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Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy
Saturday 31st August 2024
- Depart CHC 10.50am - 10hrs 50mins - arrive Singapore 5.40pm
- Layover 7hrs 50mins
- Singapore to Rome - 12hrs 35mins
Day 0
- Arrive Rome 8.05am Sunday 1st September
- check in
- explore area
Day 1
- trevi fountain - before 7.30am
- spanish steps
- villa borghese (park) - rent bikes
- the Pantheon - roman temple
- the Vatican city - separate country in Rome - smallest country in world
- Piaza Navona or Campo de'fiordi (pizza)
- Sunset at Terrazza del pincio - observation deck
Day 2
- the colosseum - buy tickets in advance - 7 wonders of the world
- the roman forum and palatine hill
- stroll along the via dei fori imperiali - road in the centre of rome
- climb alter of the fatherland - best view of rome
- oro bistro rooftop bar then trastevere neighbourhood for dinner
Accomodation: Booking.com apartment - Confirmed
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Florence, Italy
Day 3
- train to florence - 1.5 hours - booked - 8.20am
- duomo - cathedral - walk to the top of the dome - book this
- san lorenzo market/central market/mercato centrale - closed on sundays and
holidays
- piazzale michelangelo - watch the sunset - 15 min walk
Accomodation: PLUS Florence - booking confirmed.
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Cinque Terre, Italy
Day 4
Florence to Pisa train - 10.53am - confirmed
Stop in Pisa
3.44pm train - Pisa to Riomaggiore (swap trains in La Spezia) - confirmed
Day 5
Day 6
Accomodation: AirBnB booking in Riomaggiore confirmed.
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Interlaken, Switzerland
Day 7
- travel to interlaken - 8 hours by train
- tea room frutal
- harder kulm
- st beatus caves
Day 8
- day trip to jungrajoch and grindelwald
- europes highest train station
- jungfrau mountain
- wengen town
- outdoor activities
- Eiger trail - 2 hour hike
- fly line
- murren via ferrata
Day 9
- travel to Zermatt - 3 hrs by train
- view matterhorn
- visit gronergrat
- matterhorn glacier paradise cableway
- shopping in Bahnofstrasse
Day 10
- travel to geneva - 30 mins
- water jet
- flower clock
- reformation wall
- Bastion's park giant chess
- Hostel confirmed
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Venice, Italy
Day 11
- train to venice - 7 hours
Day 12
- tour the doge's palace
- visit st marks capanile and climb the bell tower
- st marks basilica (cathedral) and st marks square
- stroll the canals - stay on the eastern side
Day 13
- rialto bridge and market - open tues-sat
- explore san polo
- explore dorsoduro
- gondola ride down the canals - find a quieter canal
- get lost in venice!
Accomodation: Air BnB booking in Dorsoduro confirmed.
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Rovinj, Croatia
Day 14
- bus to Rovinj - flix bus - confirmed 6 hours - depart at 5.55am
- Air BnB confirmed
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Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
Day 18 - 19th Sept - pick up hire car (1pm) - drive to plitvice
Day 19
- walk around - waterfalls and lakes
- Booking.com confirmed
21st sept - drop rental car off at zagreb airport by 1pm