5 weeks in Italy, continued…Orvieto, Naples, Amalfi Coast, and back to Rome
Feb 22nd, 2022, 05:22 AM
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Bringing to the top for tripplanner and anyone else who is interested in this area! This is the second half of our 2019 trip (oh, the pre-COVID days!). I didn't finish our Rome explorations, but everything else is here!
Jan 15th, 2023, 10:03 PM
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Progol, Thank you for this fabulous trip report. I topped it as a reference/guide for our first time, twice delayed, visit to Naples & Amalfi Coast. We have firm plans for late September 2023.🤞
it is beautifully written & the photos are amazing.
Well done!
it is beautifully written & the photos are amazing.
Well done!
Jan 25th, 2023, 12:34 PM
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HI Progol I must have read your trip report some time ago, because I found some of your comments in my notes. The report nevertheless brought back many memories for us. Orvieto - spent three days there (15 yrs ago) and saw the Duomo, including the chapel behind the altar, the Underground Caves (lots of beautiful but sick cats) did the "Ring around the Rock" - listening for the "whoosh" of the fast trains as they sped by in the plain below. The Ring around the Rock walk was lovely with wild cyclamen and lots of people later in the evening walking their dogs (although the dog poo was something you had to avoid!). Dangerous in some areas so not a walk I would take later in the day, as you could miss your footing and fall down a cliff. Saw St Patrick's Cave and the Pozo; visited the weekend market. It was lovely walking around the town early morning or evening when the tourists had departed. On to Sorrento, Capri and the Amalfi Cost - 40+ years ago. We had a car (12 miles on the odometer - just off the production line in London) and drove for three months through France, Spain, Italy etc and along the Amalfi Coast - would not even think of doing that now. We had to purchase petrol coupons in Lira! Headed to Salerno (at that time a very industrial town) as we had to be there on a particular date and time to have the car serviced. Paestum was next on the agenda - no Tourist or ticket office then - just the ruins in overgrown fields. Your wonderful current photographs remind me very much of the Greek temples in Sicily - Agregento and Sagresta. From there we head inland to Benevento and across to the east coast heading to San Marino,Ravenna and then Venice before entering Austria. Thaks for your reports. I have also followed along your Portugal journey.
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Apr 10th, 2024, 01:58 PM
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A few more thoughts before moving on...
I'm glad we saw Pompeii, but we LOVED Herculaneum. Pompeii is a large site, very busy with tourists, and certainly an important place - yet Herculaneum is intimate and we felt the presence of the ancients in a way that it's not so easy to do at Pompeii. If it's at all possible, I'd recommend seeing both. I certainly wouldn't suggest missing Pompeii, as it's part of what we've heard about for years....but Herculaneum really is special. Try to see it, too.
I'm glad we saw Pompeii, but we LOVED Herculaneum. Pompeii is a large site, very busy with tourists, and certainly an important place - yet Herculaneum is intimate and we felt the presence of the ancients in a way that it's not so easy to do at Pompeii. If it's at all possible, I'd recommend seeing both. I certainly wouldn't suggest missing Pompeii, as it's part of what we've heard about for years....but Herculaneum really is special. Try to see it, too.
Apr 13th, 2024, 05:37 PM
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Thank you for this report! I'm hopeful that more of your Rome adventure will show up in the next few days. We leave in a few days for Rome, and then on to Puglia. We've never been south of Rome, and have planned to do so for many years. Having lost a good three years of travel, it's time to get moving again! We were fortunate to have had trips to New Zealand, Austria/Dolomites/Paris, Japan, and Thailand just as the world shut down. I couldn't bring myself to write trip reports, but perhaps I should try to write a quick summary for people who are planning now. Which reminds me to finish up my notes on last fall's trip to Alsace. You have inspired me.
Apr 16th, 2024, 05:15 AM
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Wow, I haven’t looked at this for months! I’m thrilled you’ve found this and I’m so sorry I never got around to finishing up the Rome portion. Maybe someday, but not now - we’re off to Greece next week!
Rasputin, if you happen to come back here, it’s nice to know you found the trip helpful and I love your memories!
virginiafish - it sounds like you have a wonderful trip planned and I’m still so pleased you find my reports helpful. I remember using yours as well, so it goes both ways!
PJTravels, my apologies that this won’t be finished before you leave for Rome. I do have 2 other trip reports - one which is just Rome (2017) and our 2021 trip which covers a good bit south of Rome, though not Rome itself.
Rasputin, if you happen to come back here, it’s nice to know you found the trip helpful and I love your memories!
virginiafish - it sounds like you have a wonderful trip planned and I’m still so pleased you find my reports helpful. I remember using yours as well, so it goes both ways!
PJTravels, my apologies that this won’t be finished before you leave for Rome. I do have 2 other trip reports - one which is just Rome (2017) and our 2021 trip which covers a good bit south of Rome, though not Rome itself.
Apr 16th, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Apr 16th, 2024, 08:34 AM
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Thank you! We'll be in Nafplio (Nafplion?) for 6 nights as it turns out we're there over Easter AND Labor Day (unless it was moved to May 7 because of Holy Week) so I figured we needed enough time to see the surrounding area. And your trip report has been a gold mine of information for the town!
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