FCO to Rapallo / Milan

[Love Cruis'n]

Our 10-day cruise ends at Civitavecchia and we can easily acquire transfers to FCO. From either one of those locations we want to end up inMilan, but we are debating:

 

 

flying

or

renting a car and driving (with an an overnight in Rapallo)

or

taking a train.

 

A bit concerned about luggage transfer with the train (as wewill have much luggage and are now ‘senior citizens’). Alternately concerned about mountainousdriving (especially if we hit a rainy day). This will be early Oct next year. We been driven around the Amalfi area, how much of the FCO – Rapallotrip would be like that?

 

 

Any thoughts and suggestions are welcomed. :)

[euro cruiser]

With the train you do need to deal with your luggage, which is especially challenging at Civitavecchia where there is no elevator to get you to the platform. It's a full flight of stairs down to get under the track and then up to the platform.

 

Driving is pretty flat assuming you take the most direct route up along the coast. The road moves inland in a few places but it's a four lane highway and not particularly winding or steep.