pls suggest a week long italy vacation with a 1 yr old. Thanks!
Jun 28th, 2012, 12:23 AM
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You made the right decision for sure reb, in starting off in Venice and then drive to Tuscany. As I already suggested, if you book a hotel to the north of Pisa, but still on the Tuscany border, you will be near the mediterranean coast (you mentioned you would like to be near the sea) and by car you can easily reach the Cinque Terre or other nearby coastal towns in Liguria, and also towns and cities in Tuscany (considering your location I would choose from Lucca, Florence, Pisa, or even maybe San Gimignano. Or else, if you would be really enjoying it, relax by the beach. Try and find a hotel on the coast with a private beach (or beachfront) and pool, and maybe also a kids' playground with little swings and that might even provide some animation for entertainment. It will be a fun-filled holiday for sure.
Try and find flights out of Pisa to head back home, or if that is not possible out of Bologna. I am not sure but I think there is also an airport in Florence, which would be closer than Bologna. And I think there is also an airport in Genoa, and also in Verona. If that is not possible, then you would have to drive either to Milan or Rome, always dropping your car at the airport. Again, no hassle for transfers.
I am sure you are going to find it so very convenient hiring a car to drive around, especially with you little child. No buses or train waiting and dragging and carrying baggages and stuff, seaching for schedules of buses etc and having to stick with them. It gives you the opportunity to be at liberty to do what you please during your vacation.
Last December we hired a car from Treviso airport, but since you want your car at the end of your stay in Venice, you should take the advice of another Fodorite and pick up your car from the Piazzale Termini central station in Venice and start off from there. Leave in the morning and make a stop for lunch on the way to the Tuscan coast. It would be about a four hours' drive in total, and on very good roads and not hilly if you take autostradas, and on the way you will see the beautiful Appenine mountains in the background. We drove all the way from Madonna di Campiglio to Citta di Castello last December, so we crossed through the area.
Enjoy your trip. I just love bella Italia!!!. I always keep fingers crossed that rest of my family would not tell me that they got fed up going to Italy. But I am crafty, I try to take them to different regions that they might enjoy, feed them the Italian glorious food, and often combine an amusement park or other stuff that they like. So there will always be plenty of fun things to do as your child gets older, and seeing him enjoying it will make it all worthwhile, whatever age.
Try and find flights out of Pisa to head back home, or if that is not possible out of Bologna. I am not sure but I think there is also an airport in Florence, which would be closer than Bologna. And I think there is also an airport in Genoa, and also in Verona. If that is not possible, then you would have to drive either to Milan or Rome, always dropping your car at the airport. Again, no hassle for transfers.
I am sure you are going to find it so very convenient hiring a car to drive around, especially with you little child. No buses or train waiting and dragging and carrying baggages and stuff, seaching for schedules of buses etc and having to stick with them. It gives you the opportunity to be at liberty to do what you please during your vacation.
Last December we hired a car from Treviso airport, but since you want your car at the end of your stay in Venice, you should take the advice of another Fodorite and pick up your car from the Piazzale Termini central station in Venice and start off from there. Leave in the morning and make a stop for lunch on the way to the Tuscan coast. It would be about a four hours' drive in total, and on very good roads and not hilly if you take autostradas, and on the way you will see the beautiful Appenine mountains in the background. We drove all the way from Madonna di Campiglio to Citta di Castello last December, so we crossed through the area.
Enjoy your trip. I just love bella Italia!!!. I always keep fingers crossed that rest of my family would not tell me that they got fed up going to Italy. But I am crafty, I try to take them to different regions that they might enjoy, feed them the Italian glorious food, and often combine an amusement park or other stuff that they like. So there will always be plenty of fun things to do as your child gets older, and seeing him enjoying it will make it all worthwhile, whatever age.
