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WEEK
2
Arrive Venice/Venezia
TRANSPORTATION Munich --> Venezia S. Lucia Station -->
Vaparetto Bus Boat
--> Hotel other
transportation & parking
Drop Bags at Hotel, then go for breakfast.
SIGHT SEEING:
Venice
Map
Do orientation Walk around
St. Marcus
Square
MAJOR
SIGHTS:
--Doge's
Palace: Get combo ticket which includes
Correr Museum 8:30-7
The 90 minute recorded tour is
excellent
--St
Mark's Basillica: free On SUNDAY 2-5 PM--mass light are lit.
open MON-SAT 9:45-7:30 Dress: no shorts, covered
shoulders
--St Mark's Museum up stairs) open 9:45-7
Treasury & Altarpiece
-Other
Museums
--Check out a
Gondola
Tour
LODGINGS: Venice/Venezia
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Venice/Venezia
TRANSPORTATION Venezia San Marco Sq.--> Lagoon Islands of
Burano & Murano see
how to reach
Lagoon Islands
SIGHT
SEEING:
Island Hop
today
--Burano
is famous for it's
lace
making --Scuola di Merletti open Tu-Sun--10-4 CLOSED MON
--Murano
is best & cheapest if shopping for Glass. GLASS MUSEO VETRAI RIO,
700 YR OF GLASSMAKING (L8,000 Thurs.-Tue 10-5 closed
Wed
LODGINGS: Venice/Venezia
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FLORENCE/
FIRENZE
Most Museums are CLOSED MON. & many are closed
Sun. --so AVOID letting Florence fall on these days.
TRANSPORTATION Venezia S.Lucia. --> Firenze SMN check
train schedules Eurostar
Italia Trains require $27. seat reservation with your Rail Pass or Point
to Point Ticket. Save $ and take a route that doesn't use one of these
trains. about 2-3 hr Car & Train. City Buses
Florence
Bus Schedules
* Use Rail Pass ALL DAY TODAY or Drive
SIGHT SEEING:
Before arriving
in Florence,
Reserve tickets for following three Museums & Avoid 3+ hours of "line
time"!
--Uffizi Gallery
Accademia -
Borgello advance ticket booking with one phone
call - no CC
required Pay
when you pick up.
Phone: 011 39 055 29
4883
--Uffizi
Museum Info
--Accadimia
Home of
David
--Borgello
Museum
Other Advance ticket bookings you might like to
make.
TRANSPORTATION Florence --> Mainly Walk. Can use City Buses
Florence
Bus Schedules
SIGHT SEEING: Florence
Map
--Florence
City
Theatre
--Florence Art Museums
--Florence
Festivals & Events
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TRANSPORTATION Florence --> Siena or Fiosole if you have
time in afternoon & evening Use Bus
SIGHT SEEING: Florence
Map
Hopefully you did most of Orientation
Renaissance Walk your first afternoon.
Includes:
--Duomo
Mon-Sat 10-17:00 Sun. 13:00-17:00 shorter hr. off season.
free.
--Giotto's
Bell Tower Daily 9-18:50 shorter hr. off
season
10,000L.
--Baptistery
Mon-Sat 9-18:30 -- one of few open Monday 10,000L. Doors
are always ready for
viewing!
--Walk down Via dei Calzaiuoli--
Main street of ancient Florence and now a pedestrian only street. Along
way find
Orsanmichele
Church -- once a grainery and part of Florence Medieval
roots.
--Arrive in Florence's main
square Palazzo
Vecchio--Florences Political Center. walk to
Uffizi Gallery Court
Yard.
--After checking out the
Fake David and Sq. walk towards Arno River and famous Merchant Bridge
-- Ponte Vecchio.
Catch a sunset here!
--Bus
to Siena
(70 min) or
Fiesole
(20 min) by bus.
check schedules.
Arrive after 2 pm when crowds thin down. Have dinner in Hilltown, and
return to Florence about 9 pm
LODGINGS:
Florence/Firenze
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Rome/Roma
Art Lovers Finish Florence sight
seeing.
TRANSPORTATION Depart by Noon or earlier. Firenze SMN
--> Roma Termini Station. check train schedules
see Eurostar Italia note. about 2
hr Car & Train Rome is very. Walkable
Bus
and Metro
info. (metro
map) and Taxi may be used occasionally
SIGHT SEEING: Rome
Map
--Stroll
Rome. Walks best described in Ricks Steves Rome Guide Book
FORUM AREA
Map all
of this takes about 4 hr. start at Metro
Colosso
--Colosseum
free open 9-6 Mon-Sat. Sun 9-1
--Walk to
Roman
Forum--Open Mon-Sat 9-6 Sun 9-1 Palatine Hill
Down Hill is
San
Pietro In Vincoli Cathedral
--Pantheon
9-6:30 Sun 9-1
free
--Tips: Roman
Ramble
--After Dinner stroll to
Trivi Fountain
and
Spanish
Steps or
Piazza
Narvona
LODGINGS: Rome/Roma
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Rome/Roma
TRANSPORTATION For the Vatican Metro Ottaaviano then 15 min
walk. or take Bus #64 --convenient BUT FILLED WITH PICKPOCKETS.
SIGHT SEEING:
--Vatican
Area
Map all
of this takes about 4-5 hr.
--The
Vatican Museum (Museo
Vaticano) with
Sistine Chapel
is NOT child or adult friendly --particularly between 10-3 (shoulder to shoulder
people.) One has to go through the whole museum to get to Sistine Chapel.
8:45-4:45 winter shorter hr. closed Sun + 13 holidays. 18,000L
--St
Peter's Cathedral --Free 90 min. English "Pilgrim Service" church
tour starts 10:00 &
12:30
--St
Peter's Dome Daily: 8-17:00 Elevator to roof & gallery
+ 10 minute climb into dome for spectacular view
--allow
an hour.
--St
Peter's Square: Check out ring of columns symbolizing the
arms of the churching reaching out to the people designed by
Bernini.
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CINQUE TERRE
- ITALIAN RIVIERA
Photo Album
--If you Leave Rome Early
(8-9 AM) you can arrive in Cinque Terre Early Afternoon.
TRANSPORTATION: Roma Termini --> La Spezia--> Home Base Village
about 4-5 hrs. Use Route along coast. Often don't need Reservations. check
train schedules
* Use Rail Pass ALL DAY TODAY or Drive
Pick a Home Base Village:
map
&
info.
-Riomaggiori
Photos
--Manarola
Photos
--Vernazza
--Corniglia
Photo
--Monterosso
al Mare - accessible by
car
--La Spezia - Entrance Town
SIGHT SEEING:
--No Museums - Lots of
Churches
--Stroll your
village.
--Cuisine
& Wines
this is Pesto Country
--Take a break from your
Vacation!
--Have Sun Set Dinner in
Vernazza just under the Castle at The Castello restaurant
Phone: +39 0187 812296
See Cinque
Terre Map
LODGINGS:
--Cinque
Terre List
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