Italy is??

Question

My heritage is Italian. My great grandparents came on a boat many years ago and passed before I could get a chance to ask how the country was.

Anyway, I plan on making a trip sometime to the homeland, and Im just wondering if anyone knows how much a trip to Italy will run me, and where the most historical places are to visit.

Thanks!

Answer 1

hi! I'm italian. I think you should go to :

venice

rome

florence

milan (i live near it)

Answer 2

Do you know where in Italy your ancestors are from??.. It would be nice if you go to Rome And Florence and maybe visit the city or town that they were from don´t you think??

Depending on that then you can check out prices. Try to find information....

Take care..

Bcn_mimosa from Barcelona, Spain

Answer 3

The  probability  is  that  your  great  grandparents  came  from  the  south  or  Sicily .   Touristically  these  are  not  the  best  places  to  go .

I  recommend  you  not  to  try  to  see  all of  Italy  in  one  go .   If  you're  seeking  a  summer  holiday , there  may  not  yet  be  any  flight-bargains  around ; but  the  weather  will  be  faily  fine  until  October .   I  particularly  recommend  Tuscany  and  Florence .   If  you  stay  outside  the  city  it  will  cost  you  less  and  there  are  some  inexpensive  B&Bs .   Out  of  season  is  better  for  seeing  famous  Galleries  like  the  Uffizzi , but  you  can  also  book  in  advance  to  avoid  a  long  wait  in  a  queue .   There  are  many  things  of  interest  to  see  in  Tuscany , probably  the  most  varied  and  beautiful  part  of  Italy .   Now  having  embraced  the  Euro  currency , Italy  is  not  any  more  the  cheap  place  to  holiday  that  it  used  to  be .   If  you  are  outside  the  city  there  are  buses  that  will  take  you  most  places  and  not  too  expensive .   Usually  nowadays  you  can  book  a  hire-car  with  your  flight  at  not  too  great  a  cost .   The  station  at  Florence  has  a  tourist  accommodation  bureau , that  can  find  you  pensioni  and  B&B  at  very  reasonable  prices .

Answer 4

Unless you're going for more than 6 monthes don't even attempt to see it all!!!! Florence is nice but like disney land in summer, Venice ditto(but u gotta see it). rome isn't quite as busy as these 2 in summer but its better in spring. For beaches try Puglia, sicily , sardinia, or liguria. It depends what u want from ur holiday. Milan is great for shopping, but the surrounding area is dull. Val d'aosta in the alps is beautiful,but is someway from the coast. For the authentic italian experiance u cud work as an olive picker in Tuscany, or learn to cook pretty much anywhere. Cities such as Lecce and Verona are beautiful and not nearly as crowded as Rome etc. Food is fantastic(esp the fresh veg) and cheap. Hotels and villas less so,but it depends on the time of year. Italy is well connected with a cheap and efficient rail service and a good road system. My favorite area is lake como a beautiful lake where water and mountains meet.

Answer 5

If you want to know about airfares I would go to:

www.sidestep.com

It serches the web for the cheapest airfares possible.

I would go to :

Rome

Milan

Venice

Florence