Navigating northern Italy--the SILVER for GOLD TRIP
Mar 3rd, 2010, 04:21 PM
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Don't know how I missed this one!! Thanks, Bob for another great trip report. You make us all want to go there.
And by the way, don't stop traveling. I'm guessing DH and I are older than you two and we're off to Italy again in June, and loving all your help and that of others on Fodor's.
And by the way, don't stop traveling. I'm guessing DH and I are older than you two and we're off to Italy again in June, and loving all your help and that of others on Fodor's.
Mar 3rd, 2010, 07:41 PM
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Your (and others) reports of the Piedmont are making me want to go there. It's still a toss up between that and the Dolomites this time, in the 10 days til we meet friends in the val d'Orcia.
I've only been to Italy about 5 times, and usually it's been southern Tuscany (with the addition of Venice, Milan, Rome,& Lake Como, which I dearly love) and now we'll have time to branch out.
Lago di Orta sure sounds great.
And yet, we still have to get to the Marche, and to the Dolomiti, and never been to the Amalfi coast.
sure hope our health remains good, so much wonderful to see and do and be in Italy.
I've only been to Italy about 5 times, and usually it's been southern Tuscany (with the addition of Venice, Milan, Rome,& Lake Como, which I dearly love) and now we'll have time to branch out.
Lago di Orta sure sounds great.
And yet, we still have to get to the Marche, and to the Dolomiti, and never been to the Amalfi coast.
sure hope our health remains good, so much wonderful to see and do and be in Italy.
Mar 4th, 2010, 12:05 AM
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Excellent shots, Bob. You had some cool curves going-especially one shot in Venice where the curve of the gondola melts into that of a nearby ponte!
And how wonderful to be able to get back and revisit. For our 30th we found the restaurant in Rome where we celebrated our 10th and they gave us the same meal (even though parts weren't on the menu anymore!)
Good Show!
And how wonderful to be able to get back and revisit. For our 30th we found the restaurant in Rome where we celebrated our 10th and they gave us the same meal (even though parts weren't on the menu anymore!)
Good Show!
Jul 17th, 2010, 10:41 AM
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Dear Bobthenavigator! Congratulations on your wonderful times in Italy - it's surely worth it! And thank you for such helpful reports!
Hopefully, you could help us a little, too. We're two females who are to take a 9-day car trip July 23-31st from Munich - Garda Lake - Verona - Como Lake - Turin - Zurich -Munich. The musts for us are a bit of Garda, Verona, Come, Zurich. Enough tips here for Garda and Como, but we've got a huge problem with a stay in Verona - still haven't booked anything and are looking for smth inexpensive. We plan on going to the Opera on Sat. So, the Qs are:
- would you recommend a reasonably priced place to stay in the center of Verona. Do you know anything about tickets for the Opera, if it's important to prebook them or OK to buy on a day of a performance? Do we even need to stay in Verona to see it? Maybe an agriturismo nearby could do it..
- would you pls give us any tips for the a/m route, meaning that we still didn't find out if it's reasonable to make it in 9 days, which little towns and places of interests we shall visit on our way etc..
- if you know someone else who can help us with Verona in case you can't, pls let us know.
With thanks in advance, Tanya
Hopefully, you could help us a little, too. We're two females who are to take a 9-day car trip July 23-31st from Munich - Garda Lake - Verona - Como Lake - Turin - Zurich -Munich. The musts for us are a bit of Garda, Verona, Come, Zurich. Enough tips here for Garda and Como, but we've got a huge problem with a stay in Verona - still haven't booked anything and are looking for smth inexpensive. We plan on going to the Opera on Sat. So, the Qs are:
- would you recommend a reasonably priced place to stay in the center of Verona. Do you know anything about tickets for the Opera, if it's important to prebook them or OK to buy on a day of a performance? Do we even need to stay in Verona to see it? Maybe an agriturismo nearby could do it..
- would you pls give us any tips for the a/m route, meaning that we still didn't find out if it's reasonable to make it in 9 days, which little towns and places of interests we shall visit on our way etc..
- if you know someone else who can help us with Verona in case you can't, pls let us know.
With thanks in advance, Tanya
Jul 17th, 2010, 10:56 AM
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Hello Tanya, I hope you mean 2011, but I suspect not. You are likely too late for centro hotels or Opera tickets for this year. The operas run to past midnite so you want to stay locally--here is where I would stay for a 3 star:
http://www.giuliettaeromeo.com/index.cfm?lang=en
On a broader issue, you do not have time for all of that. I would drop Turin and Zurich from the end and drive back to MUnich from Como via the Engadine valley and Landeck. I would plan on 3 destinations in that time. Good luck !
http://www.giuliettaeromeo.com/index.cfm?lang=en
On a broader issue, you do not have time for all of that. I would drop Turin and Zurich from the end and drive back to MUnich from Como via the Engadine valley and Landeck. I would plan on 3 destinations in that time. Good luck !
Jul 17th, 2010, 01:36 PM
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Thank you for your reply, Bob! Yes, it is this year, in 5 days we are to leave! As you suggest, we might drop Turin, but Zurich is where we have to visit some friends, so we plan to leave Verona on Mon afternoon to reach Zurich via Como Lake by Friday evening.
Your recommendation is highly appreciated but their prices for the season are quite high. We'll have to look for a B&B, not a hotel. Do you think it's worth posting such question on forum here?
Your recommendation is highly appreciated but their prices for the season are quite high. We'll have to look for a B&B, not a hotel. Do you think it's worth posting such question on forum here?
Nov 22nd, 2010, 05:28 PM
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Another late reader here but do want to let you know, btn, how much I appreciate your reports and other info italy. Still pining to go to Lake Como, especially reading your report, and hoping I can convince my husband likewise.
Nov 23rd, 2010, 04:49 AM
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So glad this report came to the top. We too are lovers of Lake Como and I regret that we won't get to see it on our upcoming trip to Venice in a few days.
Love your photos. The flowers are so beautiful. The one regret I have about seeing Venice off season is that I imagine that most of the flowers will be gone. I have a question about one of your photos in Venice, the 20th in the Venice series labeled Happy Gondolier. Do you recall if that is the Trattoria Sempione to the right of the photo? If that is accurate I think I shot one of my favorite photos from that bridge looking at the restaurant a few years ago. I've always wanted to go back and try it. Have you ever dined there? The reviews are pretty good but I will confess that authentic Venetian food just isn't my favorite.
Now I'm off to find that photo. Thank you for the wonderful report.
Love your photos. The flowers are so beautiful. The one regret I have about seeing Venice off season is that I imagine that most of the flowers will be gone. I have a question about one of your photos in Venice, the 20th in the Venice series labeled Happy Gondolier. Do you recall if that is the Trattoria Sempione to the right of the photo? If that is accurate I think I shot one of my favorite photos from that bridge looking at the restaurant a few years ago. I've always wanted to go back and try it. Have you ever dined there? The reviews are pretty good but I will confess that authentic Venetian food just isn't my favorite.
Now I'm off to find that photo. Thank you for the wonderful report.
Nov 23rd, 2010, 07:51 AM
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The food is decent (if not necessarily spectacular) at Trattoria Sempione, but the atmosphere is really nice there.
Here's a photo of the place that I took over 19 years ago...
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/119...53249937MNVxhW
Here's a photo of the place that I took over 19 years ago...
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/119...53249937MNVxhW
Nov 23rd, 2010, 08:53 AM
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Okay, here my key questions:
1) How did I miss this thread when Sir Bob first posted it?
2) Why did Bob & Mrs. Navigator marry when he was 15 years oldand she was 8 years old?
3) What was Mr_Go doing with a camera in Venice when he was a little boy of 5???
Geez, why not just call yourselves The Precocious Family?
Bob, wonderful report, and now I understand how easy it was for Mr_Go to cultivate such a deep and abiding love for Ms_Go, whom he referred to yesterday as his "little desert flower". Y'all are so romantic, I'm almost swooning out of admiration!
BC
1) How did I miss this thread when Sir Bob first posted it?
2) Why did Bob & Mrs. Navigator marry when he was 15 years oldand she was 8 years old?
3) What was Mr_Go doing with a camera in Venice when he was a little boy of 5???
Geez, why not just call yourselves The Precocious Family?
Bob, wonderful report, and now I understand how easy it was for Mr_Go to cultivate such a deep and abiding love for Ms_Go, whom he referred to yesterday as his "little desert flower". Y'all are so romantic, I'm almost swooning out of admiration!
BC
