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cold__
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Posted 11 years ago

Hi,
I'm at a stage of planning my following eurotrip through Central & Eastern Europe ( [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-trip-across-central-eastern-europe/f10273[/u] ). I've got some ideas of cities and routes, but decided to split the forum threads part by part (usually country by country?).

The first bit I would like to plan is Sicily (where I'm gonna fly from London) and Italy.
I will probably end up in Milan where I can catch the amazing Alps train (want to do it once again!).

My first draft is: Sicily (I don't know anything about it) -> Naples -> Rome -> San Marino -> Pisa -> Florence -> Venice -> Milan.

I've initially scheduled this part for...2-3 weeks in total? I would like to get some sea sides as well out there.

Thank you very much for your help with advising cities, interesting routes, places, etc.
Cheers

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Flo
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replied 11 years ago

Hej!

Well...I have only been to Palermo and Cefalù which I can both really recommend. Maybe also look into a trip across the island to Agrigento and onwards to Sira (cus - Catania and the Etna - Taormina before returning to the mainland.

There, you could also think of adding a visit to Lecce in the far southeast, maybe also a trip through Tuscany (Chiusi - Montepulciano - Siena - Firenze).


Flo 8)

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replied 11 years ago

Hallo Flo!
How have you been mate?

Thanks for your answer. Palermo of course I wanna visit, also Cefalù looks even more interesting on pics. Will definitely include them on the trip. Other aforementioned locations like Agrigento looks also very nice.

Tuscany - yes, I forgot about it! That's completely right. Well, it seems the Italy part could take me up to 3 weeks now ;)

Thanks.

Any other propositions are welcome :)

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replied 11 years ago

Thank you, I am doing fine! Already had a look at your other post about your whole tour, looks pretty impressive. :)
Will post a comment there later.

Cefalù is a really nice day trip from Palermo and supposedly also a good starting point if you are interested in hiking.

The question remains what kind of ticket(s) might be the best solution for you...this is always a bit tricky in Italy as the OC pass for Italy is overpriced unless you are always travelling very long distances (north - south only).
The 8 day OC pass and the 10in22 Global Pass have the same costs per day (26,5€) so probably one of these may be interesting...however for shorter distances, for instance when travelling around Tuscany, regular tickets will be cheaper.

You might use a few night trains, then a IR is a good choice. I remember the night train trip from Palermo to Milano (some 21 hours or so) very well, but take enough provisions with you as there is no onboard service. ;)

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replied 11 years ago

Thanks, will have a deep look into the tickets and everything. As you did say, even the ticket part sounds quite tricky ;)

All the concerns you wrote make me sure it's already a good time to start planning the whole trip. Now I'm not quite convenient whether I can make it all within 3 months tho... ;) I hope the plan is not too ambitious.

BTW, When visiting Austria, I'm looking forward to catching up for a beer maybe? :)

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Flo
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replied 11 years ago

Definitely! Let's keep in touch.