Italy in a week- is this doable?

intouch44

I'm considering going to Italy for a week with the following itinerary- just want to know if I'm being too ambitious:

Fly into Pisa- spend a day and a half here
Train to Cinque Terre- 2 days here
Train from Pisa/CT to Florence- a day
Florence to Venice- a day
Venice to Lake Bled- a day trip if possible!!

Cinque Terre and Lake Bled are the 2 spots I really want to get to, |I've been to the rest so am happy to just re-visit them for a day........

Is 2 days enough in Cinque Terre, I've heard you could do the whole hike in a day?

Has anybody travelled from Venice to Lake Bled? I could always fly home from Ljubliana either, would save me back tracking...

Thanks for reading!

schemingbohemia

I'm sure it's possible to do (possibly apart from Lake Bled) but I'm fairly certain it wouldn't be any fun. You'll be travelling virtually every single day of the trip. You could fly into Bologna instead, visit Florence and then go to Venice.

Have a look on www.seat61.com for train advice.

corkleo

I hope you haven't gone yet, because you wouldn't have had a lot of fun. That route is possible if you only plan to sit on a train/car and watch the landscapes from there.

Instead you could rearrange the trip as follows:
Pisa (one day is ok, it's not much but you'll be able to give a look at the city)
Florence (idem)
Cinque terre (one day is ok if you wanna take the touristic train doing all the 5 towns, two days aren't enough if you plan to do some serious hiking)
From there reach Milan, take the Milano-Venezia and you'll be able to see Venice (one day ok) and from there you can move to Slovenia.

I hope this helps

coylemj

There's almost nothing to see in Pisa compared to other cities in the region. I spent a few days in Florence a few years ago and I did Pisa in an afternoon. Caught the train there, walked to the Leaning Tower, had lunch and back on the train to Florence in time for tea. Pisa is a university town and in summer it's very dead apart from the tourist buses dropping people off to see the tower.

On a different trip I was in Lake Bled, it's very pretty but there's not much happening there - the nightlife is non-existent as the area attracts an older tourist. The lake is nice and you can hire a boat and row out to the island where there's usually a wedding every day.

ardmacha

This kind of thing may be doable, and the comments about Pisa are very valid. However, unless you have some terminal illness and never expect to return, it makes no sense. There are flights from Ireland to Venice all the time, why not give it a proper visit instead of this whistlestop tour? It is a bit lke the Americans that come here that zip from the Giants Causeway to the Ring of Kerry, who see nothing, but who can say they were there. Florence can't be seen in a day and there are plenty of places like Lucca or Siena to visit nearer Florence/Pisa.

Evenstevens

I'd give yourself a few days in Florence just to soak it all in. Even just sitting out having a beer in Florence is joyous. I've learned from past trips to pick a few things and not try to cram too much in. It is a holiday after all.