Thanks
This is exactly the advice I was looking for. The are both 64, they can walk around, but not for hrs on end. The flights are already booked and flying into Milan. I should have asked before I booked I think. We land in Milan at 1115am on a Thurs. We are staying at the Park Hyatt in Milan, then thought about going over by train to Venice. Staying at the Danelli there for a night. Then train to Florence via train to stay at the Westin for two nights. Then train to Rome for 3 nights. Still need to sort out the hotel there, but thinking the Westin.
Now just need to decide to drop Milan or Venice if we are going to do this?
Originally Posted by
sc flier
I might as well be the first one to say it...
That sounds like an overly aggressive schedule. Unless you just have to see them all in this trip, I'd recommend dropping at least one of those cities in order to extend your time in another.
Originally Posted by
bdemaria
That's a pretty ambitious agenda, esp. if your parents have any sort of health/mobility issues.
You'll get a lot of suggestions about your itinerary, I would go for two nights in Venice, leave 1st thing in the am for the train to Florence and stay just one night in Florence, you'll still have plenty of time and it will give you primarily b/c having two different cities, two relatively lengthy train rides + two different hotels on your first two nights means that you'll have very little opportunity to take in the locales, rather you will just be experiencing a lot of public transportation.
As an alternative, forego Venice, stay one night in Milan and go straight to Florence.
If I forgo Venice, do you think 3 nights in florence and 3 nights in Rome is too much? As you only suggested one night in Florence, if we do this, then it would give us 1 in Milan, 1 in Florence and 5 in Rome.