Help needed from Italy experts...PLEASE!
Feb 26th, 2001, 08:18 PM
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Help needed from Italy experts...PLEASE!
I'm helping a cousin plan his trip...and here's the question: He would like to take a train on Sun. 4/1 from Florence to Pisa in the am. See the leaning tower. Get back on a train for Rome in the pm. Do-able? Would a better option be taking a train to a Tuscan town for a few hours of walking around, and then going onto Rome? Sundays could pose a problem as far as things being closed. Any suggestions/details are most appreciated.
Feb 27th, 2001, 03:39 AM
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Looks pretty straightforward, though I have never been to Pisa without a car; surely easy to get a cab from the train station to the Campo dei Miracoli.
Firenze to Pisa, 8 morning departures, from 6:18 to 11:25 am; most of them are about an hour in duration
Pisa to Roma, 16:37 to 19:57 or 18:25 to 21:27 (and other, worse times).
Courtesy of www.fs-on-line.com
Firenze to Pisa, 8 morning departures, from 6:18 to 11:25 am; most of them are about an hour in duration
Pisa to Roma, 16:37 to 19:57 or 18:25 to 21:27 (and other, worse times).
Courtesy of www.fs-on-line.com
Feb 27th, 2001, 03:50 AM
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Lynn, it's more than doable. We saw the tower en route from Florence to another destination - stashed our bags in lockers, then grabbed a cab to see the tower (you could also simply take a local bus, they are right outside the station and very cheap, take about 10 to 20 mins to reach the tower depending on route.)
Feb 27th, 2001, 08:04 PM
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Blushing...
But as to your question... Pisa over Siena? No, I hardly think any would advise that. But the problem with Siena will be leaving after just x number of hours. In 2-4 hours (at least with the Campo dei Miracoli), you'll be ready to move on from Pisa. I don't know anything about the rest of Pisa. I hear people say some kind things about it - - the few who have taken the trouble to go looking at the rest of it.
But as to your question... Pisa over Siena? No, I hardly think any would advise that. But the problem with Siena will be leaving after just x number of hours. In 2-4 hours (at least with the Campo dei Miracoli), you'll be ready to move on from Pisa. I don't know anything about the rest of Pisa. I hear people say some kind things about it - - the few who have taken the trouble to go looking at the rest of it.
Feb 28th, 2001, 01:25 AM
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I must say I'm not a great fan of Pisa. It's a fairly unattractive industrial city, and when there's so much else to see in Tuscany I really wouldn't waste time here.
Actually these days I even find the leaning tower a disappointment. I climbed it YEARS ago when it was open (which gave me vertigo for life, but that's another matter), but I revisited 2 years ago and was very disappointed to see so much metal fencing and cheap souvenir stalls.
Actually these days I even find the leaning tower a disappointment. I climbed it YEARS ago when it was open (which gave me vertigo for life, but that's another matter), but I revisited 2 years ago and was very disappointed to see so much metal fencing and cheap souvenir stalls.
