- Bike hire
- How many?
- Where from?
- Bike return
- What do we hire and from whom?
- Do we have to take the back to Bologna?
- How do we get them there?
- Car hire
- What to hire?
- What dates?
- Who will be driving?
- Finalising accommodation - this can wait till next year!
New and better bike hire strategy
I am revisiting hiring the bikes at Roma rather than at Bologna. It is easy to get on the train at Roma Termini or Tiburtina Station in Roma and then straight through to Bologna. This takes under three hours. On return it is easy to get on the train at Lecce to Roma Termini which is under six hours. This removes the need to go around the loop via Bologna on return. I have lodged queries with three local hire places... the first one has come back with a very positive response so I will flesh out this solution (exact times, dates, places). For at least Kathleen and Patrick this is a very good solution. Our timetable would be:
6th September depart SYD 21:10 QR0909
7th September arrive FCO 13:50 over night at Fiumicino or Roma
8th September pick up hire bikes ready to ride, train to Bologna
- 1st October travel Lecce to Roma, return hire bikes, stay in Roma
- 2nd October free day in Roma, stay in Roma
- 3rd October free day in in Roma, stay in Fiumicino or Roma
- 4th October depart FCO 09:40 QR0116
That sounds like a good idea, thank you for investigating it further. Is there any chance we would have time to travel into Rome?
ReplyDeleteTweaked... two days three nights in Roma.
ReplyDeleteI concur. Roma bike hire will work fine for me. Our proposed Puglia extension just means that we will return the bike to Roma few days after you.
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