Barb, who are you traveling with to Rome? ((a)) ((b))

Budman - actually Eiffel is expressing a real desire to go back - ha, just kidding. This trip will be just little ole me.

Barb, Please take Eiffel, we need more adventures to read about! I'm adventuring to Italy with husband and 3 daughters in June 10-24. Rome 4 nights, Sorrento 3 nights, Florence 4 nights, Venice 3 nights. The girls are so excited,(Mom, can we take 14 outfits to wear or do we have to do laundry?), and I can't wait either. Still working on Rome lodging, have others pretty well set.

My wife and I will be flying to Bologna, via London, around June 20 and returning about 2 weeks later from Zurich. We have not made specific plans yet, but expect to explore parts of Le Marche, then the Dolomites before heading into Switzerland for the last couple of days.

Our Italy trips so far have focused on Tuscany, with a little time in Rome and Umbria, and we are looking forward to seeing other regions.

Our family of 4 (DH and 2 sons, 12 and 15) will be staying in Wengen, Switzerland June 17-20, Milan June 20-21, Lake Garda June 21-25 and Venice June 25-28. All flights and hotels are booked.

Happy travels and planning everyone!

April to May. Roughly 10 days in Sardinia, a week in Corsica (am I allowed to mention that since it's not Italy?), and a few days in Rome at each end of the trip.

I'm happy to say that my travelling companion, and not I, will be doing the driving on the twisting mountain roads. I'll be navigating and wincing.

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You beat me by just a few days! We land in Rome January 19th.

As many of you know, this trip has been delayed so many times. Most recently our October trip was postponed because of Katrina damage. But that just made the waiting all the sweeter.

We'll hit Florence and Venice, and then on to Paris for a week. We are blessed!

Venice, Florence, Milan, Rome for almost 4 weeks starting mid March. All booked except still looking to replace Venice hotel with apartment.

With so many people heading to Italy, I sure hope all the gelato isn't gone by the time I get there!!

Happy travels, y'all!

Rome --April 15 to April 22; villa in Sorrento April 22- 29.

Santorini followed by Venice in mid May for our honeymoon.

Rome, Capri, Pompei, Naples, in July/August:)

Hopefully Sicily in August - I know - wrong time!! DH's brother will be visiting from Germany. Am I going to die of heatstroke??

I will be flying from Boston to Italy in May, 2006. Stil looking for reasonable flight prices!! Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Jack R.

Just got back from Italy in November and have a trip planned for April 2006 to Sicily. Flying into Rome and driving to Taormina to stay at an apartment for a week in Sicily at the Villa del Mare.

Haven't booked anything yet but we usually always go in June (immediately before the Scottish schools break up !); and, if we can manage it, also in September (immediately after the English schools go back + after the Edinburgh festivals). Byt my DH may try to twist my arm to go in May instead of June so he can watch the World Cup :-(

April 11 for 9 nights

3 nights Venice
2 nights Pompeii
4 nights Rome

Reservations all booked - counting the days!

Sicily in April for two weeks! Flights booked but need to get on the ball to reserve hotel rooms. We will be there during Easter week and I am afraid it will be crowded. Going to try and hit the Aleoian (sp?) islands too.

Planning on flying into Trieste and out of Bari. Spending the rest of the time in Croatia. Hoping for September but it might (horror) have to be August.

I just booked 5 days in Rome in February.

Making my first trip to Florence, Tuscany (still trying to decide exactly where, other than Pisa and a spa somewhere -- any suggestions?) and ending up with two days in Venice. Going June 8 (first to Paris for a couple of days for my birthday) then train to Florence on the 11th for a week's travel.

I'm so confused as to where to stay, there will be five of us "girls." Suggestions for Florence and Venice hotels?

Thanks, y'all and Bon Voyage to all ...

Amalfi Coast and Rome in April. Still looking for a great place to stay in Sorrento as a base.

My husband, my 11 year old and I are renting an apartment for the last week in March in Rome - and we can't wait! C'mon Delta, don't fail us now!

We are going in April fow 2 weeks to visit our daughter who is studying in Siena. Plane/hotels are booked. We are spending the Easter weekend in the Cinque Terre, another weekend in Rome and the rest of the time based near Siena; plans are to visit places in Tuscany we have not seen on previous trips.

Going in April for 10 days mid Easter week and after with DH and niece 14. Venice, Florence ending in Rome Hotels and flights booked but that's about it. Still looking at this site for info on touring.

Trieste & etc. 3/9-3/23.

Willy 123,

Can you tell me more about Trieste, I'm considering going there while I'm in Venice next year. What will you be seeing there? why did you pick Trieste to visit? etc...thank you

October is a fine time to go to Italy. It will be turning colder though, especially in the north. Do not go in July-August as those are peak tourist months. Everything will be crowded, expensive, and HOT! Also, don't go to too many cities. You could easily spend a week or two in each of the main Italian cities and not regret it. If you several cities, especially if they are a significant distance from each other (i.e. Venice & Rome) you will spend too much time traveling, and not enough time enjoying. Also, too many cities in too short a time means a hectic vacation. Relax & enjoy. It's ITALY for God's sake!!

All these future-planners are making me nervous. Husband and I are planning to go in April but have no reservations. First trip to Italy, so will spend three days in Rome, including day trip to Pompeii, couple of days in Venice and a week in La Marche area, with side trip to Florence. Main purpose is to meet up with AF grandson, so we have to wait a bit to make sure he'll be back in Italy from Iraq in April.

Us and our bestest friends travelling from Sydney Apr.28 Paris, Provence 1 week, Rome, Florence 1 week, London, Thailand.And thanks to all Fodorites for your help in booking most of the trips, accommodation etc. Lots excited.

March 1 for a week in a villa outside Florence, driving around and seeing as much as we can, followed by 4 days in Venice. Can't wait!

June 8-19 with husband and his sister and her husband. Venice, then Rome, then Positano. Hotels booked, plans made, no plane tickets yet. If they go below $800, I'll jump. Last year they went down to $700ish, JFK to FCO for June. I bought those tickets in late February, so I'm waiting to pounce this year.

i will be attending the closing ceremonies o the Olympic Winter Gamesin Torino, then down to Florence and Rome. I will be commuting to the games from Milan, does anyone know if venice is worth a day trip from milan or is it too far?

Going back to Venice, Lake Como & Tuscany.

I'm attending a seminar in Tuscany May 6-13 at Castello di Montefugoni. So my friend and I will stay in Florence a few days as well. She's never been to Italy so I told her we "gotta" spend time in Florence too. Leaving May 1st, might go to France on May 15 but don't know if I can take being gone for a whole month at a time.

Will be doing Rome, Venice and Florence on an organised tour, then a couple of weeks later, 3 nights in Cinque terre and 1 night in Milan before flying out to Berlin. All part of a whirlwind 8 week trip to London and Europe and it's 11 weeks tomorrow that I leave (not that I am counting!) - YAY!!!

PS Thanks to all the fodorites who have helped me with my planning so far!

My plans are far from complete but...
Hopefully April or October 2006.
I'm going to Paris in April, mainly in hope of seeing one goregeous opera I've been waiting for years to attend, plus a very interesting concert that happens to take place in the same week.
I then might go to Italy for 4-5 days, to places like Pavia and Modena, where I could take daytrips, but right now return flights from Italy to Israel are awfully expensive.
Or if I decide to stay in France for the whole trip, I might take a bus trip to Turin from Grenoble.

And maybe October 2006 for Bologna + daytrips. October is a fabulous time to go to Italy, I find. I spent 1 week in Verona last October and would go back in a heartbeat.

But then again, Portugal looks especially inviting for October...

And Myriam, if you happen to read this message, is April 19-24, Easter week, good for Antwerpen? I'm experiencing strong Vlaanderen homesick feelings right now. I'd like to spend some time in Antwerpen to attend museums and go to Brugge and Gent as well.

We're going 4/2-4/21. 6 nights in each Rome, Florence, Venice. Have apartments with another couple and will take some day train trips out of each city. These are all revisits and we're excited about seeing many missed sites from past trips!

Going to Tuscany for 2 weeks with 5 women! We have 3 apartments rented outside of Arezzo at : Foresteria Il Giardino di Fontarronco. I have rented a van and I am taking my daughter (her Christmas present!). I have been to Italy 3 times, as has my daughter, but the others have never been. I am so excited! Just waiting on decent air fares hopefully out of Charlotte!

There are ten of us going to the Olympics in February. Some of the 6 kids have only seen snow once and are very excited to expericne a real winter. We live in the states near the beach.

September 23rd - October 9th: Florence, Tuscan countryside, Rome, Amalfi Coast.

Venice and Cinque Terre will have to wait till next time unfortunately.