Florence Travel Forum

I have a question regarding the itinerary i have planned for florence

Sunday in Florence- if weather holds up - planning to do the tuscany bike ride per tripadvisor recommendations.. www.tuscany-biketours.com
Spend the evening in Florence

Monday - Day trip to Siena/San Gimignano. Is this possible? The days are long these days so was wondering if this is possible or too much for one day.

Tuesday - Lucca

Wednesday - Pisa in the morning and then fly out late evening.

Does this sound reasonable? I thought I base myself in Florence, so that I don't have to carry luggage around every day.

thanks

I asume you also have days set aside (at least 2) to see Florence itself...or have been before? It is a wonderful Medieval city, with much to see and explore.

It is entirely possible to visit Siena and San Gim in one day. It is best to go by bus to Siena, as its railway station is some considerable distnace from the historical centre.

From Siena you can take a bus to Poggibonsi, and from there catch another bus upto San Gim.

Florence>Siena bus timetable PDF download here (also includes Siena>Poggibonsi and Florence>San Gim):

http://www.sitabus.it/wps/portal/DovePartire_Toscana

Click Linea Firenze>Siena.

Poggibonsi>San Gim bus timetable here:

http://www.sangimignano.net/tourist-informations/bus-timetable.php

Pisa and Lucca are easily accessible by train.

http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/homepage_en.html for train times, details and fares in English.

PS If you have not visited Florence before and have planned no days to explore it then I suggest you cut out Lucca and San Gim this time round. Pisa is easily pulled in on the way to the airport (assuming you are flying from Pisa), or in a morning.

I wonder if you are gong to spend some time in Florence - there is significant art, history, architecture and that deserves some time.

i think you may have to chose betweeen Siena/San Gim and Lucca/Pisa - both Siena and Lucca are two of italy's gems.

They always say you go so you can come back - but sometimes when you are there you realize that you cannot do everything you planned because you run out of time.