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Insane schedule?

Is it posible to see Todi,Spoleto then head to Assisi to spend the night?

Hello Matt, Where are you starting from? From Rome it's quite do-able with an early start...

If you have a car, as Steve points out, it's a piece of cake. My estimate for the total driving time from Rome to Todi, Spoleto and Assisi is 3-3:30 hours, including looking for parking. If you allow for a 10-hour journey this would give you at least 6 hours to explore both cities. By train out from Rome it's still "doable" but I'm afraid you'll have to start very early. You could take the 7:12am train out from Rome, change in Terni, and arrive in Todi at 9:17am. You may leave at 1:32pm, change in Perugia, and arrive in Spoleto at 3:29pm. The 6:45pm train out from Spoleto would leave you in Assisi at 7:25pm, after a quick change in Foligno. You may eventually find a bus service between Todi and Spoleto, which could in principle be more convenient than the train. Paulo

Thanks for the help guys. Here is the total trek so far what do you think? DAY 1 Fly into rome, arrive 12:30 pick up rent car( Hertz Alpha 156, good I hope)and drive to Orvieto DAY 2 Drive to Todi then Spoleto then hotel at Assisi DAY 3 Drive to Perugia, Cortona and stay at Castiglion Fiorentino. I lived there while in architecture school so we will visit old friends. DAY 4 Drive to Arezzo then on to Florence DAY 5 Florence DAY 6 Florence to Pisa to San Gimignano Hotel there DAY 7 Drive to Siena via chianti road. Hotel in siena DAY 8 Drive to Rome via Villa D'Este. Turn the car back in to airport and take cab into town. DAY 9 Rome DAY 10 Rome DAY 11 Fly home We know we can't see it all and hope this is a active yet not "hop out of car and snap a picture then leave" schedule.Let us know. Thanks again for all your great insight!

I say Well Done! For Assisi, I recommend Hotel Umbra, and Piazza Matteotti for parking your car. See www.assisi.com/mappamaster.html to get oriented to where that is (map 5). Best wishes, Rex

A really nice itinerary! Orvieto-Todi-Spoleto-Assisi is an even bigger piece of cake... Buon Viaggio ... as they say! Steve

Congratulations! I think this is the first, first-draft itinerary I've seen on this board that wasn't overly ambitious. Personally, I'd spend more time in Florence, but Firenze is one of my favorite cities. Other than that, it looks perfect.

Matt, you should make sure to take the cave tour in Orvieto. It's really interesting. We loved Orvieto, stayed there for 3 nights & did day trips from there. Your itinerary sounds great & doable to me! Although just driving though Chianti would not be enough for me. It's just too beautiful & there are just too many wonderful wineries.

Thanks everyone for your help. I will take the cave tour Dayle as you suggested. Thanks for the hotel suggestions as well. Man what did we do before we could share our travel experences like this.:)