both are in Tuscany. You can also catch a train from Florance to Rome

alexeverwander

Florence is the major transportation hub for Tuscany, so if you rent a place that you to can get to Florence from, you should be set.

monica.depp

Tuscany Villas:

http://vacationrentals.fonisol.com/tuscany/villa-rentals-tuscany.htm

Florence Apartments:

http://fonisol.com/florence/florenceapartments.htm

Hope it helps!

Monica

hazy_angel84

Florence is the most centered so the best for catching EuroStar(1/2 hour ride to both Venice and Rome) trains but the rent is insanely high. If price is not an issuse, than stay in Florence. If it is, than you could stay in Pisa, it has a train line but you would have to take a train to Florence first and then catch a decent train to Venice or Rome

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