Italy

Adrienne M Jenn says...

I'd have to settle at this place if I decided to move there, wouldn't I?

http://www.english.abanolink.it/visitetour/comuni_euganei/Lozzo/default.
asp

 

Agreed, The Australia one was a god send when I was out there. I didn't
bother getting the one for India when I was there recently though, the
whole fucking place was pretty rough.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

It works better as this...

http://www.english.abanolink.it/visitetour/comuni_euganei/Lozzo


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[italy]

thanks for the city specific advice - yep I have the Rough Guide to
Italy freshly purchased from Stanfords.

 

[trip to italy]

put simply - fear of heights when travelling through the Alpine bits of
france / switzerland / italy. Wussy I know.

Oh and I'd rather let someone else do the driving and trains are so very
civilised for these sorts of trips.

 

In Italy, it is possible to overdose on renaissance art and architecture so
plan to see/do some other things as well.

If you want to see St Mark's square in Venice when it's not packed with
tourists get there at about 8 AM. The bits to visit open at 9 and the
queues start forming at about 8:30. Arriving at 8 means you get half an
hour to wander round before joining near the front of a queue. This tactic
may work for other cities as well.

Since you're travelling by train, get one of these from a Thomas Cook shop:
http://www.thomascookpublishing.com/book.htm?series=Timetables&book_id=44

It allows you to plan your next few days travelling from the comfort of a
hotel room rather than scanning timetables at a train station. It can also
help with buying supplements when you don't speak the lingo - just draw a
box around the journey you want to make and show that page to the ticket
seller. The book also contains the word supplement in many different
languages.

In Italy, the yellow ticket vending machines in the stations should enable
you to get supplements if your Italian isn't good enough to speak to ticket
sellers - although that spoils some of the fun. Don't forget to validate
them before you get on the train.


Don't try to see too many places - you'll end up spending all your time on
trains if you do. Plan to spend at least three days in big destinations,
cities, etc. otherwise you won't have enough time to see all the things
you'll want to see.

 

Works for the Louvre too.

 

Nice one Platy.

I of course meant Pompeii.

 

Champ wrote

heh. I wonder as to which old romantic you refer ;-)

P.

 

Conquer it - I know the feeling. But getting over it and doing it
anyway makes it even more worthwhile.

Mebbe, but boring.

 

Heraculanium and Pompie, fascinating. The Amalfi coast, beautiful...
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OK, so I've avoided Rome for three decades, well they invaded us once and
it's the spiritual home of the Church of Satan after all, but I finally
dropped in last month.
*I was wrong*
Unless you have no love of history, antiquities and architecture reckon to
spend no less than 3 days out on the hoof.
The Coliseum really is actually worth the effort:
# avoid anyone dressed as a Gladiator outside
# sign up for the Italian Tourist Board guided tour at the entrance. It's
only a few Euro, very informative and you get whisked past all the queues.

Bit further afield but Dubrovnik was a big and very pleasant surprise. Get
there before the Yanks spoil it (like Prague).