My husband and I are planning a trip to Italy for our 20th anniversary.?

We are planning to go to Rome, Venice, Florence, Sassari and Sadania(sp). How long would you plan to stay in each place? Can you recommend hotels? Is Eurorail really as good as they say? How would get from the Italy mainland to the island of Sassari?My husband and I are planning a trip to Italy for our 20th anniversary.?
Rome: Minimum of 3 days.

Venice: Minimum of 3 days. If this is going to be a Romantic adventure, stay here longer.

Florence: 2 days in Florence, but it makes a good central location for to visit other places: Siena, Pisa, Lucca, San Gimignano, Orvieto.

Sassari and Sardinia: 3 days.



For hotels, I recommend "tripadvisor.com". Enter the city and your price range, and chose a hotel that has lots of good reviews.



The European trains are great. You can go just about anywhere and the prices aren't bad and they are easier to get on and off than planes. Utilizing the trains is key to having a good vacation.



To get to Sardinia, I'd take a ferry. Once there, I'd rent a car because the public transport isn't like it is on the mainland where I'd recommend *not* renting a car.



Ferries to Sardinia leave Genova, Livorno, Piombino, Civitavecchia, Fiumicino (where the Rome airport is), and Naples. It will be about 150 euros round trip without a car and 300 euros with a car (if your rental company allows ferry travel). Airfare to Cagliari (on Sardinia) would be about 250 euros for RT for two.
I agree with Stan as for extending the stay in Tuscany to visit not oly Florence, but also Siena, san Gimignano, Pisa; lucca, Volterra the wonderful countryside of Chianti region



It is possible to do this if you choose an accommodation in a central position.

As for a nice and convenient accommodation, I suggest "Il Romeo" apartments.

Their website:

http://www.vacanzainchianti.it



They are centrally located in the Chianti region, in the middle between Sienna, Florence and Pisa and near to San Gimignano. If you rent a car, you will get to Florence and San Gimignano in 30 minutes, Siena and Pisa in 1 hour.

If you plan to stay there about a week, you can visit: Florence 2 or 3 days (Duomo, Museums and old town). Siena 1 day is enough, Pisa and Lucca 1 day (same day: they are very near one another), San Gimignano and Certaldo 1 day, Volterra 1 day.

While going to the various towns you cross the Chianti region, with wonderful views every step.



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My husband and I are planning a trip to Italy for our 20th anniversary.?
hi, i'm italian.



rome 1week

venice 4-5days

florence 4-5days

sassari (i don't know, never been there)

sadania (never heard before)

if you mean the island whom sassari is located in, some days.



as hotels i don't know what recommend, and i never heard eurorail before.



from italy to island of sassari you can leave from Piombino (in tuscany, is the best if you go to florence)

or in alternative from Civitavecchia (30min from rome by train, the best if you suppose to leave from Rome)



and you can arrive in "golfo aranci" or "olbia".

if i can advice you one thing, leave apart sassari, and from olbia or golfo aranci, go to "costa smeralda" where Porto Cervo, Porto Rotondo, and some km over Santa teresa di Gallura, are located. Good places and best beaches of Italy. As places are a little expansive.



you can get there or by bus (i catched it from olbia airport, but i don't know if from golfo aranci there is) or you have to rent a car.



for any other question, ask me. =) have fun and good anniversary.
In Rome you can stay how long as you want cause things to visit are really so many.

In Venice not more than 2-3 days, is very very expensive city for the quality you get but it's very beautiful. Avoid the weekends during summertime cause it will be much more crowded (many tourists book cheaper hotels on the coast and go to Venice just by day).

Florence is a small city with many things to visit as well but mostly are concentrated in the city centre so, 3 days are enough to visit all. I'll suggest you 1 day trip to Siena that's close by (you can go by train).

Sassari sounds strange in your trip...Sassari is actually on the island of Sardinia, is in the north but there is not much to visit...if you really want to go there 1 day is more than enough. Sardinia is beautiful for the coasts and the seaside...the best is to reach the island by plane from Rome...by ferry will take you ages...for example Genoa to P.to Torres (north of Sardinia) takes 12hours with the standard ferry and 6 with the fast (and expensive) one...so the costs between fast ferry and airplane are almost the same...book in advance cause in summertime will be very hard to find a place.

About hotels, as someone already suggested you, get a look on tripadvisor.com is a very good website.

Other interesting cities in Italy are Genoa, Turin, Milan, Verona, Ferrara..1-2 days each one are enough...depends anyhow by your interests and what you plan to do there.

You can also check the office for tourism of Italy.
I agree 3-5 days in each city if you want to see the majority of the sites. Anything less and you will be so exhausted it won't be a holiday. If you are worried about getting trains and hotels on your own you may want to look into a bus tour. You stay in very nice 4 star plus hotels and the cost is quite good. Plus with a tour guide you don't have to worry about the language and with a bus you don't have to worry about getting lost. My wife and I went on a Globus tour for our honeymoon last year and it was fantastic. We extended it at the end to stay a few extra days and revisit some areas on our own. By then we knew our way around and were more comfortable with the language.



Have a great trip!
I am afraid I cannot suggest anything for anything but Rome. I went there in March. We stayed a week in Rome but it wasn't enough. I would recommend that you stay no less that 3 whole days in each place. Even that's cutting it short. For some ideas on what to do in Rome read my blogs. They are very detailed with lots of pictures.



http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/gamerbunny/



When planning a trip, I usually start with Frommers. Either their website or one of their books. Here's a link for Frommers on planning a trip to Italy.



http://www.frommers.com/destinations/italy/0228010002.html



A valuable tip I wish I had known before going to Italy was this: Don't rely on your credit cards too much. Plan on using cash in most places.



I had to borrow cash from my friends because I hadn't exchanged enough at the airport.



Good luck planning your trip. You'll love Italy!