Bobbiegib

Our last stop in Rome (4 days there) before driving to Tuscany will be the
Vatican. I am debating as to whether to pick up a rental car in Rome or to take
the train to Siena (our first stop) and pick up a car there. My concerns would
be the hassle (in either place) and the time involved as I want to make the
most of that day.
If we see the Vatican that morning, I guess that we will have to return to our
hotel to get our luggage before we do either train or car. Hmmm.

Regards,
Bob

Ken Blake

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Bobbiegib <[email protected]> typed:

    > Our last stop in Rome (4 days there) before driving to Tuscany
    > will
    > be the Vatican. I am debating as to whether to pick up a rental
    > car
    > in Rome or to take the train to Siena (our first stop) and pick
    > up a
    > car there. My concerns would be the hassle (in either place)
    > and the
    > time involved as I want to make the most of that day.
    > If we see the Vatican that morning, I guess that we will have
    > to
    > return to our hotel to get our luggage before we do either
    > train or
    > car. Hmmm.


A car in Rome is a big hassle. Although the rental place is near
the highway, the traffic is still great, and it's not
particularly easy to get out of town. And parking will be a
problem in Siena.

I would avoid the car, but instead of taking a train, I would
take the bus from the Tiburtina Train Station. Take a taxi there
from your hotel.

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Ken Blake
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Jenn

    > In news:[email protected],
    > Bobbiegib <[email protected]> typed:
    >
    >
    >>Our last stop in Rome (4 days there) before driving to Tuscany
    >>will
    >>be the Vatican. I am debating as to whether to pick up a rental
    >>car
    >>in Rome or to take the train to Siena (our first stop) and pick
    >>up a
    >>car there. My concerns would be the hassle (in either place)
    >>and the
    >>time involved as I want to make the most of that day.
    >>If we see the Vatican that morning, I guess that we will have
    >>to
    >>return to our hotel to get our luggage before we do either
    >>train or
    >>car. Hmmm.


when we do this sort of thing, we get a car on the outskirts of Rome not
far from the highway -- it is fairly easy to get out of town this way
[presumably there would be a car rental office near the Vatican and that
is an easy shot out of town from there]

it is nigh onto impossible to get to Siena by train from Rome and the
train station in Siena [once you manage to get there by switching trains
etc] is not located in the historic center. for public transport, Bus
is a better bet. I haven't tried it from Rome however.

it is nice to have a car in Tuscany
    >

Neil Gillis

"Bobbiegib" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Our last stop in Rome (4 days there) before driving to Tuscany will be the
    > Vatican. I am debating as to whether to pick up a rental car in Rome or to
take
    > the train to Siena (our first stop) and pick up a car there. My concerns
would
    > be the hassle (in either place) and the time involved as I want to make
the
    > most of that day.
    > If we see the Vatican that morning, I guess that we will have to return to
our
    > hotel to get our luggage before we do either train or car. Hmmm.
    > Regards,
    > Bob

I would suggest going to Slowtrav.com and reading info. on car travel in
Italy. We drove from Rome airport to outside of Perugia in about two hours
with very little difficulty. Siena would take somewhat longer. A question I
would ask, is where you are staying? If in the city, you need to be sure of
where you can park on arrival. Many city centers are very difficult to
drive in and some are closed to vehicular traffic. We stayed in a villa
where parking was no problem.

Neil

Poetic Justice

If you decide on the bus option that others have mentioned here is their
website www.sena.it
Your seats are reserved and it drops you within the city walls at
Piazza Gramsci.
Regards, Walter



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