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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
Ok, I assume you picked Milan for flight options then. As others have said Milan is just a city. It would be like only visiting Calgary and not going to the mountains. Four days isn’t a lot of time even for speed travelers. It also sounds like this is the start of your trip so consider jet lag could slow you down. Florence as a base for those 4 days would give more options. Venice could be done still…though if your wife has been there, maybe elsewhere makes sense. I see there are direct flights from Florence to Barca so you can leave from there. Lucca is a day trip from Florence. There are lots of great towns around Florence, the bigger being Siena, Volterra, San Gimignano. They are all somewhat different and might appeal. All of that region is great…most of Italy is great, it’s hard to go wrong.
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Thanks for the suggestions so far everyone! It has been very helpful.
Yes, Milan was for flight options. The prices spike if going to Venice and Venice is kinda out of the way. Push comes to shove we'll save it for another trip. Over the weekend, we discussed making Florence as a base over making Milan as a base. Feels good to see similar recommendations in that regards. Our friends are around 1-2 our train ride away from Milan which was also part of the decision making.
We were considering traveling with a few of our other friends from Italy and traveling to Barcelona together to meet with the bigger group on the last day. But we just discovered they're going to train for 20+ hours to get there. F that. Flying from Florence to Barcelona to meet them there makes the most sense.