Wrapping up Feb Italy trip planning
 

Its almost hard to beleive that my trip is only 3 weeks away. I remember booking my ticket 7 months ago thank you NW Worldperks :)! Anyway here is my almost final intenerary, questions and suggestion request.

Trip Italy
Feb 1-12

Venice Feb 2-5
Pisa Feb 5
Florence Feb 5-8
Rome Feb 8-12

Train tickets are purchased and Residenza del Doge, Sani Tourist House, and B and B Fiocca are my respective lodging accomodations.

Plans for Venice are a little up in the air. I want to participate in the Carnivale activities. Im wondering should I book now or wait til I get there. Suggestions?

Florence I have scheduled a Segway tour, the cooking class and Doumo of course.

Rome Ive already booked my front of the line Vatican/Sistine chapel tour. I wanted to do a day trip to Napels and Pompeii but I figured that would be too much this time around.

Anyone have any MUST see/do suggestions. Thanks in advance.

Also any clothing/ weather advice would be HUGE.

Only one suggestion: avoid the day trip to Naples as a lot of garbage will be still there in the next weeks.

Welcome to Italy.

Ciao.

Vincenzo

Hi Vicenzo,

Your garbage problem has been making the Swiss news lately. Sorry to hear about the mess you've got down there.

I even read somewhere a lot more people in Naples are getting cancer than usual and authorities are afraid garbage dumps have been accepting radioactive material. Hope there wasn't much truth in that article.

A very fresh news, few minutes ago: noboby wants to buy "mozzarella di bufala" as they are afraid that the milk is not good because bufale ate G&G, meaning Grass and Garbage and not only Grass.
Sad but true !

Vincenzo

I was in Rome last Feb and the weather was mild (compared to home in NY in Feb). I brought a winter coat, gloves, hat and scarf and needed to dress warm most evenings but most of the days were in the high 50's to low 60's - one or two days in high 60's and I wore a velvet blazer with sweater under and a scarf and gloves. Bring umbrellas because it can also rain and shoes that can withstand cobble stone streets and puddles.

Must sees in Rome:
Borghese Museum (must book in advance can do this on-line)
Borghese park
Forum
Trevi Fountain
San Clemente
Cappucine Church (with bone grave)
Piazza Navonna
Pantheon
Trastevere - Santa Maria Church
Rome is about the streets, piazza's, life..