[Idyllchat] Day Trips -Rome,Florence,Venice

[pandjking at sbcglobal.net]

We were in Venice on an Untour with good friends and followed that up with a week in Rome about 3 years ago.  The trip to Ostia Antica from Rome is very easy and worthwhile.  The ruins are most interesting and extensive.  Lots of mosaics.  The day we were there, we virtually had the place to ourselves.  A bonus is there is a nice little restaurant there run for the benefit of visitors where you can enjoy either a snack or a full meal.
    Don't know about going to Lucca or Arezzo, but we enjoyed Florence a lot (but too many tourists).
    My take on Padua is skip it.  There is so much to see and do in Venice and the islands (Murano, Burano, etc.) that I believe your time is better spent there.  All 4 of us thought Padua was a bust.  I wouldn't go to Padua again, but I'd go back to Venice in a heartbeat.
    Hope this is helpful.
    Phil King, Spring Lake, MI
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  Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:37 PM
  Subject: [Idyllchat] Day Trips -Rome,Florence,Venice



          Will be on Untours Sampler in May to subject cities. Would appreciate comment, recommendations
      on following day trips from:

          Rome - Ostia Antica (have been to Naples and Amalfi coast)
          Florence - Lucca or Arezzo (have been to Pisa and Sienna)
          Venice - Padua (have been to Verona)

              Will use public transportation.

                                                              Thanks, Dick





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