Milan & Venice

Elbow

Heading away for 3 weeks camping around north italy at the end of july.

Any ideas or tips welcome....

Thanks

rossie1977

milan obviously the castle, the cathedral, san siro tour and of course the last supper http://www.tickitaly.com/galleries/davinci-last-supper.php

make sure a trip to lake como is on the agenda, there is a special train from milan to the town of como (on the south shore of the lake), takes about 45min-1hr; from there you can get ferries to various different towns on the lake, bellagio is very beautiful but there are many stops to choose from, honestly you could spend a week exploring the various towns on the lake if you had the time

venice just walk around and get lost down some tiny back alley (everyone does) you will eventually find you way to the main sites like the rialto bridge, Piazza San Marco etc

a short day trip from venice is verona, setting of Romeo and Juliet, the town has a nice mini coliseum too

f1dan

Tip for Venice: walk everywhere. You'll be very tempted to take the expensive water bus but everything is within walking distance

bills

In venice- check out burano, murano & lido. You can get to these other islands by vaparetto

Elbow

Thanks for the advice....