cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2652265
Me and some friends are leaving in a month's time, maybe two.
Give me suggestions down below. I'm asking on Discord, Twitter, etc.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2652265
Me and some friends are leaving in a month's time, maybe two.
Give me suggestions down below. I'm asking on Discord, Twitter, etc.
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Here.
This is what I have so far:
San Secondo
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Get to ancestor’s birth-place.
Get the document that says you are registered at the Comune: as Italian. This is your town now.
Meals
Bologna
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Oldest university
Visit Piazza Maggiore
Basilica di San Petroni (the library with frescos)
Venice
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Gondola trip (80)
libreria acqua alta.
Plaza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square)
Daytrip Murano/Burano
Don't miss the Leonardo DaVinci museum (5 euros)
Trieste is close to Venice the same way Boston is close to NY. You'll spend a day on the train getting there and back. Just be mindful that Italy is not as small as one would think.
Lodging/$
4 beds in Airbnb is about $334 a night.
3 beds about $377
Pompeii
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Pompeii/Herculaneum
near Naples
Caserta if you're in the environs of Napoli, Pompeii too (there's old Greek ruined cities in the south too if you're into looking at foundations and broken colonnades)
the Villa of the Mysteries is walking distance from Pompeii and has secret rooms where a cult communed with Dionysus
Naples
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whole bay of Naples area is nice
go hiking in the mountains
Mount Vesuvius (no shade; bring lots of bottled water as there’s none going up)
the Naples museum, where a lot of the stuff from Pompeii/Herculaneum went to
Secret Museum
“A really cute city down the road from Naples is Salerno. The whole Amalfi coast is just very picturesque and beautiful.”
Umbria
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Assisi
Perugia
Tuscany
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“Umbria is next door to Tuscany, so it's an easy mistake to make.”
Val d'Orcia
Cortona
Lodging/$
How To Get There (Transportation)
Florence
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Ponte Vecchio
Il Duomo (get your tickets ahead of time (online), and go early, most tourists don't like waking up early, especially to climb a lot of stairs)
great museums (see the David in person it's worth it; also book tickets for the david musuem IN ADVANCE! (2h30 queue if you don't...))
visit the Belvedere
Verona
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the coliseum there
the castle there
also has the Romeo and Juliet tourist traps
Ravenna
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Lots of history here; old city
“San Vitale has a famous mosaic, the mausoleum of theodoric contains a certified goth icon”
Sardinia
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We did have the advantage of an italian friend who's from there and we rented a car to drive around the island which made things a lot smoother, so your mileage might vary, but check out some of the farm-restaurants and the old castles if you get there.”
The Dolomites
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Go hiking here.
Highly recommended, but in the north-east of Italy so sort-of out of the way.
Use:
https://hostelworld.com/
The Garda Lake area is stunning, though it's big and a hassle to get around without a car. I definitely recommend Sirmione in the area. Verona is nearby and pretty. The city itself is very fash, but you are unlikely to encounter any harassment - there's lots of tourism either way. Nearby are Mantova, Bergamo and Parma. I have not been to the first two, but I heard good things. Parma is a smaller city, but is not unpleasant to visit to. Then there's Venice. Absurdly overcrowded, but much like Kyoto, worth seeing at least once.
Verona's fash, eh? I'll be careful...
Well, unfortunately most of northern Italy (and southern
are nowadays. But like I said, there's enough tourism that they probably won't bother you.
sure sure
whew, how many days is your trip going to last? Thats a lot of things to do.
We're still planning it out.
Probably a month... at least.
Which is why we need things to do.
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I'm going with my family to celebrate me and my older brother passing university and getting a prestigious certification respectively.
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Thank you so much!
Looks like a great trip, I wish it was me going.
One more tip: if you go somewhere and they have an audio guide, get it. They point out cool details you otherwise wouldn't notice and provide a lot of history and context for the place you are visiting.
Audio guide... Get it. Alright, I'll get one whenever I can.