Italy July-August trip plan - ideas invited
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Respect to the OP for going slightly off topic because this is interesting to read but..."franco", your passion rings loud and clear but I am curious then, using your same logic of Italy, where would you send first time visitors to the U.S.?
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First of all, SORRY for the stupid typo in my last post - "ties between Florence and PARIS", of course, NOT!!!!!! Venice. I know, there is a preview function. I keep telling myself every time I'm making a mistake like that (very often, that is).
Second, bobnmaur, this would make for an extremely interesting discussion, but I can stay on-topic with a clear conscience since my principle is never to post on stuff that I don't know REALLY well, and I simply haven't covered enough ground in the US to give you a reasonable answer. Perhaps zeppole can take over for me at this point?
Third, karens, I see, and I appreciate your love for baroque. Admittedly, the thought that all those "big 3 first timers" are doing this trip because they're so fervently into baroque makes me LOL, but for you personally, I understand the concept better now. At least, nearly. Because while Venice and, above all, Rome are certainly great baroque destinations, there is no baroque in Florence. Well, with the exception of the Ognissanti church, which is a pretty parish church but certainly not world-class, and I doubt that many first or second or third timers to Florence have seen it; with the second exception of the brutally nouveau-riche Cappella dei Principi (which can be seen as the utter proof that Florence may be anything but a baroque hot spot). Plus four Caravaggios in the Uffizi and the Galleria Palatina, admittedly. But there's also one Caravaggio in Fort Worth, Texas, and few people would go to Fort Worth because they love baroque art. OTOH, Torino is one of the great baroque cities not only in Italy but world-wide. So, bottom line, I still don't completely get it. Istanbul is too distant from Venice, ok, accepted, but Torino is just 407 kilometres, while Rome is 553. There is far less baroque art and architecture in Florence than in Istanbul (!!), but in Torino, there is almost nothing else than baroque architecture of the very highest order. So if delving into baroque was the point, what about your nagging feeling of missing out on Torino when going to Italy for the first time?
Second, bobnmaur, this would make for an extremely interesting discussion, but I can stay on-topic with a clear conscience since my principle is never to post on stuff that I don't know REALLY well, and I simply haven't covered enough ground in the US to give you a reasonable answer. Perhaps zeppole can take over for me at this point?
Third, karens, I see, and I appreciate your love for baroque. Admittedly, the thought that all those "big 3 first timers" are doing this trip because they're so fervently into baroque makes me LOL, but for you personally, I understand the concept better now. At least, nearly. Because while Venice and, above all, Rome are certainly great baroque destinations, there is no baroque in Florence. Well, with the exception of the Ognissanti church, which is a pretty parish church but certainly not world-class, and I doubt that many first or second or third timers to Florence have seen it; with the second exception of the brutally nouveau-riche Cappella dei Principi (which can be seen as the utter proof that Florence may be anything but a baroque hot spot). Plus four Caravaggios in the Uffizi and the Galleria Palatina, admittedly. But there's also one Caravaggio in Fort Worth, Texas, and few people would go to Fort Worth because they love baroque art. OTOH, Torino is one of the great baroque cities not only in Italy but world-wide. So, bottom line, I still don't completely get it. Istanbul is too distant from Venice, ok, accepted, but Torino is just 407 kilometres, while Rome is 553. There is far less baroque art and architecture in Florence than in Istanbul (!!), but in Torino, there is almost nothing else than baroque architecture of the very highest order. So if delving into baroque was the point, what about your nagging feeling of missing out on Torino when going to Italy for the first time?