I'm going to Italy in three days any recommendations would be lovely?

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ilovesuomi

Ciao, bella! I'm from Italy, i live in Tuscany, on the west coast!
Unfortunately, you don't say where you'll stay in Italy. However you can find everything in this country: beautiful sea, montains, hills or plain, any kind of arts, lot of history, vitality or relax.
If you love montains there are two principal chaines: Alpi (in the north) and Appennini. Then there are Dolomiti and then , still in the north, Sudtirol!
If you prefer the sea: Sardinia, Corsica, the west coast (Livorno for example) and Sicily! Stay away from the east coast: the sea there isn't so limpid.
But if you'd like to have a nice time with many other people in very crowed and lively places you should go on the east coast: Riccione is a very famous city there, full of discos and young people!
As regard the shopping, in big cities you'll have just the "embarassement of the choice" (as we italian say!)!!! However in Roma the most famous street is Via Condotti (in the city center), where there are all alta moda shops (Versace, Gucci, D&G, Armani....). In the city center of Milan there are many famous streets like Via Sant'Andrea (where you find Chanel, Fendi, Armani, Moschino, Kenzo, Cesare Paciotti, HermÃ©s, Prada, Trussardi) and Via della Spiga (D&G, Krizia, Sergio Rossi, Gianfranco FerrÃ©, Bottega Veneta, Tod's, Genny, Prada, Bulgari, Chopard). But these are just the beautiest (and most expensieve!!!!) shops....when you'll be there in the center you'll find a lot of other very nice and cheapest shops!!
In Florence too there are many beautiful and refined shops: you absolutely have to go for a look on the Ponte Vecchio, a very old bridge where there are only old goldsmith shops, with very refined masterpieces of jewelry (the legend tells that the bridge was originally an open air market full of fish and meats, but one day one of the rich princes of the florentine Rinascimento, annoyed by the disgusting smell of fish, ordered that the market would be replaced by many beautiful jewelry so that when he would have passed by he could see jewel and not fish and meat!)
And finally, if you love arts you can go......everywhere!!! In any city, town or little village there's always some artistical item!!! Some of my favourite are : "the veiled Chirst" by Sammartino in Naples (it is a sculpture, but you can almost see the body breathing under the veil!!!), "PietÃ " by Michelangelo in Rome (in St Peter), all the masterpieces of Caravaggio (in Rome you can see some of theme in the church "San Luigi dei Francesi); in Florence then there is the Uffizzi, where there are loads of masterpieces like Botticelli's Venere and so on...
I hope i've helped you a little!! if you have some other question i'm there!!
Ciao Ciao and have a very nice time!!!

Kelly

I would highly recommend the city of Ferrara. It's not very touristy, has a great history and Medieval part of town (as well as a fantastic castle in the middle of town and an old Medieval church). It's also about two hours away (by train) to Venice, if that interests you.

Some information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrara

While you're in Ferrara, take a train over to Bologna. Another missed jewel of Italy that not many know about, and is famous for the Italian "spaghetti bolognese" (meat-sauce spaghetti). Definitely the gastronomic capital of Italy.

I would also highly recommend Siena, as it's in the middle of beautiful Tuscany. You see movies about Tuscany, and you think, "It can't possibly be that beautiful." But actually... it is. I was pretty surprised.

Information on Siena: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena

While you're around Siena, go to the little town of Montepulciano (mon-tay-pool-CHAH-no) and take a wine-tasting tour. It's absolutely fantastic, and a great way to bring back some cheap, classy wine.

Information on Montepulciano: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montepulciano

You can, of course, always check out Florence, Rome, Venice, and Sicily. Nothing wrong with that - they all have gorgeous architecture and long, interesting pasts. If you go that way, go the whole hog and take tours. You'll feel like part of a herd of sheep, but you learn such interesting things from tours that you never quite get from guidebooks.

In Rome, I would suggest checking out the Borghese Gallery (take a tour there), as well as the park that surrounds that, and the Vatican (you know they're the only place in the world that has ATMs in Latin, to bridge the multilingual gap between cardinals?). Don't bother with the Spanish Steps, unless you just "want to go to say you did." They're not too fantastic, though the surrounding area is great for night-time shopping. The Colosseum is good for about ten minutes, but the museum is also interesting there. The Roman road that goes by the Colosseum and the surrounding ruins (sorry, I can't remember the name of those off the top of my head) are also good. Rome takes about two weeks to explore thoroughly, so don't worry if you leave thinking you haven't seen everything.

My best advice for wherever you go - try to do the touristy spots sparingly. Go where the natives go, and eat where the natives eat. You'll get a more genuine Italian experience that way.

~As sweet as a persian~

http://www.italytraveller.com/en/restaurants this might help you. I like an italian restraunt but it is not in italy: Napolis

ale600rr

I guess yr flight will arrive in Rome... so u can spend few days here. There is a lot to see. It used say "Its no enough a life to see all in Rome" :)
After u can go to Florence by Train, is so fast (abt 1.3h).
From there again train to Venice (abt 3hrs).
Always from Rome u can go to Napoli, Costiera Amalfitana, Capri (island) and ISchia (island)
Ypu will arrive in August, here it will be so hot... maybe u want go to the beach... there are many places cheap and expensive... The best is Costa Smeralda in Sardegna ISland, but there are many other places.
For shop, being still sales in that period, Milan and Rome i guess can give u a better wide choices
I hope i could give u a little help

wish u a good holiday

Ciao

Alessandro

pamelajt913

bypass Naples, it's gross
We liked Pisa a lot.

Alyssa D

i recommend venice, most streets are just riverways and the cars are gondolas.
every city is different with it's own feel and rustic maintain, but what you want to see there is preference by you.
but florence with the big hills and orchards is beautiful.
pisa is classic, but touristy, but any shop anywhere in italy is perfect.

Roberts

Milan is the best. I Shopped there for like 3 days in a row. I found a designer peices that i couldnt get over here in America. They also have The duomo di milano and it is the most beautiful cathedral i have ever seen. And ive seen alot of european cathedrals.

zafir

You're going for a month and you still haven't worked out where to go and what to see? Buy a guidebook, read it on the plane/train, and work out an itinerary based on what interests you.

â™¥Julioâ™¥

i'm from Italy,from Milan..visit my city!

oliver p

I just come back from Porto Venere at the coast, just a few miles south of Cinque Terre. WOW! Porto Venere looks exactly like Cinque Terre, but was left out of all the advertising.
Florence, Rome and Venice a must, Naples only when you know some people there. Big plus if you get to one of the smaller towns like Arrezzo, Siena , Perugia or Orvieto, the real Italy with stunning country side greets you there.
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CiaoBella

this site should help you. rome, venice, and florence are the staples. i also recommend capri, milan, and the cinque terre. have fun!
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501764-italy_vacations-i

Aloap

Milan

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