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My husband and I are going to italy sept 1227 2006.Our itineray so far looks like this: fly in/out Rome Rome 3 days Florence/Tuscany 5 days Cinque Terre 2 days amalfi coast 5 days which is the most best base for tuscany/florence we want to see lucca, sienna.any other advice re tuscany would be appreciated. Which is the best base for amalfi coast we're interested in pompei, capri, positano, sorrento. we love hiking, biking, beautiful scenary, mountains, swimming (pools, oceans, lakes etc and history too.we want a bit of everything. thanks in advance angela Hi fish, Florence is the transportation hub of Tuscany.Very easy to get to Pisa/Lucca and Siena. Are you planning on driving around Tuscany I suggest that, since you are going to the Amalfi Coast, you drop the CT and add the time to Rome. Is there a reason why you are skipping Venice Do you already have your airplane tickets

hi ira, thanks for your response.no, we dont have the flight booked yet. have heard mixed reviews on venice and i know, everyone has their opinion but i dont know, at the most i guess we would do a day trip.is this a big mistake yes, we'd like to drive around tuscany, unless that is a bad idea.i have looked into some farmstays near florence, btw fl and siena etc and just wondered how accessible tuscany's regions are from there via car. thought about dropping CT but then i couldnt because i have heard SO much amazing stuff about it and we love hiking, outdoors type of stuff, coastlines (hence the amalfi as well.is there comparable hiking and village life along the amalfi which is better for beauty, italian culture, less touristy in septand32; also, could you tell me if the weather is much worse at the end of sept/early oct bc we could go a little later and try to miss crowds but we still want great weather in tuscany and to swim etc. thanks a lot. fish

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