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Old Aug 24th, 2004 | 03:03 PM
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When is best time to go to Italy?

I get to spend one week in Rome and on the Amalfi Coast. Which month will give little chance of rain, flowers in bloom and not huge crowds?
 
Old Aug 24th, 2004 | 03:09 PM
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Anytime is wonderful for Italy! I have been all year-round. However, you might like late Fall (end of Sept/early October) or conversely, May/early June are months of very few tourists, crowds and nice weather.
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Old Aug 24th, 2004 | 03:53 PM
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May is the best month to visit Rome and Amalfi coast.
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Old Aug 24th, 2004 | 03:59 PM
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I would suggest not goingin August. I just got back last week from Rome/Amalfi Coast and it was 88 degrees and 86% humidity.

Now, I've been in late September and it was beautiful. Warm but not muggy.

Enjoy your trip!

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Old Aug 24th, 2004 | 04:05 PM
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<<When is best time to go to Italy?>>

Noon is good.

Morning, evening and afternoon are not bad either.

May and June seem to match your more specific question.

Best wishes,

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Old Aug 25th, 2004 | 03:15 PM
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Old Aug 25th, 2004 | 06:20 PM
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I agree--May is best because of spring flowers and longer days and less rain than Oct.
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Old Aug 25th, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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To answer your subject question, ANYTIME YOU CAN!

But since you're talking specifically about the Amalfi Coast, I'd say mid to late May would be lovely. You're going to get some crowds, but not hoards. It won't be necessarily warm enough for the beaches to be all open like they are in the summer (which will help with the crowsds), and you might get a little bit of showers or light rain mid-May, but it'll be lovely. We were there at the end of May a few years ago and 1 day was gloomy but the other 4 were warm and glorious. I still recall bobbing in the salty sea air in Positano, letting the stresses of my life and career melt away.
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Old Aug 25th, 2004 | 07:35 PM
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I've traveled in Rome & Tuscany in late Sept/early Oct., and in northern Italy in early May. Italy is beautiful regardless of the weather. Although I don't recall an abundance of flowers in Rome in late September, the weather was wonderful for walking all over the city. This year, we were in Venice in late April and the wisteria was gorgeous!
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