Italy in February? Is this a good itinerary?
 

Hi all,
Ok, my parents were born in Italy, and i went many times as a kid, but now i go with my family, we only went once so far and that was this past august, so we are going to go back in Feb. We were thinking around Feb 14-21 6 nights, maybe 7. But we have to be in Milan on the 15th, and torino on the 19th to see football games.
We were already in Milan this summer so we were thinking fly into milan see the game spend 1 night there, then wake up and go to Genova for 2 nights, then the final 3 in Torino. Would you suggust anything else? Would you go to Bologna instead of Genova?

Thank you!!

Bologna and Genova are both really nice choices for February but they are very different places, so it all depends on what you would enjoy. Bologna is famous for its pasta, meats and cheeses. It is a wealthy university city, with lots of young people and some high-end shopping. Genova is a bustling port city with delicious seafood and sunny green pesto pasta sauce, palm trees and a very varied culture of rich, poor and immigrants. It is an old-fashioned industrial port town and tourists have to dig around a bit more (and climb steep streets) to find its treasures -- the market, the elaborate churches and villas, the good stores and the quirky museums. Its medieval alleyways are not gussied up like rich Bologna. You'll still feel like you are in a medieval city, with all its twists and turns, sailors and working ladies, bakers of foccacia and sellers of tripe. Genova keeps to its own rough character.

Your chances of getting warmer weather in Genova are higher, but no guarantees. If the weather is rainy or -- worse! -- it snows in Genova, you will find getting around Genova is a real slog. In Bologna, it is flat and most of the streets are covered with porticoes and arcades. You can stay much drier if it rains or snows, but you'll feel like your inside a refrigerator.

I think Torino is a great trendy and elegant city with a million things to do, and it has wonderful foods and wine. Chocolate and coffee too. You'll need to bundle up for both Milano and Torino, because even if the sun shines, those winds from the Alps can really bite.

weather2travel.com Climate Guide cold and chilly.Prefer the south Rmoe www.amalficoast.com then.Portofino/SML area is
nicemoremoderate temps www.metropole.it my fav.I go through
on business inwinter a fair amount Torino has a certain
wintery beauty I do not find in euroindustrail Bologna and dirty central Genova.Would probably go for Bologna for more palatable weather. Happy Planning!

VERY GOOD TIME MAYBE ALIITLE COLD BUT ITS OFF SEASON & U WILL GET GOOD DEALS
ANYTIME IN ITALY IS A GOOD TIME
VIVA ITALIA

Thank you all! Now we have been to florence for a week, and we are leaning towards genova instead of Bologna, maybe because genova is a lot different then florence. How much different is Bologna then florence? But if it is rainy and foggy and cold while were in genova, then i dont know, we dont mind the snow at all, but what are the chances of it snowing in genobva vs a rainy cold foggy day?