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Northern Italy, southern France, and Switzerland - What to see?
We've finally decided on a summer vacation for this year: Road Trip!!! So far, we've booked a 7-night stay at a resort in southern France (Côte d'Azur). That leaves about another week for Switzerland and northern Italy, and I'd love to hear what you guys would do/see there if you were going.
We've got a few possible places on our list but we're not sure which ones are worth seeing or what there's to see and do.
Florence is one of the most beautiful cities ever. Just wandering around the city is fantastic and I enjoyed Milan much more than I expected. The drive from Milan to Switzerland is beautiful and there are scenic pull-offs with picnic tables set up. I stopped at one overlooking Lucerne and had a wonderful bread, cheese and wine lunch. Will you have time to go to Como? The lake is beautiful.
I agree that Venice is definitely worth a visit but we've already spent an entire vacation in that area.
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Florence is one of the most beautiful cities ever. Just wandering around the city is fantastic and I enjoyed Milan much more than I expected. The drive from Milan to Switzerland is beautiful and there are scenic pull-offs with picnic tables set up. I stopped at one overlooking Lucerne and had a wonderful bread, cheese and wine lunch. Will you have time to go to Como? The lake is beautiful.
Sounds wonderful! We're gonna be driving the other way - from Switzerland to Milan (most likely). Those scenic pull-offs sound great for us as we're taking our beagle girl Bailey and will have to take frequent breaks.
I'll have to research Lake Como some more, thanks for the tip!
Florence is a beautiful, beautiful city - that one definitely gets my vote. To be honest, Pisa didn't do much for us. We had an afternoon there and that was enough for us.
As far as Switzerland goes, you can always go back and read our trip report from last year. Zurich's a good city to visit, but don't overlook Geneva as well if you can there. I'd also thoroughly recommend Lucerne - so beautiful.
As far as Switzerland goes, you can always go back and read our trip report from last year. Zurich's a good city to visit, but don't overlook Geneva as well if you can there. I'd also thoroughly recommend Lucerne - so beautiful.
Yep, guess what I've been studying the past few days!!! Back when we thought about joining you guys on that trip, I bought a travel guidebook for Switzerland and when we decided not to go after all, I vowed that we'll eventually make it there anyways. This trip is more of a spur-of-the-moment thing since at first we weren't gonna go on vacation at all this summer, then we wanted to do Disney World but the flight prices just weren't right So I did some internet research, came across an awesome vacation resort at the Côte d'Azur, and that's when the road trip idea took off. Now we're 4 months away from our vacation and haven't book any of the hotels (other than that one resort) yet Usually I got all our vacations fully planned and booked like 12 months in advance So right now I'm looking at the hotels you guys stayed at in Switzerland.
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I have never been to any of those countries (although would love to some day). However, I have recently been in touch with a distant relative who lives in Lucerene, Switzerland - he has sent me a few lovely pictures and has shared information about the area and how easy it is to get to Northern Italy (I believe there is a new train?? Maybe I'm confusing that with something though, so I apologize).
Anyways, Lucerene looks and sounds simply lovely to me!
Enjoy your planning
I also recommend Lucerne when I spent 10 days in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, I remember Lucerne the most. I'm so jealous of the fact that you can road trip to two different countries so easily!
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Lucerne made it onto our itinerary After reading Cheryl's trip report again and studying all three Lonely Planet guidebooks for France, Italy, and Switzerland, I think we've got our itinerary planned out. Now I can start booking hotels. Yay!
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So far, we've booked a 7-night stay at a resort in southern France (Côte d'Azur). That leaves about another week for Switzerland and northern Italy, and I'd love to hear what you guys would do/see there if you were going. 
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To be honest, Pisa didn't do much for us. We had an afternoon there and that was enough for us. 
Yep, guess what I've been studying the past few days!!! 
Back when we thought about joining you guys on that trip, I bought a travel guidebook for Switzerland and when we decided not to go after all, I vowed that we'll eventually make it there anyways. This trip is more of a spur-of-the-moment thing since at first we weren't gonna go on vacation at all this summer, then we wanted to do Disney World but the flight prices just weren't right 
So I did some internet research, came across an awesome vacation resort at the Côte d'Azur, and that's when the road trip idea took off. Now we're 4 months away from our vacation and haven't book any of the hotels (other than that one resort) yet 
Usually I got all our vacations fully planned and booked like 12 months in advance 
So right now I'm looking at the hotels you guys stayed at in Switzerland.
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