Italy Trip: The Big Three visit

Trip Log: Venice - Florence - Pisa - Rome 

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Start time: 7:30 AM, Tuesday, 26th Mar, 2013

End time: 11:30 PM, Tuesday, 2nd Apr, 2013

Duration: 8 days, 7 nights

Total travel: 5 hrs flight travel, 1 hr time zone forward
6 hrs train travel (approx 600 km)
Total walk: approx 5 km/day = 40 km

Trip Type: Leisure Trip

Total expense: 
GBP 1627, inclusive of flight, accommodation, food, museum entries, entertainment, transport

What went great:
- Beautiful city-walk and island trips
- Gondola ride
- Italian food and drinks
- Gelato :)

Pain:
- Rain, rain again :(

Weather: Cold, Rainy, Sunny, Windy basically all kind of weather

Day 1: 26th March- Holiday Started. Hello Venezia!
Beckton, London -> West Hampton, London (by Tube) -> Gatwick airport, London (by easybus) -> Quick Brunch -> Marcopolo airport, Venice by flight -> Ple Roma, Venice by bus -> San Marco, Venice by vaporetto (boat) -> check in hotel Corte del Paradiso, near St Mark's square -> Rialto bridge, Venice -> Dinner -> Hotel

Day 2: 27th March- Exploring Venice
Breakfast at hotel -> St Mark's Campanile (bell tower) -> St. Mark's Basilica -> Gondola boat ride -> Doge's palace -> Lunch -> Hotel freshen up -> Accademia bridge -> Zattere -> Hotel rest -> Rialto bridge -> Casino De Venezia -> Hotel

Day 3: 28th March- Murano, Burano and Torcello
Breakfast at hotel -> Santa Maria della Salute church-> Punta della Dogana -> Hotel freshen up -> Ospedale -> Murano -> Lunch -> Burano -> Torcello -> Ospedale -> Quick dinner -> Hotel

Day 4: 29th March- Good bye Venice, Hello Florence and Pisa visit
Rialto bridge, Venice -> St Lucia Railway terminal, Venice -> breakfast at station -> reach Santa Novella station, Florence by train -> check in and freshen up at hotel Albergo Firenze very near to Doumo -> Pizza S Republicca, Florence -> Ponte S Trinita, Florence ->Piazza S. Maria Novella -> back to Novella station, Florence -> Pisa station by train -> Pisa monument -> Lunch -> back to Novella station, Florence -> Doumo di Firenze -> Hotel

Day 5: 30th March- Exploring Florence and reach Rome in evening
Breakfast at hotel -> Doumo di Firenze -> Piazza della signoria -> Ponte Vecchio -> Pitti palace -> Bardini gardens -> Forte Belevdre -> Piazzale Michelangelo -> Ponte Le Grazie -> Piazza S Croce -> Lunch -> hotel checkout -> San Lorenzo market, Florence -> Santa Maria Novella station, Florence -> Rome termini -> Reach apartment at Vittorio Emmanuele, Rome near to Colloseum -> Dinner

Day 6: 31st March - Gladiator's day: The Grand Colosseum visit
Breakfast at apartment -> Vittoriano -> Santa Maria in Aracoeli -> Campidoglio -> Palatino -> Roman Forum -> Arco Di Constantino -> Colosseum -> Bocca Della Verita -> Ponte Fabricus -> Ponte Cestio ->Piaza Piscinula -> Via Lungaretta -> S.Maria Trastevere -> Piazza San Pietro in Montoria -> Fontana Del Gianicolo -> Trastevere -> Dinner at via Lungaretta -> Ponte palatino -> Colloseum -> apartment

Day 7: 1st April - Exploring Rome
Breakfast at apartment -> Spagna Metro station -> Piazza Di Spagna, Trinita DeI Monti -> Barberini -> Gal Naz.d'Arte Antica -> Fontana Di Trevi -> Pantheon -> Piazza Navonna -> Lunch -> Ponte S.Angelo -> Castel Sant' angelo, Vatican -> Via Della Conciliazone, Vatican -> Piazza San Pietro, Vatican city -> Ottaviano metro station -> apartment -> dinner at apartment

Day 8: The Pope state - Vatican and good bye Italia
Breakfast at apartment -> Cipro metro station -> Vatican  museum -> St Basilica church -> Piazza San Pietro -> Ottaviano metro station -> Vittorio Emanuele metro station -> lunch -> apartment for packing and check-out -> Vittorio Emanuele station -> Termini station -> Fiumicino Airport, Rome by train -> Gatwick airport -> West Hampton, London (by easybus) -> Beckton, London (by tube)