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Jun 02 '11 by angelito
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Italy!!

Hellooooooooo my lovelies!

I'm in the midst of planning a European Tour of Epic Proportions for my brother and I, and we are concentrating most of our time in Italy...

I've already got us booked and going to Venice and the Cinque Terre (staying in Riomaggiore) but would love any other suggestions you have of favourite places!

Most specifically places to stop and gawp at/stay in as we may our way down from Cinque Terre through Florence and on to Rome and eventually Naples...

Someone recommeded Castiglion Fiorentino which looks AMAZING...

If you've been anywhere you'd love or would recommend, I'd love to hear about it?!

THANKS PEOPLE!!!

jamesf on Jun 02 '11 at 6:47am

Hey A!

off on your holidays again?! lucky ole you.

hope you're well!

adam antium on Jun 02 '11 at 6:49am

HA! 5 Terre! that's pretty close to ricco's HQ. :P

Manupix on Jun 02 '11 at 7:04am

All I know of Italy is from Naples southwards, and it was great!
Be sure to take the Naples underground tour, what lays beneath this city is just awesome (I can't recommend it personally since it was not available for the public when I visited a while ago, but what I did visit in special tours was unbelievable, and a friend recently did the tour and loved it).

Also volcanoes!

taz-pie on Jun 02 '11 at 7:08am

dude! lucky you!
weren't you just on holiday the other day??

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 7:08am

Misters! Both of you!

James - yeah all good, I'm so excited, lots of planning but only a month until holiday time! How are you doing? How's the lass?

Riccoooooooooo - Emma told me the other day you are in La Spezia?! We'll be in Riomaggiore for 2 days, we should try and meet up!!

Manupix - oh man I knew nothing about an undergraound tour, that looks amazing, thank you!

coffeecandle on Jun 02 '11 at 7:08am

Obvious to-go: Vatican.

Amazing.

quick-brown-fox on Jun 02 '11 at 7:09am

Yay! Castiglion Fiorentino, please take some pics if you go there. It was on the train line that runs from Rome to Florence I think. Have a lovely time.

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 7:10am

Hey lady! I went to Chicago in March, but nothing since! Cannot WAIT to go on adventures! I hope you're doing good?

taz-pie on Jun 02 '11 at 7:11am

:D

you are SO lucky to have travelled so much!
all is awesome thanks!

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 7:12am

Yup Vatican is definitely on the to-do list. When I went there many moons ago I think I cried when I saw the Pieta. My bro hasn't been so we will be visiting all the staples whilst we are travelling!

Castiglion Fiorenetino looks so gorgeous, that might have to be the place we splurge and stay somewhere nice for a few nights...

I've also been recommended San Gimignano by an Italian friend of mine, which looks amazing...

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 7:13am

I know, I'm really grateful... I also make sure that it's a top priority for me though, so I live pretty simply/buy cheap clothes etc so I can spend money on travels and adventures - much prefer it that way :) :)

YaaH on Jun 02 '11 at 7:16am

Cinque Terre is nice, it takes only 5-6 hours walks along the side sea (5 towns). Very nice. Genova is nice too. Portofino is a must too, (they said so). Just a small town for rich people (Dubai wanted to copy the whole town in their place). Here are some of my photoes ;D
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angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 7:20am

Oh amazing! I'm going to go and look at them now - thank you!!

Manupix on Jun 02 '11 at 7:26am

Also, if you go as far south as this: Matera.

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 7:29am

Oh god that looks gorgeous! I'm not sure if we'll be able to go further south than Naples/Pompeii, as I've promised him we'll finish the trip with a few days on the beach in Sardinia.... 2 weeks is just not enough time to see Italy! :/

adam antium on Jun 02 '11 at 7:32am

yep we should definitely try Adry! :)

there's nothing to see in my city but (as leon and em can tell you 'cause i pestered'em with my talkings about it)
i can tell you/show you lotta things about monterosso. also pirates' stories. ditto :D

adam antium on Jun 02 '11 at 7:32am

when are you coming to italy?

YaaH on Jun 02 '11 at 7:33am

from Panorama I'll go to Isola d'Elba again this year. It takes years to see real Italy ;D

gumbolimbo on Jun 02 '11 at 7:35am

Are you driving there? Or by train?

SJ27 on Jun 02 '11 at 7:36am

Go to Monte Cassino between Rome and Naples if you like war graves (who doesn't?!) but it was a big battle for NZ (and especially Poland) in World War II. There's an Abbey and stuff if war history's not your thing. It all got rebuilt after WWII.

Also I really like the whole Veneto region around Venice. Towns like Verona and Padua you can do on the way to/from Milan/Como or turn south around Vicenza to go to Florence/Pisa and ultimately Rome via Bologna.

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 7:49am

Ricco - yes!! Maybe we could meet up for dinner one of the nights we are in 5 Terre?

Esta - we are flying into Venice, then will either train/drive over to 5 Terre... we really want to get a car for quite a bit of it, especially for driving through Tuscany. Embarrasingly, neither of us can drive a manual though and automatics seem to cost a lot more to hire! So we've yet to figure that bit out...

Awesome thanks SJ! It would be great to pay our respects at the battleground, but as this is a much-needed break in a pretty shit year for both of us, I think we will be trying to stick to beautiful places/lots of beer.... He he he!

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 7:49am

Oh duh - we are in 5 Terre on the 11th and 12th of July :)

gumbolimbo on Jun 02 '11 at 7:58am

Not sure how confident you are as drivers, because the traffic can be quite maniac in Italy! Everyone thinks the rules are there to be broken :D
But if you avoid the busiest motorways (the one from milano to firenze was kinda intense I remember) you should be fine.

Train seems quite doable unless you want to go to the villages. Even through the cinqueterre is a train line.

d3d on Jun 02 '11 at 8:06am

i've only seen venice, florence, cinque terre, and lake como. all awesome, but venice and lake como were my favourites.

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 8:06am

hehe - I have extracted a promise from my bro that if we get a car he has to do the big-city driving. I will drive through the countryside. Preferably countryside with sunflowers.. ;)

The more I look into cars though the more pricey it looks - we might be training more than we thought we would!

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 8:08am

I don't think we are going to be able to make it to Lake Como :( Gutted.

It's such a short time to see so many places, I'm trying to make sure we get at least 2 days in each place before moving on, and the bigger places will need more time. I guess that's a good reason to have to go back at some point though, right?

If it were up to me I would kind of happily ditch Rome and Naples as I have been there and would kind of prefer a more chilled-out, less city-y trip, but I know he really wants to go there, so we shall!

:)

GRANDR on Jun 02 '11 at 8:50am

...a few days on the beach in Sardinia.... exactly where?

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 8:57am

At this point probably Santa Teresa, then travelling down towards Stintino! :)

Roostersauce on Jun 02 '11 at 9:12am

Yay! Adventure!!
Have an awesome time! I am extra excited for you.

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angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 9:32am

Oh awesome, thanks Micah! How is Brasil going? Need to see more photos!

Roostersauce on Jun 02 '11 at 9:40am

Brazil is going gooooood. We're in the crunch time right now. Doing my independent study, got more more week, then a week to write my 40 page research write-up.
Guhhhhhh

I'll post some more soon! I haven't taken any in a minute, this city is too dangerous to carry my camera around, so I only take pictures really when we take trips and stuff. I'll for sure get some more when I go to Argentina after the programs over.

Chipmnk on Jun 02 '11 at 10:40am

I want to be at there.

jamesf on Jun 02 '11 at 10:48am

i'm great, thanks. and so's the missus

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 11:21am

Can you come at with please Alwin? I'm a little nervous at spending 3 weeks with just my brother - we hardly know each other! Please come and be our friend/travel companion/general awesome person.

Awww yay I'm so glad to hear it James! Catchup soon? Beerz?

Micah - ah man, I am so glad you are having a great time! Eeek please do keep yourself and your camera safe though... Argentina! What part are you going to??

Chipmnk on Jun 02 '11 at 11:36am

I'll be right over. I hope your brother is into dancing to stay warm.

jamesf on Jun 02 '11 at 11:47am

Catchup soon? Beerz?

you betcha!

Roostersauce on Jun 02 '11 at 11:51am

I'm going to Buenos Aires with some friends from my program.
Oh, I'm keeping my baby saaaafe, I can promise you that.

It'll be good to spend time with your brother like that if you two aren't that close! It'll be fun! Don't worry!

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 12:07pm

Bs As is awesome, you will have such a great tiiiiiiime!

Oh yeah I'm totally looking forward to some quality time with my brother, we're a lot closer now than we ever have been, and I'm so excited to show him around Europe and the places that I love!

James - Yay! When? Next week? Yes?

Alwin - I'm sure he'd be totally up for that. He's six foot something and a lotta muscle - you're down with that, right?

Chipmnk on Jun 02 '11 at 12:12pm

Oh man, he's like the complete opposite of me!

jamesf on Jun 02 '11 at 2:49pm

James - Yay! When? Next week? Yes?

not sure about next week - might be working late. some time soon would be nice though. maybe we can wing it

angelito on Jun 02 '11 at 6:46pm

soon. wing. good.

Alwin - I know. We be chalk and cheese. Be cheese with me!

Jake Friedman on Jun 02 '11 at 6:54pm

Ah, I went to Italy last April. First of all it's awesome, if you have never gone, you're going to have such a ridiculously ridiculous time. So being a future Classics major, getting to see places like Pompeii are so incredible. Also getting to see the Roman Forum is so impressive as well. Literally, go to as many museums as you can, and take pictures of everything.

angelito on Jun 03 '11 at 10:11am

Hiya! I'm really lucky in that I have been there before - the last time I went to the "mainland" though I was 16, and that was a long time ago! I completely fell in love with it then, and I'm so excited to be going back and sharing it with my bro... There will be millions of photos!! Have bought extra massive memory cards in preparation ;)

Eeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

d3d on Jun 03 '11 at 10:47pm

you'll need them in venice. i'm not even a photographer and i took hundreds there.

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