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Bros who have done Florence/Tuscany/Amalfi Coast trips: Overhyped or delivers?
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:01 PM Author: Rusted jap field GF's dream trip so might try to go this August
I've only ever been to Rome |
Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:03 PM Author: Ebony legend mental disorder Florence is wonderful, definitely go.
I only spent 1 day in Tuscany at a winery.
Amalfi was beautiful, but I was a bit bored. I could see it being a better trip when I have kids and want to relax. After like a day of being there I was wishing I were back in Rome or in a different Italian city. |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:06 PM Author: Rusted jap field Cool maybe just a couple days in Amalfi
I'm thinking Rome then Tuscany then Florence then end at Amalfi and then fly out
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:08 PM Author: razzle-dazzle bat shit crazy lay I think you'll probably have to eventually end up back in Rome to take the flight back home. I don't think the airports in Southern Italy fly internationally (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112604) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:09 PM Author: Rusted jap field Yeah would have to do Naples to Rome via train then fly out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112611) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:11 PM Author: Free-loading Hospital you can do Cinque Terre which is roughly similar to Amalfi but much closer to Tuscany. Avoid southern Italy entirely (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112631) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:13 PM Author: Ebony legend mental disorder Personally I'd rather do City-Amalfi-City
It's better for flying in and out, and I've found that I hate being go-go on my vacation and then ending on a dud.
Have you thought about Sicily? |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:14 PM Author: Rusted jap field Yeah but seems tough to stuff in for a week
I was thinking like go to a vineyard in Tuscany for a couple days after rome, then Florence after Tuscan vineyard, then end in Amalfi
But maybe its smarter to end in Rome and fly out
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:16 PM Author: Ebony legend mental disorder if only 1 week i'd personally stick to two spots, not 3. imo Rome needs 4 days, and while Florence can be done in 2, 3 is better.
if you're at 9 full days then stretch to 3 spots
you can take day trips to Tuscany from Florence, that's what we did
you will likely need to fly out of Rome |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:08 PM Author: Free-loading Hospital was unbelievably 180 but I was 22. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112608) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:17 PM Author: fragrant garnet set volcanic crater Florence has 2 chill days worth of stuff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112689) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:26 PM Author: Cordovan piazza travel guidebook How long do you have? Florence + Tuscany is a really solid week by itself. As someone else mentioned, Cinque Terre is an easy add-on - and even just a day or two there is really worthwhile. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112747) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:28 PM Author: Rusted jap field I'd assume we fly out Friday night, arrive Saturday AM in Rome. Give Saturday to recuperate from travel basically have 6-7 days before flying out the next Sunday (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112772) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:01 PM Author: Cordovan piazza travel guidebook Rome is far away - can you fly somewhere more convenient - Bologna maybe? I did a week trip flying in and out of Pisa (which is a shitty little airport but it's good if you are flying from somewhere else in Europe) and it worked really well. Picked up a car there, drove to Cinque Terre, then around Tuscany for a few days then to Florence, then back to Pisa. No individual drive was more than 3 hours. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36114229) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:26 PM Author: Titillating State Stock Car that guy from conan o'brien loves it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112750) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:28 PM Author: Milky famous landscape painting Those are two different trips. Florence /Tuscany / Siena / Lucca is one. Amalfi is another. There's no point in trying to cram Amalfi into a separate trip. It's a pain in the ass to get to and you'll never appreciate it with 2 days there. While there you can easily to Capri, herculaneum, Pompeii, etc. Both trips are great but you have to veto the combination. |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:29 PM Author: Rusted jap field Ok yeah seems that way. She wants to hit both Tuscany and Amalfi but the geography isnt working in her favor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112774) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:00 PM Author: talking generalized bond why not just rent a car? you can drive manual, i assume? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36112971) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:01 PM Author: Rusted jap field It's a lot of intra vacay travel Florence to Amalfi is a 6 hour drive no traffic
Might work if we just skip Rome. Land in Rome, go directly to Florence. Spend 3/4 days there then Amalfi and 3/4 days there |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:03 PM Author: Ebony legend mental disorder What about Florence/Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna (like Parma/Bologna)? Fly out of Milan. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113000) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:57 PM Author: Rusted jap field Havent really thought too deeply. She just mentioned she'd love to go to Tuscany and the Amalfi coast. I want to see the cool shit in Rome
Might have to make two trips out of it to do both |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:58 PM Author: Ebony legend mental disorder Why not go for 2 weeks? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113416) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:59 PM Author: Rusted jap field Tough to do that man. Taking one week in August is standard, two weeks is decadent
2 weeks is like honeymoon |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:49 PM Author: Pea-brained beady-eyed toaster fucking loved siena. very underrated. great place to spend a day and night before or after exploring tuscany. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113342) |
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Date: February 5th, 2019 1:29 PM Author: Pea-brained beady-eyed toaster (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#37729544) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:58 PM Author: Hateful Candlestick Maker Amalfi coast is beautiful, but very boring. I recommend just rolling through in 1-2 days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113417) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:59 PM Author: Ebony legend mental disorder cr.
i spent 5 days there and two days in i was ready to leave. i could only see so many ceramics shops.
it'll probably be a better spot when i'm like 50 |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:41 PM Author: Exhilarant mustard dysfunction principal's office You should have started hitting the sauce in the afternoon then brother. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113736) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:44 PM Author: Ebony legend mental disorder we did, but nighttime was dead too which sucked (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113754) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:45 PM Author: Exhilarant mustard dysfunction principal's office Music on the Rocks in Positano gets pretty packed some nights. Which town were you in? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113768) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:53 PM Author: Ebony legend mental disorder We were in Amalfi, which yes was a bit sleepier. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113803) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:59 PM Author: Exhilarant mustard dysfunction principal's office Rome to Naples by train, spend 1 day copping DAT Da Michele and Di Matteo, then stop in Pompeii and Herculaneum on your way to some combination of Positano, Ravello and Capri.
Sounds like you're in for a lot of shrew IG photos, is that really how you want to spend presumably your whole summer vaca time? |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:03 PM Author: Rusted jap field She's actually not a big IG girl she's just been brainwashed into wanting to do the Amalfi coast by all the hype about it
I want to see all the fun Roman ruins |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:05 PM Author: Exhilarant mustard dysfunction principal's office Positano is picturesque and nice for a few days, although HORDES of NOWAGS will be there by day for pictures. There's a club called music on the rocks. Ravello is beautiful and very chill. Capri you can spend time on the water, lunch at beach clubs and have some chill dinners. If you could go to Capri and Ravello alone and get a group together to rent a villa in Capri that would be CR. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113461) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:06 PM Author: Concupiscible church building marketing idea i'm leaving soon on a family trip to switzerland --> rome, but i haven't planned anything yet. we have 6 or 7 nights in rome/italy. is your route CR for families? might steal it wholesale people have told me naples is run-down, ntcr? |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:37 PM Author: Exhilarant mustard dysfunction principal's office Yes CR for families. Naples is a run down shithold run by the mafia, but they have some dope pizza. If you're a pizzamo also check out Dar Poeta and Ai Marmi in Rome, they're both in Trastavere which is where you'll want to drink. If you are looking for a nice hotel in Rome outside the normal luxury hotels, most of which are overpriced and not so great, check out HT6. It's a boutique in a (((historic))) area near the river. They gave me a baller duplex suite for like $125/night last summer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113697) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:04 PM Author: nighttime trip ape box office All these places are overrun with Chinese tourists. If you didn’t go in 2003 you missed out. I have a hard time recommending to anyone that they go anywhere anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113453) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:37 PM Author: Exhilarant mustard dysfunction principal's office "All these places are overrun with Chinese tourists."
(it is everywhere in 2018) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:47 PM Author: navy elastic band Venice looked like Beijing with prettier architecture and less pollution. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113778) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:49 PM Author: Exhilarant mustard dysfunction principal's office I rike Amarfi, I rike a Palis, I rike a Rondon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113788) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:07 PM Author: Flickering Step-uncle's House Haunted Graveyard stay a couple nights in Capri in the off-season. fuck your gf on a magestic vista of the sea at sunset while the Chinese tourists flock back to their cruise ships. enjoy nightlife with the locals. shit will be unforgettable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113474) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:55 PM Author: Rusted jap field Whats the off season? Basically not summer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113814) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:43 PM Author: navy elastic band Both, if that makes sense. But it's def worth it. Beautiful country but parts of Italy starkly resemble New Jersey. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113750) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:55 PM Author: Amethyst stage mother One of my top five days of my life was renting vespas with my bros and riding around Rome.
Hitting a vespa with a car in Rome is basically strict liability, so you can fucking do anything with them: run red lights, ride on the sidewalk, doesn't matter.
We were bored as fuck in Florence. You can only go to so many fucking museums. By the time we hit Florence we were museumed-out and just wanted to party and bang hot Italians chicks and there was none of that going on in Florence. Boomer paradise. |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:55 PM Author: Arousing House Love Of Her Life Fucking a delivers man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113816) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:56 PM Author: Rusted jap field You sort of wonder why the Romans went around conquering the entire western world when they sort of live in paradise (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36113833) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:19 PM Author: Painfully Honest Macaca The recs ITT are pretty good but fuck going to Italy in August. I would avoid places that are going to be full of bug tourists. (Venice is HELL in August, as is Amalfi.) Would fly into Milan and spend the first day/night there. (See the Duomo, do some shopping if everything isn't closed.) The next AM I would take the train to Como/Maggiore for 2 nights. I'd then train back to Milan and fly to Rome for 3 days then come home. I think this route also would work in reverse (flying into Rome then leaving from Milan.)
If you can stay longer, would consider doing a drive from Milan to Cinque Terre to Florence, then flying to Rome. But that's a lot of moving around. You would need like 6 trips to see the different parts of Italy. (Milan/Como/Cinque Terra; Venice/Bologna/Florence/Tuscany; Venice; Rome/Naples; Amalfi Coast; Sicily)
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:58 PM Author: Concupiscible church building marketing idea all my north italian friends say milan is TTT and way too international to have real italian character. they say go to turino. fwiw they are young (25) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36114581) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 9:55 PM Author: Swashbuckling bearded half-breed depressive Sicily is great, you can go Mt Etna and see for miles. Had the best olives in Sicily. Pompeii is 180 and a whole day. Rome is great, and nightlife is awesome. Do 3-4 days Rome, there is lots to see. Lake Como is gorgeous(George), but thats like a 5 day thing. Take a boat tour through the Croatia islands, start in Split finish in Dubrovnik. do Plitvices. Its an awkward in and out, but worth it. damn, wish i was going..
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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:50 AM Author: Cheese-eating Bistre Preventive Strike Fucking lmao at your bird brain wife squawking for Amalfi. That shit has been force memed HARD to women. Do not waste your time going there for 2 days in August. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#36117094) |
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Date: February 5th, 2019 1:30 PM Author: navy elastic band Tuscany is 180, go go go. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#37729551) |
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Date: February 5th, 2019 1:34 PM Author: ocher filthy point lol august (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#37729572) |
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Date: February 5th, 2019 1:39 PM Author: Pea-brained beady-eyed toaster (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984668&forum_id=2#37729608) |