Auto Tour of Italy (part 1)

We did it for you, here Directions and advice

You enter from France, Italy or by Ventimiglia either the tunnel Mont Cenis . Alternatively the Mont Blanc tunnel, very interesting if you extend your trip by Switzerland, it can also come back from Switzerland if you visit the Borromean Islands. (The great Italian Lakes)

Our tour shoed you do about over 5,000 kilometers (Italy it's very long) but you can at your leisure skip steps your visit to Italy with the time you have and your cultural preferences and / or tourism.

We have a slight preference for entry via Ventimiglia and a return by the Mont Blanc.

Assuming you live in the Lyon region ( waypoint force for much of francophones who want to make it in Italy)

Stage 1 ( To be based, approach via motorways)

Option A - Menton    ( Menton Hotels )

You can discover a great seashores, a casino , a holiday lemons in early spring (the ideal time to make this trip to Italy and avoid mass tourism)

Option B - Monaco ( Extra luxury , but it's more expensive)

Luxury hotels and luxury casino, year round you can do to party for a good start Italy trip

2nd Step , Pisa (1 or 2 nights)  Book your hotel in Pisa (Pisa)

Please note there are miles to reach Pisa !

Take the highway, the scenery is beautiful because it runs along the seashore (La Riviera) by rolling to the right you see the good side to the sea and is often spectacular. You will pass through Genoa through endless tunnels. We believe only those who are passionate about history and architecture will find fun to visit Genoa (seashores are appalling because of the commercial port and are currently being rehabilitated). Only notable attraction, the beautiful aquarium from Genoa. (Allow 4 hours for the visit) .We you to visit one day rather discomfort during a cruise in the Mediterranean , almost obligatory step in all routes.

So if you do not stop in Genoa, rolling else you will get to Pisa to 17 hours. Take your room and leave immediately on foot to discover once the tower with the atmosphere of late afternoon and evening atmosphere. Walk in Pisa and on the banks of the Arno to take the pace of Italy and Tuscany. Dine in a restaurant and return to the tower amid the moonlight, turning around the tower you can make a wonderful snapshot of the tower on a background of the moon (lunar According quite sure!) Inquire for tickets and the opening hours of the next day.

Wake up early and go for Piazza Del Duomo at dawn to avoid the tourist crowds and you can make beautiful photos with clear skies.Visit the tower by booking your tickets , the Baptistery (Battistero).Consider making a complete tour of the place including widening the circle surrounding streets so well appreciate the inclination of the tower, which is more dramatic in certain angle.

If you stay one night in Pisa Pisa to leave within 15 hours to reach Rome late at night or early Siena

Option Siena   (one night rather than two nights in Pisa) Hotel in Siena and Chianti

Visit Siena , particularly in Siena must stroll the plaza Del Campo, admire during the day changes color and taste Gelato random small Gothic streets.

3rd Step Rome (2 nights minimum 3 board and more!)

If you think that Rome alone is worth a trip, and that you will visit when next traveling, skip Rome from the right or the left by the device according to the traffic jams and you can aim Naples as a place for your next night station the miles! (But we did it on a trip that was intended to Etna) must leave Pisa at 10:00 am for this.Booking your hotels in Rome

We suggest you possibly get a hotel outside Rome and use public transport) because Rome is not made ​​for cars. Why not in Frascati (summer residence of Roman) Buses regularly in 20 minutes drive you to the terminal station metro or you will be a wink in the heart of Rome, and you wake up in the countryside with Rome off will be a marvel. In addition, your hotel will be cheaper and quieter, great right? and especially leave your car at the hotel as in Rome it will be a burden for you and a cost (parking at exorbitant prices and all full)

Essential: Strolling walk on different place of Rome historical centerof Rome (the geographical area is not so large that you can imagine).You should see the fountain of Treviso, Castel Saint Anne especially up at the top (inner) admire the roof of the seven hills of Rome to sunsets, The Vatican (1 day), The Coliseum, The Roman Forum , Terms of Caracalla or visit the many churches and chapels are all museums.