nick said:I'm in the process of planning a tour in Italy next year. My first draft itinerary is as follows:
Ostia - Santa Marinella (65km) - Ponte D Abbadia (71km) - Pitigliano 70km) - Montalcino (76km) -
Siena (58km) - Castelfiorentino (59km) - Firenze (41km) - Poppi (51km) - Sansepolcro (58km) -
Gubbio (66km) - Assisi (48km) - Orvieto (85km) - (somewhere between Orvieto and Rome) (60km??) -
Rome (65km??)
We plan to camp mostly, staying in hotels or affitacamere where there are no campsites. And
definitely hotel in Florence and Rome.
Okay, but Florence has a great campground less than a mile from and overlooking the Ponte Vecchio
and the classic old Renaissance part of the city (Duomo, Uffizi, ....). I understand wanting a
hotel, believe me, but If you want to save some money . . . . This is a very convenient
- well equipped camping place, next to and under the Piazza Michelangelo ....... very convenient.
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Quoted message said:Anyone have any suggestions about things to see, places to stay or eat, or things to avoid. I'm
still deciding on a stop between Orvieto and Rome, so suggestions welcome there too.
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I stayed in Rome (camping and hostel) and left from the north end of town (opposite direction as
you). I left "along" highway 2 and quickly diverted to a "secondary" road that goes straight to and
around Lago di Bracciano - then north to and around Lago diVico
cycletourist.comviterbo.htmlOpen ↗ - to Viterbo, and rejoining highway 2 to Montefiascone,
where I camped in a fine campground *down* below the high hill town, along the shore of Lago di
Bolsena (113 km from north Rome - the youth hostel - to the campground) .
This looks like it would make a fine route for you from Oriveto to Rome. There are campgrounds all
around Lago di Bracciano - a very, very scenic, recreational lake. I didn't get much of a look at
Lago di Vico, but I don't see any campgrounds on my map. If you want to stop sooner, I'm sure you
could find a room in Viterbo.
The next day out of Rome I went around the west side of Lago di Bolsena and rode north on highway
2 to Buonconvento (104 km to a hotel room). The next day I continued on highway 2 (a very
pleasant, low traffic (in May) two lane road - cycletourist.comtuscany2.htmlOpen ↗ ) to
Siena and then I took highway 222 (through Castelina in Chianti) to Firenze and Camping
Michelangelo (~100 km).
I stayed in the youth hostel in north Rome (a mile? from the Vatican), but I can see why a hotel
would be advantageous (like, no lockup hour).
Hope this helps.
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