Some considerations for the trip may be:
1. Not all 10 persons will want to go to the same place on some days and
therefore you may want to consider how to handle this situation? I would
suggest renting a couple of cars as opposed to some 10 passenger van?
2. You may want to go to Barnes and Noble's and buy a road map of Italy.
There are some good maps.
3. Regarding where to stay. We have been to Italy a number of times and the best was Tuscany (had a Villa for a week or so). A small town south
of Florence is a good area. You can use that area as a base to go to a number of places in Italy. Note: Driving in Italy is not difficult. The cars are smaller and actually fun to drive on the roads/highways.
4. Maybe a couple of Villa's that can accomondate 4 in one and six in the other so you can eat breakfast and dinner in the Villa. That is a more economical way of eating since dining out each day can be costly?
5. You want to circle on the map all of the sites you want to be sure to
visit. Since you will be in central Italy it would be rather easy to get to each
as a day drive.
6. Italy was the only country we have been in that required an "International
Drivers Licence" They are VERY EASY TO GET. You can go to AAA in the Villages and they can give you one. At least 3 or 4 in the group should have
that licence.
7. I can't stress enough how easy driving is in Italy. The roads are well marked.
If you have some idea of what you want to do please let us know and we may be able to give you some help?
