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WEEK
2
FLORENCE/ FIRENZE to Pisa -- Cinque Terra
TRANSPORTATION: From Florence SMN --> Pisa Centrale
about 1 hour Pisa to --> Cinque Terre+ scenic hours Use
Italy Rail Pass DAY 3 for all travel
today
SIGHT
SEEING:
--At Pisa Centrale:
--Leave bags in left luggage room
--Confirm Schedules to Napoli Centrale
--Buy Bus Ticket to Leaning Tower/Duomo at Tobacci get RT
--Catch Bus #3 in front of station across street at Big Hotel
--At Pisa
Tower/Duomo
--Duomo is Free
--Baptistery 9-17:00 small fee
--Return to Pisa Centrale to Cinque Terre
Pick your
Cinque
Terre Home Base Village ( I like
Manarola)
See Cinque Terre
Map
LODGINGS:
--Cinque
Terre List
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CINQUE TERRE
- ITALIAN RIVIERA
Photo Album
TRANSPORTATION: Purchase Daily Pass (includes Park entrance &
train travel for ALL 5
VILLAGES
--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
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CINQUE
TERRE - ITALIAN RIVIERA
TRANSPORTATION: Purchase Daily Pass (includes Park entrance &
train travel for ALL 5 VILLAGES
SIGHT SEEING:
--Take it easy or HIKE between Villages.
--Check out
'IL
GIANT - In Monterosso al
Mare
--Hiking the
Villages
--Description
of Trails
--Boat the Villages
--or just Snooze
--Buy
Picnic Supplies for scenic train ride tomorrow!
-Did
you Reserve your tickets to see the Last Supper in Milano before you
left home? Then do it NOW! (min 3 days in advance required)
Call (011 39 ) 028 942 1146
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CINQUE TERRE to ITALIAN ALPS
AOSTA
Sea to Italian Alps today
TRANSPORTATION: From Cinque Terre Home Base --> Aosta (4-5
hours by train) Use
Italy Rail Pass DAY 4 for all travel
today
--If you Leave Early
(7 AM) you can arrive in Aosta Early Afternoon.
SIGHT SEEING:
--Expect a beauitiful
scenic
ride from Sea to
Mountains.
--Enjoy
Castle
Studded Mountains & Vineyards as you enter
Valle
d'Aosta
--Arrive in Aosta--Home base
here
--Stroll from
Piazza E. Chanoux through Porta Praetoria (Gate) to Ponte Romano (Roman
Bridge)
--Visit
her Gothic Church of San
Lorenzo
--Stroll
to her Roman
Ruins
and visit the
Roman
Theater
--Check
for markets
and
festivals
while you are
here
--Check
bus schedules for tomorrow--across from Train Station
--Have
a great dinning
experience!
--Be
adventerous and try a"wild Goat" Stew & Polenta
LODGINGS:
--Aosta
& Surrounding area
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Excursions from Aosta
Day
Trip
to Cogne
and Parco Gran Paradiso
TRANSPORTATION: Aosta -->
Cogne via bus or
car
--Ride through beautiful Mt. - 30
km
--Visit Friendly Cogne TI & pick up Park hiking
maps.
--Bus or Stroll a 2 km to Valnontey
--Visit small Botanical Garden -- Giardino
Alpino
--Stroll a little further and look for ibex, roal eagles, and
an abundance of flowers &
orchids
--Park has over 450 km of marked
trails!
--Skiiers & Climbers love it
here!
--or on a Clear Day pack your passport & take a Bus
or drive to:
2.
St.
Bernard
Pass
on Swiss border
TRANSPORTATION:
Aosta --> St. Bernard via bus or
car
--8:00 catch bus, Dress
Warm
--Experience
Terrific
Alp Scenery!
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Sneak into France
today!
Experience the Highest Peaks in Alps - Mont Blanc
TRANSPORTATION:
Aosta -->
Courmayeur/Entreves
--> Chamonix, Fr. via bus or car or gondola or train
--Most exciting & scenic way to travel to
Chamonix
is by
gondola from
Entreves
--Most exciting & scenic way to travel to
Chamonix
is by
Cable
Car
-- If the weather is clear--do the cable car ove vfrom
r.
-- You could Bus to Chamanix and take cable car back to
Italy.
-- Enjoy French Alpine cuisine for lunch or dinner before
returning
LODGINGS:
--Aosta & Surrounding
area
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Peruse
Castles
on the way to
Milano
TRANSPORTATION: From Aosta -->Nus
-->Issogne
--> Chivasso -->
Milano 3-3.5
hr Use
Italy Rail Pass DAY 5
SIGHT SEEING:
--20 minutes from Aosta
jump off
at Nus for
Fenis
Castle which is best preserved castle in the
Valle
--Next get off at Verrès and see
Issogne Castle 9:30-12 & 2-4 guided tour every 30
min
--or if you have time and like hiking go to
Verrès Castle.
--Late
Afternoon--Arrive in
Milano
--Buy bus or subway tickets from newsstands or machines in
Station
--Stroll
Piazza
Duomo-Milano's classy main sq. Enjoy but remember you are back to
the city and need to be aware of
pickpockets!
--Discover a Classy Eateries for dinner or have a "free"
light supper in a bar for the price of a drink!
LODGINGS:
Milan/Milano
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