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Opinions please on driving in Italy

Hi , We drove around Italy a few years back for over 3 weeks but never did the Lakes Region. We are hoping to drive from Milan to Bellagio, Bergamo, the Dolomites before leaving the car in Venice wh

Re Driving in Italy

Hi We have driven many times round Lakes Como and Garda and the Dolomites towards Austria-it is not dangerous,just like anywhwere else where there are bends in the road you just take care.It is a bea

October Beach Vacation in Northern Italy (w/kids)

Greetings My sister`s son and his family live near Venice in northern Italy. We are planning to visit for a week and a half at the beginning of October. We want to take them to the coast for a coupl

Museum Crowd Strategies

I`m sorry I can`t help you about beating the queues. I visited the places you mentioned many years ago and I can`t even remember if there were queues then. As for Venice, I usually avoid peak times e

Parking outside of Venice, Italy?

I`m thinking of taking our rental car to Venice for two days. Does anyone have experience parking on the mainland, at the Mestre station. We`d leave it there for exactly two days.

Is Swine Flu affecting your travel plans?

Like many other , I`ve been travelling lately. Trip report to follow later, as I hope others will report on recent trips. We returned home on Monday after three weeks in Europe and the flight from Hea

Visas for Italy

Hello! My husband and I plan to go to Italy sometime in May 2009 for a seven-day tour of Rome & a few other Italian cities. He is an American citizen... I am Canadian. My query is: Do we need vis

The Gambia with a child

Dear , My dear friend is about to go to The Gambia for one or two months to fix all the bureaucracy for an adoption. My friend and his wife are planning to go there with their child, a 4 years old gi

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Good I am planning yet another return to Italy and will be spending 3 days/4 nights in Sicily. I have done considerable research and now realize that we do not have enough time to do it justice but o

Itinerary Issues for Italy

Good day, everybody, I`ll be arriving in Milan Malpensa on Thursday, June 4th. Not having to be in Venice until June 8th, I`ve been kicking around scenarios on my free four days. I`ve been to the Ita

Itinerary Issues for Italy

Hi  I certainly can recommend your ideas for the time you have before Venice. I have been to Parma and to Verona and enjoyed both places. I would recommend more time in Verona than Parma. Mantov

Italian Language

Does anyone know of any Italian Language Classes in the Southeastern Massachusetts or Northeastern Rhode Island area? I have looked on line and can`t seem to find any.

Travel Itely Correggio Exhibit in Parma

We have just returned from a wonderful six-week stay in Italy. We spent one week in magical Parma and want to advise anyone visiting the Po River Valley to make an effort to see the Correggio exhibi

Travel Italy in December

I have spent time in all three cities during November and December. I would agree that you can spend two or three days in each. If you are planning to travel by train that is very easy. I have done

Travel Italy for a week

I believe you and your mother would have a more pleasant trip by limiting your cities to only two. A suggestion: fly into Venice and take the train from Venice to Florence. The trainride is fairly sh

Travel Italy for a week in December

My mom and I are going to Italy for only a week and I wanted to bring her to Rome, Venice and Florence. Is there a possible itinerary for this short time and be able to see most parts of these places?

Current Art Exhibitions in Italy

Forwarded with Permission from the Italian Tourist Board Van Gogh - Paintings and drawings Brescia - October 18th, 2008 - January 25th, 2009 http://www.lineadombra.it/en/ The city of Brescia offers

Italy and Greece budget travel

I will be staying in Italy for 6 days and then going to Greece. So wanting information on places I should visit there. Has anyone used hostels are that suitable for an almost sr. lady? Thanks in adv

trip to Italy (long)

Well, it`s back to the real world. A year to plan and the 16 days in Italy went by in a flash. The cast of Characters: George and Marta plus our friends and neighbors, Maria and Ken We landed in Flor

travel Itely Cortona

I share your feelings completely about both, especially since I have been drawn back to Cortona so many times. However--the first time we drove down from Grenoble over the mountain into Castellane hea