Bonsoir, nous passerons le temps d'un week end par les villes cités plus haut.
Quoi voir dans chacune de ces villes italiennes? l'essentiel bien sur car ce sera rapide et bref.
Merci pour vos conseils.
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Bonjour Melle8,
Un week-end c'est à dire 2 jours pleins pour ces trois villes ?
Dans quel ordre exactement ?
Dans quelles villes dormirez-vous ?
Toutes ces indiscrétions parce qu' il va falloir faire une sérieuse sélection !!!!
A bientôt
Lorraine78
Bonjour,
j'habite entre Siena et Firenze, mais je suis nèe à Siena (pardonnez mon francais)
Si vous avez seulement quelque jours, je vous conseille de faire un selection entre ces villes italienne, parce que il y a beaucoup de choses à voire!
Par exemple vous pouvez visiter Firenze, Siena et S.Gimignano.
La place de Sienne s'appelle "Piazza del Campo" mais le Palio est terminé!
Si vous avez besoin des autres informations (hotel, restaurants etc) écrivez-moi, je serai très contente de vous les donner!
Bonjour Melle8,
Un week-end c'est à dire 2 jours pleins pour ces trois villes ?
Dans quel ordre exactement ?
Dans quelles villes dormirez-vous ?
Toutes ces indiscrétions parce qu' il va falloir faire une sérieuse sélection !!!!
A bientôt
Lorraine78
Bonsoir et merci pour vos réponses.
Alors, première étape Firenze.
Ensuite, Siena.
ensuite Pisa.
Juste de passage, car c'est sur notre route, le temps d'un week end, histoire de voir l'essentiel.
A Pisa, on ira voir uniquement la tour par exemple, qui est le monument le plus important à voir.
Ce qui m'intéresse surtout, c'est Firenze.
On dormira chez des amis, dans un village proche de Siena.
Merci à vous.
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Bonjour Melle8 ! 😮
Mais c'est IM-POS-SI-BLE !!!!!! 😄 😮
Je sais, je sais....cela ne me regarde pas... mais puisque l'on demande des avis, je donne le mien ! 😊
Pourquoi impossible ? Parce que:1- Les déplacements entre les villes vont déjà sérieusement restreindre les temps de visites!2- Les accès aux sites touristiques sont difficiles en Italie: la réglementation de circulation automobile en
centre ville est hyper stricte et compliquée, il est donc impossible de se garer près des lieux de visites !
Vous " " perdrez " " ... du temps à y accéder !3- Et vous ne serez pas les seuls touristes et les Italiens seront de retour de leurs vacances, occupés à se
préparer pour la rentrée !! La cohue, ça freine lorsque l'on visite au pas de charge !!! 😏
Alors un conseil d'amis: faites un choix ! Vous profiterez pleinement de ce week-end . Vous lirez et entendrez partout que l'Italie se voit avec les yeux mais se ressent aussi . C'est un pays du Sud ! C'est tellement agréable de se mêler à la foule, le nez au vent, en admirant au passage l'architecture, les oeuvres d'art mais aussi toutes les petites curiosités inattendues ! 🙂🙂🙂 !
Et puisque vous logerez à Sienne, pourquoi ne pas accorder à ce site l'importance qu'il mérite vraiment.
Sans être des férus de vistes, d'histoire de l'art ou des rats de musée, je vous assure qu'une journée entière ne sera pas de trop ....
Et si Pise est sur votre trajet de retour rien ne vous empêche de "jeter un coup d'oeil" sur elle ! 😉
J'ai bien compris pour Florence, mais.... "jeter un coup d'oeil", c'est vraiment IM-POS-SI-BLE 😠 !
A Sienne 🙂🙂🙂 !
Garez vous plutôt sur le grand parking à côté de San Dominico : vous atteindrez facilement le centre de la cité avec un bel aperçu général pour commencer !
A voir en priorité bien sûr le Duomo, le Battistero, le Campanile, la Piazza del Campo et la "Torre Mangia", le palazzo Reppublico et l'autre palais de cette magnifique place ....
Ensuite ne pas rater : toutes les petites ruelles du centre et leurs belles "piazza", San Dominico mais surtout San Francesco et son tout petit petit musée attenant, la fontaine de Branda...
Nous avons aussi apprécié le petit sanctaire de St Catherine de Sienne pas loin du point de départ de la visite.
Mais avec un plan de la ville vous manquerez pas toutes les curisosités de ce petit joyau !!!!
Et puis si vous y tenez, "jetez un coup d'oeil" à Pise, sur le chemin du retour ! 😉
Pour cela se garer plutôt près de la "Porta Santa Maria" .Vous serez ainsi directement sur le site touristique***
Vous commencerez alors par une vue ***sur l'ensemble : Duomo, Battistero, Torre Pendente et Camposanto .
Dommage de ne pas monter au sommet de la Tour Penchée !!
Très bel aperçu de la ville et sensation curieuse lors de l'ascension ! Si cela vous tente : retenez votre montée avant votre départ (?) ou immédiatement en arrivant sur place, au Centre d'Informations situé au fond du site !
Dommage surtout de rater l'intérieur du Duomo et du Battistero ....
Un mot pour Florence : vous y reviendrez 😕 mais pour plusieurs jours cette fois-ci 😉 !!!
je pars à Florence avec mon épouse du 28/10 au 02/11 (vacances de la tousssaint)
J'ai lu sur un guide que les villages de lucques, sienne, pise étaient interressants.
Que nous conseillez vous, y a t-il da'autres petits villages typiques dans les environs??
combien de temps doit on prévoir ? qu'y a t-il à voir exactement?
je louerai une voiture à florence.
Dans florence, oùu manger pour pas trop cher sans forcément s'attabler. Je recherche des endroits simples où les florentins vont habituellement.
Quels sont les pièges à éviter??
Merci pour tous vos conseils
merci beaucoup loraine78 pour toutes vos explications et conseils.
Je vous raconterai. 😉
et j'ai bien compris, Firenze, c'est impossible. 😎
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quand un florentin va au restaurant il ne va pas dans un enroit simple et pas cher( sauf pour manger en vitese pendant la pause de midi)
on lit souvent en ialie des critiques de restaurant qui commencent par :" pour guère plus cher que dans un restaurant pour touristes ...."
Jean Marc,
la Toscana est merveilleuse car il y a beaucoup des endroits où “se perdre”; d’autre façon vous avez seulment 6 jours pour la visiter, donc où vous aimez le “tour de force” ou vous devez faire une sélection entre les villes à visiter.
“Tour de Force” (PISA-LUCCA-FIRENZE-SIENA)
1ere Jour: PISA et LUCCA (30 minutes avec la voiture)
Matin: Pisa (Piazza dei Miracoli avec la Torre di Pisa)
Soir: promenade entre le murs de Lucca
2eme et 3eme Jour Firenze (Lucca-Firenze: 1h et 20 minutes avec la voiture)
Il ya beaucoup de choses à voir à Firenze! Vous verrez!
4eme et 5eme Jour: Siena-(S.Gimignano-Monteriggioni)
(Firenze-Siena: 60 minutes)
Siena: au moins “Piazza del Campo” et la “Cathédrale de Sienne” (Duomo di Siena) (si vous pouvez, visitez la “Piazza del Campo” même la nuite car c’est super!)
Sur la route ménant de Siena à Firenze vous pouvez vous arrêter à Monteriggioni et à S.Gimignano (une journée pour tous les deux ça suffit): deux beaux villages médiévaux!
Si vous n’aimez pas le “tour de force”, vous pouvez visiter Firenze et Siena et le “crete senesi” ou Pisa, Lucca et Firenze.
Ou…vous returnez en Italie l’ l'année prochaine pour visiter Volterra, Pienza, Montalcino, Montepulciano, Monte Oliveto, S. Galgano etc etc !!!
Si vous avez besoin d’autres conseils (restaurant, b&b, hotel etc), écrivez-moi!
Pour votre information j’ai des chambres dans deux grange restaurée près de S.Gimignano et près de Siena.
Florence, le Ponte Vecchio, le Duomo et le baptistère à côté, Musée des Offices si vous avez le temps
Pise, toute la grande place autour de la tour penchée.
Sienne, la ville ancienne, avec la place où a lieu la course du palio.
Grosseto, je ne connais pas.
bonjour, tout est dit, ce sont 3 villes formidables;
passes rapidement à Pise, Sienne et prends plus de temps sur Florence qui est extraordinaire;
bon voyage
Valentina,
Merci pour ces renseignements et ces conseils.
Notre hôtel est déjà réservé à Florence pour tout notre séjour (Ce voyage nous a été offert ). Néanmoins, l'idée de séjourner dans des chambres d'hôtes nous plait beaucoup . Si un jour; l'envie nous reprend de venir nous perdre en Toscane, nous penserons à vous !!
Nous aimerions également connaître des endroits sympathiques et simples pour manger à florence surtout et dans les villages que vous nous conseillez. on cherche à éviter les pièges à touristes.
Jean Marc,
je ne suis pas d’accord avec coulonneux42, vous pouvez passer rapidement à Pise (1 jounée ça suffit) mais Sienne c’est un petit “bijou médiéval”, donc, après visiter Florence (merveilleuse!) ne la oubliez pas! Et n’oubliez pas de visiter “il Palazzo Comunale”… c’est super!
Enfin quand vous auriez du temps ( la prochaine vacance?) revenez en Italie pour visiter le “crete senesi” vous allez adorer!! http://www.cretesenesi.com/
Jean Marc,
souvent j’ai des problemès avec internet, donc pêut-tu m’écrire à mon andresse privé, je serai très contente de te donner toutes les informations que tu souhaites!
Ciao Racine,
mon conseil et de visiter les Cinq Terres, Pisa e Lucca et après Florence, San Gimignano et Sienne.
Je chercherai un logis dans les Cinq Terres (pour visiter Pisa et Lucca une journée c'est suffissant) et après un logis entre Florence et Sienne.
Je te déconseille Montecatini car c'est un village très cher, pas beau et loin soit des Cinq Terres soit de Sienne.
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Departure.
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I’m sharing my draft itinerary with you because I just booked our flight tickets, and I feel like it’s quite late in the season. So, I’d like to be sure about my stops before reserving the hotels. I’ll be traveling alone with my two adult children. We want to prioritize outdoor walks, avoid too many indoor visits (both for budget and preference), and not spend too much time on the road.
D1: Arrival at 9 AM in Malaga, day in Malaga and overnight stay
D2: Head straight to Nerja (1-hour drive) and spend the night there
D3: Head straight to Granada (1.5-hour drive), spend the day and night there
D4: Granada. Visit the Alhambra (Nasrid Palaces tour at 5 PM) and spend the night
D5: Head to Ronda (2.5-hour drive) and spend the night
D6: White Villages and overnight in Ronda
D7: Head straight to the Costa del Sol (e.g., Estepona), spend the day and night there
D8: Return to Malaga to catch our flight
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Questions:
Since the Alhambra visit is only at 5 PM, and we’d already have the day to explore Granada, would arriving the day before be a mistake? Or should we skip this day and dedicate it elsewhere (Costa del Sol? Head toward Tabernas?)? The old town appeals to me, but maybe the Sacromonte neighborhood isn’t essential...
Same question for Ronda: should we dedicate a full day to it, or combine Ronda and the White Villages in one day?
Note that we love wandering around villages outside, so that might answer my question! :)
Final question: Is it better to rent the car at Malaga Airport or in the city? If we rent at the airport, we’d need a hotel with parking, which doesn’t seem easy. Or stay outside the city and park for free near the center if possible? I’ve read comments about taking a taxi to Malaga and then picking up the rental car at the airport the next morning. The taxi would really need to be affordable...
Thanks so much for your feedback and suggestions for visits during this little circuit.
Have a great day, everyone!
Christine
Hello,
we’re a couple planning a 2-week road trip this August, with a must-stop (about 3 days on Skye). Any route suggestions? Hotel recommendations? Photo spots?
