Trip to Italy
Trip to Italy a Reference Guide
1. INTRO
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This is a small guide with a few suggestions, mainly regarding good restaurants and places to visit nothing crazy, no “hey, Italian ladies love Americans, and the Italian guys go around whistling at women and saying ciao bella.” As an Italian that stuff always makes me cringe.
If there is one thing I’d like you to take away from this, even if you won’t follow any of my other advice, is this mantra: “Public transportation in Italy is awful I want a hotel downtown walking distance is king…”
So here you go, a few suggestions from an Italian lived there done that. Hope you enjoy this guide, but I especially hope you enjoy the awesome vacation you’ll have in Italy.
Route:
So you’ve got 2 maybe 3 weeks of vacation, money to spend and an appetite for good food and awesome sightseeing. Hell, you’ve got to got to Italy! Unless you have loads of time to spend there, I suggest mainly 5 cities/areas. Rome and the Amalfi Coast being my preferred.
Here is a suggested tour.
1) Milan (Milano)
2) Venice (Venezia)
3) Florence (Firenze)
4) Rome (Roma)
5) Sorrento & the Amalfi Coast (Amalfi, Ravello, Positano)
Starts north and work your way south down to the Amalfi coast.
You can easily land in Milan (Malpensa Airport), but Rome can work to if you want to do the route the other way around (land in Fiumicino Airport).
Overall Suggestions:
Suggestion N#1:
Stay in a hotel that is walking distance from the sights you want to go to. All the hotels I suggest later on are smack dab in the middle of the interesting places.
Suggestion N#2:
Avoid Naples. Unless you have a friend or a relative which can guide you through the wonders of this extremely beautiful city, you probably don’t want to deal with its absolute chaos and intrinsic dangers. If you decide to go to Capri, take the boat (the aliscafo) from Sorrento or Positano.
Suggestion N#3:
Read the “Italian Journey” by Wolfgang Goethe it’s probably the best guide you can get.
Public Transportation
Suggestion N# 1:
Public transportation in Italy is as bad as it gets. You always want to be in a hotel where you can walk to all sites of interest.
Suggestion N# 2:
If you decide to use public transportation:
Stay very focused on your wallet, purse, etc, when on busses or the metro.
Have the concierge or bell captain get your cabs whenever possible and let him give the directions.
Travel
Trains are great
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