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  1. rorygemwriter avatar

    RE: Another earthquake...

    by rorygemwriter 29 May 2012

    Prayers are with the people affected. I have a friend staying near Lake Como and flying out from, I think, Milan. I've looked on the…

  2. YorickM avatar

    RE: Europe - Any suggestions??

    by YorickM 27 May 2012

    You give no indication of time, or means of travel. A nice route from Corsica to Amsterdam is to take the Bastia-Livorno ferry, visit…

  3. qe2hospital avatar

    Re: Pisa to Lake Como in 9 days and back to London

    by qe2hospital 20 May 2012

    ok fly into pisa on 4 Jun landing 2150pm fly out of Milan Milpanesa 13 Jun on 2230 so really I have 5-13 i.e. 9 full days every…

  4. neckervd avatar

    RE: Pisa to Lake Como in 9 days and back to London

    by neckervd 20 May 2012

    Come again as soon as you kno what you really want to do. The shortest route from the Riviera to the North Italian Lakes goes through…

  5. qe2hospital avatar

    Pisa to Lake Como in 9 days and back to London

    by qe2hospital 19 May 2012

    Hi all and thanks in advance for your advice This is my second trip to Italy. First time round, went to the Rome, Florence and Venice.…

  6. neckervd avatar

    RE: 6 days in Switzerland

    by neckervd 18 May 2012

    1. Of course! board your Glacier Express train at Brig (dp 10.37). 2: No. You may go up to Tirano (ar 19.12, change at Samedan and Pontresi…

  7. kd_loves avatar

    Studying in Switzerland for 5 months. Feb. 2013 - July 2013

    by kd_loves 10 May 2012

    Hello, I'm going to be studying abroad from February 2013 thru July 2013 in Basel, Switzerland and I want to travel around as much as…

  8. stevensc4 avatar

    RE: lively small towns of Piedmont/Lombardy?

    by stevensc4 04 May 2012

    It's actually hard. For us it will be an extremely long day after a transatlantic flight and an 8-hour time change. We arrive in Malpensa…

  9. Aribo avatar

    RE: Italy June - July

    by Aribo 04 May 2012

    +Well I would like to know what things there are to do in and around Milan, as this is the city we will be spending most of our time+…

  10. kenneth56 avatar

    RE: Italy June - July

    by kenneth56 04 May 2012

    @mike9 - at the time of organizing the trip, the airline tickets were much cheaper than the rail tickets, however we will be making use…

  11. lucapal avatar

    RE: Italy June - July

    by lucapal 04 May 2012

    On the itineraries...there are loads for Rome and Venice on here (just use the search function). Half a day is fine for the Vatican for…

  12. neckervd avatar

    RE: Bernina Express 1 day round trip from Zurich - possible stopovers?

    by neckervd 03 May 2012

    There are good hiking possibilities between all Bernina trains stations. The most spectacular trails are between Pontresina and Cavaglia.…

  13. TwinCityGuy avatar

    RE: One-Way Multi-Country Car Rental (Frankfurt to Milan)

    by TwinCityGuy 02 May 2012

    You know, this trip really originates in Bonn, not Frankfurt I just figured Frankfurt seemed like a logical place to start, but then…

  14. neckervd avatar

    RE: Northern Italy - honeymoon suggestions welcome!

    by neckervd 29 April 2012

    Aosta Valley is a gem: many castles (can be visited), Roman theatre and other Roman buildings at Aosta, the highest mountains of Western…

  15. neckervd avatar

    RE: One-Way Multi-Country Car Rental (Frankfurt to Milan)

    by neckervd 29 April 2012

    If you don't want to visit Italy, you can just go back to Frankfurt by car and do a loop like this: FRA - (may be Mainz and the Rhine…

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    RE: lively small towns of Piedmont/Lombardy?

    by neckervd 29 April 2012

    What abaout the Lakes? Lago Maggiore and Lago d'Orta are very close to Malpensa airport, whereas Orio al Serio airport is somewhat between…

  17. TwinCityGuy avatar

    One-Way Multi-Country Car Rental (Frankfurt to Milan)

    by TwinCityGuy 29 April 2012

    I am trying to check the feasibility of renting a car in Frankfurt and driving it to Milan. My girlfriend and I want to drive the Roman…

  18. shanghaied2011 avatar

    RE: Short time in Milan

    by shanghaied2011 27 April 2012

    I also may be in Milan for a really short time. I am trying to go to attend the wedding of a friend about 10 miles outside Milan in Septembe…

  19. neckervd avatar

    RE: Honeymoon to Switzerland; looking for lots of advice

    by neckervd 26 April 2012

    As you will leave JFK extremely late in the evening, you will arrive at FRA when it is early morning in New York. A this time, it would…

  20. neckervd avatar

    RE: Italy and Croatia in September 2012 (3 weeks)

    by neckervd 25 April 2012

    If you arrive at Milan with an intercontinental flight, you will land at Malpensa airport, a few km from Lago Maggiore, a Lake at least…

  21. Daniel1971 avatar

    RE: Good news! (for me)

    by Daniel1971 24 April 2012

    +What about the Italian Lakes? They're easy to get to from Milan. Go to Lake Como, stay in Varenna. You can take the ferries to the other…

  22. Scrubb avatar

    RE: Good news! (for me)

    by Scrubb 24 April 2012

    >What about the Italian Lakes? They're easy to get to from Milan. Go to Lake Como, stay in Varenna. You can take the ferries to the other…

  23. goldfinger avatar

    RE: Good news! (for me)

    by goldfinger 24 April 2012

    I imagine Ireland will be covered in rain this weekend, since it will be here. I'd avoid Bruges for the same reason. I've heard Istanbul…

  24. neckervd avatar

    RE: Train Milan - Como

    by neckervd 22 April 2012

    I think so. But then you must go back from Como. That is not obvious if you go to the Lake Como area, as you may turn back from there…

  25. navidwani avatar

    RE: Honeymoon in Italy

    by navidwani 20 April 2012

    @Leesy: Thank you for your post. Sorry for the delay in replying. Well. so far i have come up with this: 4 nights at the Amalfi coast…

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