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Another Italy question - drive or train

Posted on 2/20/23 at 10:02 pm
Posted by biscuitsngravy
Tejas, north America
Member since Jan 2011
3000 posts
Posted on 2/20/23 at 10:02 pm
Flying into Milan, Como two nights to settle in, then Tuscany, Rome, return from Rome.

We're staying in a villa 45 minutes outside Florence and day tripping around Tuscany.

Train it to Florence and rent a car for Tuscany area only or rental in Milan and drive the entire route down to Tuscany and on to Rome. Around 4 hour drive looks like between each area.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50109 posts
Posted on 2/20/23 at 10:08 pm to
We took a train from Milan to Lake Como and back. Easy.
Posted by 2 Jugs
Saint Amant
Member since Feb 2018
1850 posts
Posted on 2/20/23 at 10:53 pm to
I would train between all of those.
Posted by H2O Tiger
Delta Sky Club
Member since May 2021
6614 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 12:38 am to
I’m renting a car for our trip in July just because the villa we rented in Tuscany is remote. Otherwise I’d be on the train.

Also I’m my past experience, I have found Italo (Private) to be much better than Trenitalia (Gov’t owned)
Posted by ericberryistheman
Nashville, TN
Member since Feb 2009
858 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 5:31 am to
If you want to experience Tuscany, you will need a car. Other than that, you could use the train easily enough.
Posted by dirtsandwich
AL
Member since May 2016
5150 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 5:59 am to
We did train from Milan to Lake Como and then to Cinque Terre. Didn’t need or want a car in either.

Rented a car when leaving CT. Drove to Tuscany. Not sure how we’d have gotten around Tuscany without a car. Drove to Sorrento. Definitely needed a car in Sorrento but that’s because we stayed up on the mountain. I don’t think you would have to have one if staying in city. Drove to Rome airport to fly home and return car.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35524 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 7:20 am to
Rent in Florence for your days in Tuscany. Therre's no train once you get in the countryside.
Posted by biscuitsngravy
Tejas, north America
Member since Jan 2011
3000 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 8:23 am to
Thanks... think we'll amend the rental to pick up near train station in florence. train it the other parts of the trip.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35524 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 8:56 am to
Just be aware driving in Florence. There are streets that you can sometimes go down and other times you're forbidden and will get ticketed. The Tuscan countryside is easy to drive. Know that you can be sharing the road with cyclists.
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