Kim

I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city to go.
what do you recommend and thank you

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kim wrote:
    >I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know
    >where the best city to go. what do you
    >recommend and thank you

Rome is a good place to start and my favorite. This site is good for
planning your sightseeing www.twenj.com
Regards, Walter



..And Paradise Was Lost...like teardrops in the rain...

*Tom*

    > I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city to go.
    > what do you recommend and thank you

My got, why don't you going to find that out ya self?!
Google tells you anything you want to know.
BTW there more than Venezia...........

Type in Google:
Italy nice places

http://www.google.nl/search?q=Italy+...gle+zoeken&lr=

Italy nice cities

http://www.google.nl/search?q=italy+...gle+zoeken&lr=

I already spoiled you!!!!!!!!

TOM

Ken Blake

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    > I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city
to go.
    > what do you recommend and thank you


There is no best city. It depends entirely on you and what your
insterests are. Nobody else's view of "best" should influence
you, unless you know that your likes and dislikes are very
similar.

I love Rome and Venice. Many people love Florence, but I don't.
None of us is more "right" than another.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

Doug Burke

Oh Geez!! That's a little like asking "I'm going to the supermarket,
what kind of food should I buy.". Get some books, read up, (I know that
takes your time not ours), come up with an itinerary that you might like
and THEN ask us questions. We will be happy to answer them then.
Doug

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    > I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city to go.
    > what do you recommend and thank you
    >
Why a city?
You could explore the countrysides...umbria, abruzzo, tuscany, marches?
What do you want to see? History art nature

Shawn \"Me\" Hearn

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[email protected] (kim) wrote:

    > I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city to go.
    > what do you recommend and thank you

Without knowing the slightest thing about your interests, how long you
plan to stay in Italy, and what your budget is, I can only tell you what
I enjoyed when I visited Italy. I liked Rome a lot, Florence, and
Sorrento. What you enjoy may be totally different.

Clint

I this a serious question? PPPUUUULLLLEEEEZZZZEEEE!
"Shawn "Me" Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > [email protected] (kim) wrote:
    > > I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city to go.
    > > what do you recommend and thank you
    > Without knowing the slightest thing about your interests, how long you
    > plan to stay in Italy, and what your budget is, I can only tell you what
    > I enjoyed when I visited Italy. I liked Rome a lot, Florence, and
    > Sorrento. What you enjoy may be totally different.

Elaine

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    > I this a serious question? PPPUUUULLLLEEEEZZZZEEEE!
    > "Shawn "Me" Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > In article <[email protected]>,
    > > [email protected] (kim) wrote:
    > >
    > > > I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city to go.
    > > > what do you recommend and thank you
    > >
    > > Without knowing the slightest thing about your interests, how long you
    > > plan to stay in Italy, and what your budget is, I can only tell you what
    > > I enjoyed when I visited Italy. I liked Rome a lot, Florence, and
    > > Sorrento. What you enjoy may be totally different.

Hi,

I'm hoping to get some advice on travelling to Italy & Sicily. I'm
trying to choose in between the following two Trafalgar tours:

1) Splendours of Italy
14 days from C$ 1750 Touring: Rome • Sorrento • Assisi • Venice •
Italian Lakes • Florence • Siena• Bay of Naples


2) Highlights of Italy and Sicily
16 days from C$ 2190
Touring: Rome • Florence • Venice • Assisi • Palermo • Agrigento •
Taormina • Sorrento • Bay of Naples

http://www.ttcan.trafalgartours.com/...ver_frame.html

The 16 days tour includes Sicily, but it doesn't go to the Italian
Lakes and Siena. The price is also higher by $440. Is the Sicily
really worth seeing or should I see the Italian Lakes and Siena? I've
never been to either place before.

Please kindly advice. Thanks a lot!

Elaine
Canada

Ptravel

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    > "clint" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]> ...
    > > I this a serious question? PPPUUUULLLLEEEEZZZZEEEE!
    > > "Shawn "Me" Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > > > In article <[email protected]>,
    > > > [email protected] (kim) wrote:
    > > >
    > > > > I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city to go.
    > > > > what do you recommend and thank you
    > > >
    > > > Without knowing the slightest thing about your interests, how long you
    > > > plan to stay in Italy, and what your budget is, I can only tell you
what
    > > > I enjoyed when I visited Italy. I liked Rome a lot, Florence, and
    > > > Sorrento. What you enjoy may be totally different.
    > Hi,
    > I'm hoping to get some advice on travelling to Italy & Sicily. I'm
    > trying to choose in between the following two Trafalgar tours:
    > 1) Splendours of Italy
    > 14 days from C$ 1750 Touring: Rome . Sorrento . Assisi . Venice .
    > Italian Lakes . Florence . Siena. Bay of Naples
    > 2) Highlights of Italy and Sicily
    > 16 days from C$ 2190
    > Touring: Rome . Florence . Venice . Assisi . Palermo . Agrigento .
    > Taormina . Sorrento . Bay of Naples
    > http://www.ttcan.trafalgartours.com/...ver_frame.html
    > The 16 days tour includes Sicily, but it doesn't go to the Italian
    > Lakes and Siena. The price is also higher by $440. Is the Sicily
    > really worth seeing or should I see the Italian Lakes and Siena? I've
    > never been to either place before.
    > Please kindly advice. Thanks a lot!
    > Elaine
    > Canada

I never know how to answer a question like, "Is Sicily worth seeing?"

Yes, it is, along with the rest of Italy.

A couple of points:

Both tours are quite aggressive in terms of the number of places seen. 14
to 16 days isn't a lot -- I've spent 14 days just in Sicily. Do the 14 days
include your travel from Canada to Italy? If so you're losing two days at
the beginning (usually, you leave Canada mid-day-to-early-evening and arrive
in Italy in the morning the following day) and one day at the end, which
cuts down your time even more.

Are you sure you want to do a tour?

With fourteen days in Italy, I'd concentrate on 3, or perhaps 4, cities at
the absolute most. Rome requires a minimum of 3 full days to get any sense
of the city at all (3 days = 4 nights). Venice merits 3 nights. For Siena,
2 nights _might_ suffice, though we just spent four there in November.
Florence is a magnificent city -- at least 3 nights, though 4 would be
better. Last time we were in Sorrento, we spent 3 nights.

In my opinion, Palermo is not the most interesting city in Sicily. Taormino
is beautiful, and Agrigento has interesting ruins. I'd recommend that
anyone visiting Sicily spend time in Syracusa, which has a charming "old
town," as well as some fairly spectacular Greek and Roman ruins.

Is this your first time in Europe? First time in Italy?

Your mileage may vary, but I'd recommend you consider doing this trip on
your own, rather than with a tour, and spend sufficient time wherever you
visit to acquire some sense of the culture and particular "aesthetic."
Italy is a very easy country to travel around on your own.

barney

In article <[email protected] >,
[email protected] (Elaine) wrote:

    > Is the Sicily
    > really worth seeing or should I see the Italian Lakes and Siena? I've
    > never been to either place before.

Siena is largely interesting for art history and architecture; however,
the second tour already gives you quite a lot of this particularly in
Florence and Assisi, and what you get in Sicily will more than make up for
the lack of Siena, given that you can't see /everything/ in a fortnight.

So it boils down to Lakes vs. Sicily, I think, and that's where your
tastes come in. Sicily's definitely worth going out of your way to see if
you are interested in Roman and Greek ruins (and if the tour includes them
- I assume it does, going to Agrigento). The lakes are probably to be
preferred if beautiful scenery is your thing.

Jenn

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wrote:

    > In article <[email protected] >,
    > [email protected] (Elaine) wrote:
    >
    > > Is the Sicily
    > > really worth seeing or should I see the Italian Lakes and Siena? I've
    > > never been to either place before.
    >
    > Siena is largely interesting for art history and architecture; however,
    > the second tour already gives you quite a lot of this particularly in
    > Florence and Assisi, and what you get in Sicily will more than make up for
    > the lack of Siena, given that you can't see /everything/ in a fortnight.
    >
    > So it boils down to Lakes vs. Sicily, I think, and that's where your
    > tastes come in. Sicily's definitely worth going out of your way to see if
    > you are interested in Roman and Greek ruins (and if the tour includes them
    > - I assume it does, going to Agrigento). The lakes are probably to be
    > preferred if beautiful scenery is your thing.


I often make a choice like this based on what I have already seen and
have at home

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest of the US so I have hiked in many a
mountain to many a lake and while the Lakes in Italy are lovely -- they
weren't at the top of my list -- Sicily with its ancient ruins is not
something I can duplicate at home -- so I would choose that

I LOVE Siena - but the poster above is right that much of what is
wonderful about it is similar to FLorence and Assisi --- if one has to
make a choice

Jenn

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"PTRAVEL" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > "Elaine" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > "clint" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:<[email protected]> ...
    > > > I this a serious question? PPPUUUULLLLEEEEZZZZEEEE!
    > > > "Shawn "Me" Hearn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > > > news:[email protected]...
    > > > > In article <[email protected]>,
    > > > > [email protected] (kim) wrote:
    > > > >
    > > > > > I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city to go.
    > > > > > what do you recommend and thank you
    > > > >
    > > > > Without knowing the slightest thing about your interests, how long you
    > > > > plan to stay in Italy, and what your budget is, I can only tell you
    > what
    > > > > I enjoyed when I visited Italy. I liked Rome a lot, Florence, and
    > > > > Sorrento. What you enjoy may be totally different.
    > >
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > I'm hoping to get some advice on travelling to Italy & Sicily. I'm
    > > trying to choose in between the following two Trafalgar tours:
    > >
    > > 1) Splendours of Italy
    > > 14 days from C$ 1750 Touring: Rome . Sorrento . Assisi . Venice .
    > > Italian Lakes . Florence . Siena. Bay of Naples
    > >
    > >
    > > 2) Highlights of Italy and Sicily
    > > 16 days from C$ 2190
    > > Touring: Rome . Florence . Venice . Assisi . Palermo . Agrigento .
    > > Taormina . Sorrento . Bay of Naples
    > >
    > > http://www.ttcan.trafalgartours.com/...ver_frame.html
    > >
    > > The 16 days tour includes Sicily, but it doesn't go to the Italian
    > > Lakes and Siena. The price is also higher by $440. Is the Sicily
    > > really worth seeing or should I see the Italian Lakes and Siena? I've
    > > never been to either place before.
    > >
    > > Please kindly advice. Thanks a lot!
    > >
    > > Elaine
    > > Canada
    >
    > I never know how to answer a question like, "Is Sicily worth seeing?"
    >
    > Yes, it is, along with the rest of Italy.
    >
    > A couple of points:
    >
    > Both tours are quite aggressive in terms of the number of places seen. 14
    > to 16 days isn't a lot -- I've spent 14 days just in Sicily. Do the 14 days
    > include your travel from Canada to Italy? If so you're losing two days at
    > the beginning (usually, you leave Canada mid-day-to-early-evening and arrive
    > in Italy in the morning the following day) and one day at the end, which
    > cuts down your time even more.
    >
    > Are you sure you want to do a tour?
    >
    > With fourteen days in Italy, I'd concentrate on 3, or perhaps 4, cities at
    > the absolute most. Rome requires a minimum of 3 full days to get any sense
    > of the city at all (3 days = 4 nights). Venice merits 3 nights. For Siena,
    > 2 nights _might_ suffice, though we just spent four there in November.
    > Florence is a magnificent city -- at least 3 nights, though 4 would be
    > better. Last time we were in Sorrento, we spent 3 nights.
    >
    > In my opinion, Palermo is not the most interesting city in Sicily. Taormino
    > is beautiful, and Agrigento has interesting ruins. I'd recommend that
    > anyone visiting Sicily spend time in Syracusa, which has a charming "old
    > town," as well as some fairly spectacular Greek and Roman ruins.
    >
    > Is this your first time in Europe? First time in Italy?
    >
    > Your mileage may vary, but I'd recommend you consider doing this trip on
    > your own, rather than with a tour, and spend sufficient time wherever you
    > visit to acquire some sense of the culture and particular "aesthetic."
    > Italy is a very easy country to travel around on your own.
    >
    >

I definitely agree with this -- go 3 places in Italy -- on your own if
you waren't wedded to the idea of a tour, especially if you have a
companion going with you

Elainebenes

    > In my opinion, Palermo is not the most interesting city in Sicily.
    > Taormino is beautiful, and Agrigento has interesting ruins. I'd
    > recommend that anyone visiting Sicily spend time in Syracusa, which
    > has a charming "old town," as well as some fairly spectacular Greek
    > and Roman ruins.

Palermo is nice for a few days, especially if you are a history buff and
are interested in such out of the way 18th & 19th century history as the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Spanish Bourbons. Palermo houses one of
the main palaces.

Al

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    > I am planning to go to Italy. i dont know where the best city to go.
    > what do you recommend and thank you

Art: Florence
Talking walks with your sweetie: Venice
A lot of everything: Rome