AboutLisa Expertise Can recommend day trips from Lucca, can give car directions from most places in Italy, and can help you plan an itinerary. But cannot recommend hotels and restaurants! For a train time table and info on Eurail passes, check out:
http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/fares_schedules/index.htm
For general information, hotels and restaurants, visit frommers.com and tripadvisor.com
Experience I've been to Italy many times, and have traveled to Egypt, India, Nepal, Israel, Turkey, Fiji, Malaysia, and other places in Europe and the Caribbean.
Question Hi Lisa, you sound like a real expert on Italy, I was thinking of basing myself in
Milan for 4 nights and doing day trips, from your comments I now wonder if I
should go straight to Venice, I will be coming from Nice and travelling alone,
would I feel safe in Venice alone? Thank you Carol
Answer Hi Carol. I absolutely love Venice! You can easily spend 4 days there exploring not only Venice but the other islands in the lagoon (Murano, Burano, Torchello and Lido). Or you could take the train to Padua, Verona, etc.
Milan is a huge city. Personally, I would not want to use it as a base. If you have never been to Venice, that would be my choice.
