Where to go in Italy?

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Starr

off...go to the Ufizzi museum!! if you love art..its pretty cool =)

my mom said Ravenna was great..and the food was amazing.,

have fun!!

here are some other suggestions:

• Discover Turin, La Parigi d’Italia (the Italian Paris). Its Egyptian Museum (website: www.museoegizio.org) is the second-largest in the world after Cairo. The city’s symbol is the Mole Antonelliana, housing the Museum of Cinema (website: www.museonazionaledelcinema.org). A copy of the famous Turin Shroud (www.sindone.org) may be viewed in the cathedral.

• In Milan (Milano), appreciate Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, The Last Supper, which may be viewed at the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie (website: www.santamariadellegrazie.it). La Scala (website: www.teatroallascala.org) remains the undisputed world capital of opera.

• Visit Genoa (Genova), the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. The Galleria di Palazzo Bianco (website: www.museopalazzobianco.it) has an exceptional collection of paintings by Genoese artists.

• Soak up the romance of Verona, the setting of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Casa di Giulietta (Juliet’s House) attracts thousands of visitors each year. The Roman Arena, built in AD290, is the site of an annual opera festival.

• Discover early Byzantine and Christian monuments decorated with stunning mosaics in Ravenna (website: www.turismo.ravenna.it), including the splendid Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site.

• Visit Florence (Firenze) and see Brunelleschi’s revolutionary design for the Duomo (cathedral, website: www.duomofirenze.it). Walk across the medieval shop-lined Ponte Vecchio bridge or see the impressive art collections of the Uffizi Gallery (website: www.firenzemusei.it). Michelangelo’s famous statue of David may be viewed at the Galleria dell’Accademia.

• Take a picture of the famous Leaning Tower (website: http://torre.duomo.pisa.it), a free-standing campanile or bell tower in Pisa.

• Visit the place where pizza was invented, Naples (website: www.inaples.it). The impressive Museo Archeologico Nazionale houses an excellent collection of Greco-Roman artefacts, including mosaics from Pompeii.

• Understand how first-century Romans lived their daily lives at the remains of Pompeii (website: www.pompeiisites.org) and Herculaneum, engulfed in the great eruption of AD79.

• Visit the Basilica di San Francesco in Assisi, the birthplace of St Francis, founder of the Franciscan order of monks.

• Stand in the stunning Piazza del Campo in Siena, the shell-shaped heart of this walled medieval city in southern Tuscany.

• Sail to Sicily, littered with the remains of successive invading cultures. The most important ancient Greek sites include the temples of the Valle dei Templi at Agrigénto, said to be better preserved than any in Greece itself. The catacombs at the Capuchin Monastery contain thousands of mummified bodies.

Alex

Firenze for culture overload and it is a great place too. For sure the Italians are all the way into entertainment, so you are never going ot be far away from Ristorante and Bars.

If you fly into Pisa, have a look at the town and its leaning tower (Torre Pendente) the beautiful cathedral and then you can take a train to Firenze.

Obviously Rome is big in history and culture and entertainment as well, but the tourist places are well populated by pickpockets and petty thieves.

If it is romantic, and again Italy is all about romance, then Venezia is a sure fire hit, but prices as you would expect for a tourist trap are rather high.

Sorrento is beautiful, just out of the main drag, and relaxing. Capri is accessible from Sorrento.

You might think to go for a tour that takes in a number of the sites and famous places, rather than stay in just one place. Pompeii, Sorrento and Herculaneum are good days out, but best allow several days for Firenze.

I think that might wet your appetite for a subsequent trip to see even more of Italy, and Sicilia.

Dr drop dead

Just got back from venice, F*** me, it was beautiful.

CAROLE R

Venice has all you are asking for and is a very romantic place as well. The gondolas are a fantastic way of seeing the real Venice, and the culture.

bluemoondancer

What about Le Marche region? There is plenty of beautiful historical towns but also beaches, great restaurants and fine wines. Have a good trip!

Tizzie

Venice is amazing.

Nihal

The Vatican

alice

i have been to venice, florence, rome, and naples but i would have to say rome was the best. you should go to the colosseum and check out the vatican that is where the pope is.
florence was nice because the Statue of David is there. i hope this helps

sammy_d

I backpacked throughout Italy last New year, we went to Rome, Florence, Pisa, and Bologna.

I recommend you to go to Rome, Florence, Pisa, Siena, and Venice. (For me Florence is the most Awesome city in Italy :)

You can go to Rome first, and then Florence; where you can stay there for 2 nights, On day two in florence, you can escape to siena and pisa in one day (but leave as early as possible), and then you can end your travel in Venice.

Hope you can enjoy Italy!

P.S : Italy's trains are not always on time, be as conscious as possible regrading the time schedule.

Lotte K.

It depends if you like bigger or smaller cities.

Very romantic and maybe more sophisticated is Venice. Very nice city but quite expensive. But it has some kind of romantic thing.

For art museums/galleries and some history, with places to hang out in the evening too you should go to Florence. There are many things to see from the history side and there are some nice pubs and bars where to hang out. Plus the city is full of young people and you probably can meet new people !

A more quiet town but with a big historical side and typical university city it's Perugia, located 2 hours souther than Florence and 2 hours north of Rome. It's in the centre of Italy. I frequently lived there. It's a university city full of foreigners. It's pretty small but the city center it's very typical with his old walls. Pubs and bars are never too huge or noisy, but there are some good ones in the city centre but also some great places a bit around the town. If I will be there in september maybe we can meet, but I'm not sure to be there.

Rome is okay, I don't like very much this city actually: I never understood a crap of it and it's too messy. Too much traffic too much noise, it's too much of Italy, ahah. But no doubt you will totally have fun in a city like Rome ! And there are many museums and attractions that you can't miss!

Milan is very nice too, and it's a big pole and city as Rome, if you are looking for bigger cities Milan is the right one. Very classy though, the party place. If you are looking for cool clubs you really should frequent some of them in Milan. It's the style.

Last but not least, interesting, open and university city its' Bologna. I love this one. Good food, people are very social and there are some good places to hang out in! Plus nearby bologna there is Rimini, and it's reachable by train, they say rimini it's one of the big party points!

There are other cities then like Padua, Turin, Genoa, Trieste...
up to you !
I hope I gave some good infos, that's pretty much all I know!
Lotte K.

Orla C

Venice, but I have heard that in late summer/early autumn the canals can get a bit stinky.

Florence was lovely. I think it would be nice any time of the year.

Rome was also nice, very interesting, and definitely worth a week.

I went to Naples in 2006, and it was the nicest place in Italy, and the people were just great. I am very sorry to hear that there are problems there again, because it really is such a wonderful place. But you can also try Sorrento and the Amalfi coast, they are near Naples, and while you're in the area you simply must visit Pompeii. It is simply amazing.

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