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More luggage than you can handle without help? If so, the train is not for you. If, on the other hand, you can each carry your bags, the train may work. I would seriously look at the shared shuttles, however. The high speed train plus the bus to the port will come to around 20 euro per person. The shared shuttle is around 35 - 40 euro per person. A private car service with a van large enough for four people plus luggage will run more like 50 euro per person.

Exactly, and not to mention the bridges! In the 70's my brother sailed into Venice and down the Guidecca Canal on a US Navy destroyer.

I'm not sure if Lyft exists at all in Italy. Uber does, in a limited, city-by-city form, but not in the traditional model (amateur driver with a private vehicle). Uber in Italy is simply an app that connects you to a professional driver, the type of driver varies by city as it depends on the contract Uber has negotiated locally. In Rome the connection is to private car services, in Naples it connects you to a taxi consortium. Since everyone in the chain needs to make money, it will cost you more than a traditional taxi.

In Italy, less vital problems can often be dealt with at a pharmacy, but the kinds of things that you are describing will likely require a more skilled response. You can start with the State Department page for Italy. As you'll see in the link, The U.S. Embassy maintains a list of doctors and hospitals: Italy International Travel Information But I would start with your child's physician. Whenever I traveled with my aunt, who lived with a rare form of cancer for twenty years, we had a list of doctors who were knowledgeable about her particular cancer in each place we visited. We got this list from her oncologist at home; he knew them from international conferences and paper presentations.

Frankly, if I had a port day on a first Sunday, I would avoid all of the "key" sites. It's just not worth the crush.

Fortunately the OP will be there in the middle of the month (the 18th) so this won't be an issue.

The Accademia, where you'll find David, is open on Sundays. Be sure to buy your tickets in advance: Visit - Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze Once in the center of Florence there is no need for public transportation, almost everything a typical tourist would want to see is within a very small, walkable area.

A Sunday in May will be crawling with people in either location, so go with the one you want the most. There really isn't enough time to get there and back using public transportation (and have enough time there to enjoy it), a tour with land transportation is the only realistic option for Cinque Terre from Livorno.

This is extremely easy to do on your own. The ferry port, Molo Beverello, is adjacent to the cruise port (Molo Angioino) so it's a short walk over from the ship. You've got a pretty short port day, unfortunately. You won't have much time on Capri and no time at all on the Amalfi Coast. It would be a total waste of your time to choose the Amalfi Coast over Capri, as you have to get there by land and that would eat up two hours each way. There is an 11:35 ferry that gets to Capri around 12:30. For the return you'd need to be on a ferry from Capri around 4:30 - 5 PM. You can purchase both the outbound and the return in the morning at Molo Beverello. If you'd rather purchase on line ahead of time, buy directly from the ferry operators rather than from a third party site. The crossings I noted above are run by Snav or NLG, the two companies that run the high speed ferries from Beverello. Snav: Orari traghetti Croazia, Eolie, Ischia, Capri, Procida NLG: NLG » Official website

Here is the official information on the two shuttle buses available to cruise passengers (discussed above): Shuttles | Port Mobility Civitavecchia The direct to the train station 6 euro one drops you at the train station, at Piazzale Scipione Matteuzz. The free shuttle drops you at the Largo della Pace service center (locate on a google map with this code: 3QWQ+XC8 Civitavecchia, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy) These two locations are about 1.5 km/one mile apart from one another. Downtown Civitavecchia isn't all that large, so there's really no reason to pay for the 6 euro bus just to get a little closer.

Assuming you live in North America, the two easiest airports to get direct flights are Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino. It will be nearly four hours by car to Ravenna from Milan, or five hours from Rome.

We thoroughly enjoyed our week at the Hotel Bristol in Sorrento. It was an easy 15 minute walk to Piazza Tasso in the center of town, but more like 20 minutes going back because it was slightly uphill (distance is about 1.2 km/three-quarters of a mile). Sorrento Hotels- Hotel Bristol Sorrento- Sorrento Italy - 4 star Hotel

Are you planning to visit Venice before heading to Ravenna? If not, I would look at flights to Milan as well, you will have more options and possibly better prices. From Malpensa you can take a train or car/taxi to Milano Centrale, and a direct train from there to Bologna. So if Venice isn't an overnight for you, I'd consider this routing and overnight in Bologna. From there you could take a car service to Ravenna for a lot less than from Venice.

Are you willing to pay for a private transfer? That would be the easiest option but also the most expensive. If not, I would look at the cruise line transfer.

I think it's always safer to book directly with the train operator. In this case, only Trenitalia has a direct train from the airport to Florence. Unfortunately, there is only one direct train each day from FCO to Florence, train #9423 departing FCO at 13:53 and arriving to Florence S.M. Novella at 16:11. EN - Trenitalia

So far it's unanimous, the location of the Pantheon Iconic is better. If you don't know Rome and just look on a map, it probably wouldn't seem like a big difference, but it is. And I love how google maps says the walk from one to the other is "mostly flat". Hah! Technically it is, one mile of the distance is flat, but that last third of a mile up the hill more than makes up for it.

The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men ... Rabbie Burns was right, of course, they can go awry. I took the 11:58 Frecce from Rome Termini to the port on Saturday, chiefly to have an assigned seat, some room for luggage, and to leave from the main track head and avoid that three block walk to the Lazio regional tracks. Well, two of the three came true. For some reason they switched the track to one of the Lazio ones, so we all huffed it with our cruise luggage three blocks to the train. Fortunately, they posted the track a full half hour before departure, so we had time to get there, stow our stuff and settle in before the train departed, on time. We arrived at Civitavecchia quite early, at least five minutes before schedule. Good news at that end, however, the newish elevators work! They're small, so if a lot of cruisers with luggage get off the train at the same time you may wait a few minutes for your turn, but it's a game changer vs. climbing down the stairs and up the other side. I had also planned to use the 6 euro Port Mobility bus to the ship but hadn't purchased the train ticket reflecting that (if you choose Civitavecchia Porto as your destination they charge you the 6 euro for the bus on your train ticket). I was glad I hadn't because the bus wasn't waiting at the station when we arrived, but there was a taxi van there charging the same 6 euro per person, so I jumped in with him and was at the ship five minutes later. Other than the hike at Termini it was pretty smooth going.

Absolutely the Forum, because without either a guide or a lot of research on your own, it's just a lot of rock piles with an occasional arch. I would also consider, if your budget can stretch to it, one of the before- or after-hours tours of the Vatican museums. It is impossible to convey how crowded Rome is these days, and next year will be worse because of the Jubilee. To be in the Sistine Chapel with only a few people is an amazing experience. Expensive, but to me, worth it.

I really don't think it's an issue here. This is the information on the Italian government website (in English), it hasn't been updated since 2021: Go-ahead for COVID-19 Green Certificate But it's a good idea to have a mask with you, just in case.

I don't know about this specific hotel, but I can tell you that there are signs saying masks are required everywhere and almost no one is wearing one.

If this is likely your only trip to Europe, it would be a shame to miss Rome.

And here are the two closest mozzarella farms, at least the two that I am aware of: Tenuta Vannulo visita-guidata

Information on the ruins and the museum here: Parco Paestum e Velia – Un altro mondo è possibile For the return, just reverse the outbound trip. Here are the afternoon train times:

If you want to go to one of the mozzarella farms, I'd considering going there first and Paestum later, because they do sell out of product by around noontime. Taxis used to wait in the parking area just past the row of tourist shops on the road (just past the museum), it's been a few years since I've been there so there might be a new waiting spot. I'd just ask at one of the shops, they'll know.