02:00pm - Uber to airport.
03:00pm - Check in for flight at Airport
06:20pm - Flight TP 218 TAP Air Portugal with a 1.25 hr layover in Lisbon
Saturday 9/28/19 - Venice
05:45am - Arrive in Lisbon (LIS) Airport (Go through customs)
07:10am - Tap Air Portugal Flight TP 864
11:00am - Arrive in Venice (VCE) Airport
11:30am - Luggage pickup
12:30pm - WhatsAp Taxi Venezia at +39-349-515-9006 when we land. 110€. Mercedes Minivan to meet AirBnB host.
01:00pm - Drop bags off at apartment.
Accomodations: Vogue Apartment - AirBnB,
City Taxes: 4.00€ per person tax.
01:30pm - Lunch
03:00pm - Sightseeing or nap time!
Sunday, 9/29/19 - Venice09:30am - Breakfast: At local restaurant.
11:45am - (Fixed Time) Doge’s Palace special tour “Hidden Treasures of the Doge”
01:00pm - Lunch
(Optional) Tour Doge’s Palace
(Optional) Clock Tower tour (7€ each)
03:00pm - Tour of St. Mark's Basilica
07:30pm - Dinner
Monday 9/30/19 - Venice to Verona
08:00am - Breakfast in apartment; Check-out
09:00am - Store luggage at train station
09:30am - ACTV to Murano Island
10:30am - Glass Museum
12:00pm - Lunch
01:15pm - ACTV 3 to train station
01:50pm - Train Departure - Frecciarossa 9738 Arrival; 03:30pm; 28.00€ per person
03:30pm - Arrive at Verona Port Nuova Train Station
Accomodations: Armonie - AirBnB
Check-in: 4pm - 11pm
City Taxes: 2.50€ per person tax.04:30pm - Sightseeing
Piazza dei Signori
Sunset - CastelVecchio Bridge
07:30pm - Dinner (Make reservation for Wife’s Birthday Dinner)
Tuesday 10/01/19 - Verona
08:00am - Breakfast out!
09:00am - Castelvecchio - Pick up Verona City Pass Printed receipts
10:00am - Museo Castelvecchio
11:00am - CastelVecchio Bridge
11:30am - Lunch
12:50pm -Verona Cathedral
02:00pm - Torre dei Lamberti
02:30pm - Piazza delle Erbe
03:20pm - Shopping break
04:45pm - Arena di Verona
05:30pm - Casa di Guiletta Juliet’s Balcony (courtyard is free 15 min) house open for tours 6€.
06:00pm - Rest/Change for Dinner
07:00pm - Dinner
Wednesday 10/02/19 - Verona to Florence
Verona Porta Nuova - Frenze S. M. Novella Book Train
08:52am - 10:29am - Frecciargento 8507 to Florence.
11:00am - Arrive in Florence and take taxi to apartment.
Accomodations: B&B Magnifico Messere
City Taxes: 3€ per person per night.
Check-in: 11:30am-6:00pm. Check-out: 11:00am
12:30pm - Ponte Vecchio
01:00pm - Trattoria Ponte Vecchio - Potential restaurant for lunch
04:00pm - Gallerie degli Uffizi - (Fixed Time).
06:00pm - Sites to visit while exploring the neighborhood:
Palazzo Vecchio - Closes at 7:00pm.
Piazza della Signoria, Hercules & Cacus,
Loggia dei Lanzi, Judith & Holofernes,
Fountain of Neptune, Holy Trinity,
Equestrian Monument of Cosimo I,
Mercato Nuovo - Closes at 8:00pm
08:00pm - Dinner
Thursday 10/03/19 - Florence08:00am - Breakfast
08:40am - Arrive at Duomo
09:00am - Brunelleschi's Dome - (Fixed Time)
10:00am - Battistero
12:00pm - Lunch
02:00pm - Giardino Boboli (Closes at 6:30pm)
03:00pm - Palazzo Pitti (Closes at 6:30pm)
07:30pm - Dinner - Acqua al 2
Friday 10/04/19 - Florence to Pisa, then Cinque Terre
08:30am - Head to train station - Firenze S M Novella
09:28am - Train FIRENZE S. M. NOVELLA -10:28am PISA; Regionale Veloce 3113
(We didn't go to Pisa. We were tired and decided to just relax in La Spezia.)
10:30am - (Book Storage) Pisa Luggage Storage - From 1.99€ per locker; Locker holds 2 bags. They have a larger
10:45pm - 20 minute walk to Tower. Sightseeing. Find quick lunch or snack to hold us over.
01:00pm - Head back to train station to get luggage.
02:00pm - (Book Train) PISA CENTRALE - LA SPEZIA CENTRALE; $40
(We were planning on arriving at 3:30pm in La Spezia)
01:00pm - Margot House AirBnB.
City Taxes: 2.50€ per person per night.
Check-in: 2:00pm-6:00pm
Check-out: 5:00am-10:00am
02:00pm - Laundry
06:30pm - Dinner; Local La Spezia restaurant
Saturday 10/05/19 - Cinque Terre
10:15am - (Fixed Time) Cinque Terre Sea Tours - 10:30am tour.
(This was cancelled due to high winds)
11:35am - Sea Tour stops in Vernazza for 45 minutes
12:25pm - Tour ends in Monterosso. Find a place for lunch
(Below is our actual schedule)
10:15am - Train to Riomaggiore
12:00pm - Lunch
02:00pm - Train to Manarola
Sunday 10/06/19 - Cinque Terre
(Free Day to do what we want and catch up on laundry)
10:15am - Train to Vernazza
12:00pm - Lunch
02:00pm - Train to Monterosso
06:30pm - Dinner in La Spezia
Monday 10/07/19 - Cinque Terre to Vinci
10:00am - Drive from La Spezia to Vinci.
12:00pm - Vinci - Home of Leonardo da Vinci;
Things to do: Museum of Leonardo da Vinci
12:30pm - Lunch in Vinci
03:00pm - Drive from Vinci (51km) to Castle of Verrazzano,
City Taxes: 1.50€ per person,
per night.
Check-in: 3:30pm-5:00pm.
Check-out: 10:00am
06:00pm - Dinner in Castle or in Greve
(We had a little detour to Florence for a doctor's visit, so had takeout pizza for dinner)
Tuesday 10/08/19 - Tucsony Castles and Wine day09:30am - Went to Verrazzano Castle to visit.
11:00am - Castello di Gabbiano Open at 10am (Wine tasting)
12:00pm - Drive 42km to Monteriggioni
01:00pm - Lunch in Monteriggioni
04:00pm - Drive 26km to San Gimignano
06:30pm - San Gimignano (Tuscany) - “Medieval Manhattan”
Accomodations: Apartment in the medieval city,
AirBnB
City Taxes: 1.50€ per person, per night.Check-in: 3:00pm-7:00pm
Check-out: 5:00am-10:00am
07:30pm - Dinner
9:30am - Breakfast
11:00am - Leave for Siena
Accommodations: Hotel Athena
City Taxes: 2.50€ per person, per night.
Check-in: 2:00pm, Check-out: 12:00pm
01:00pm - Lunch
03:00pm - Sightseeing
06:30pm - Dinner
Thursday 10/10/19 - Siena to Orvieto
09:00am - Breakfast included at the hotel.
10:00am - Drive to Montepulciano. This is a 1 hour drive. (On the way there is a little town of note, Pienza if we want to stop there for a few minutes. We park in the lot at the bottom of the hill and walk up to the town.)
(We decided to go to Pienza and had lunch in Pienze instead of Montepulciano.)
02:30pm - Drive to Montepulciano.
03:00pm - Sightseeing in Montepulciano.
05:00pm - Drive to Orvieto. 1hr 10min drive or we can use back roads and it is 1hr 46min
06:30pm - Drop off rental at Hertz Orvieto Railway Station
Accomodations: Hotel Corso
City Taxes: 2.30€ per person, per night.
Check-in: 12:00pm-12:00am
Check-out: 11:00am-12:00pm
07:00pm - Dinner and sight see.
Friday 10/11/19 - Orvieto to Rome
11:20am - Train from Orvieto to Rome Termini, Regionale Veloce 2307, $39 per person.
12:40pm - Arrive in Rome Termini train station.
01:30pm - Taxi to apartment
Accomodations: "Domus Fabia" la mia casa alColosseo
City Taxes: 3.50€ per person, per night.
Check-in: 4:00pm
Check-out: 10:00am
03:00pm - ...sightseeing
Saturday 10/12/19 - Rome
08:45am - (Fixed Time) St. Peter’s Basilica
10:10am - (Fixed Time) Vatican Museums
01:00pm (ish) - Lunch; (Option) Hotel Atlante Star - roof top restaurant
02:30pm - Castel Sant'Angelo
07:25pm - (Fixed Time) Colosseum Under the Moon Small Group Tour
Rome Private Guides 65€ per person, 3h 15m
Sunday 10/13/19 - Rome to home
01:30pm - Head to airport, Rome Fiumicino Leondardo daVinci airport (FCO)
06:05pm - Norwegian Air Shuttle #7143. Terminal 3
09:00pm - Arrive at Airport and take Uber home.
11:30pm - SLEEP!!
Monday 10/13/19 - Home (Still on vacation)
10:00am - WAKE UP! (or suffer jet lag for days!)
10:30am - Eat an American breakfast!
11:45am - Chill because we are still on vacation...
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