How to do Rome?
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- nthkl0
Yes, watch out for pick pockets. Have your passport either in the hotel safe or on a sleeve inside your shirt. I had some friends in a sleeper train gassed and all their passports, valuables taken. When on the train, just put your back back in front, not back. So you can manage the zippers.
- monospaced0
You would like Siena (really great gothic architecture, narrow alleys, tons of history), but it's not exactly near Rome. Say hi to our black beauty italian stallion.
- +1. Sienna is legit. It's perched on a mountain top (for defense) and requires an adventure to get there. Especially if you rent a fiat, which needs a tail windnthkl
- ridg00260
If you do end up in Florence, make sure you go and Michaelangelo's David at the Accademia -- it really is unbelievable.
- also, totally unrelated but watch SPRING -- I just watched it yesterday (takes place in Italy) and it was pretty good: https://www.youtube.…ridg0026
- dammit https://www.youtube.…ridg0026
- formed0
Pompeii was on strike when I was there. Literally. We took the train there, etc., just to learn they decided to close it (this happened numerous times on the trains, too, they'd just 'stop' for a few hours in the middle of nowhere!).
So we ended up going to Herculaneum, which was pretty cool too.
This was years ago, but just a heads up. Things don't run the same over there!
- scarabin0
i think i'm gonna fly into rome, do rome stuffs, stay the night there then rent a car and head south to herculaneum and pompeii, stopping in naples for some legit pizza. stay in naples overnight after exploring the ruined cities. head back up to florence, stay and do shit there for a couple days, then go further north to venice, stay at a B&B there, then head west to milan to see the ossuary and bug georges before taking a train back to rome for my flight home. i've found a dozen or so non-touristy hidden gems i'll stop at along the way (grottoes, medical museums, relics, an ancient pharmacy)
- jasontroj0
We walked everywhere, a few times though we needed a car so we use Uber now that they are in Rome. This will prevent you from having to deal with a taxi that just makes up a price that usually isn't fair. Cause half the taxis will rip you off with non-metered prices.
- jasontroj0
Oh and my favorite all time restaurant.
Osteria Margutta, it's near the Spanish Steps too.
- kingkong2
in the ass
- kingkong0
I'm there every month.
best restaurant: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/pl…
best place to stay:
https://uk.hotels.com/ho450061/s…best pizza:
http://www.lirioni.it/en/homepag…do all the museums
Walk alot
- bainbridge0
Subway is easy and when I was there you could just walk in without paying (buses too). You're not supposed to, but everyone did it and no one stopped you.
Watch out for pickpockets though.
- goldieboy0
From my girlfriend who's from Rome:
You need at least three days in Rome to see all the sites. Best way to go around is by moped, cars are only allowed in the centre of town at certain times, parking is expensive and difficult to find plus traffic is a nightmare. You can visit Naples in a day, have pizza at Da Michele, the best in the world, but go early (before 1 pm) as the queue is crazy. You might be able to see Pompeii and Ercolano in one day if you have an early start. You should spend a couple of days in Florence and same for Venice. I can give you contact details for a cool apartment in Venice. From there is much quicker to go to Milan than Rome for your inbound flight.
- And visit the Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Via Veneto, 27. It's in Rome not far from Spanish Stepsgoldieboy
- I might be in Rome myself during June... Meeting her family for the first time :)goldieboy
- that venice info would be great, thanks!scarabin
- We stayed here:
https://www.airbnb.c…goldieboy - Great place, great location too. I'll get my gf to dig-out a direct email for yougoldieboy
- nice. cute place!scarabin
- nthkl0
Favorites are Arrezo, Sienna, Rome, Florence, Venice.
But out of all of them, Rome belittles you. The ruins and coliseum are magnificent. Just be sure to rotate your backpack to your chest on the train. Pick pocketers making bank there.
- nthkl0
I actually used this site and the travel agents were great. They'll even get you a mercedes to the airport: https://www.italyvacations.com/v…
- set0
Do as the Romans do
- scarabin0
they broke it down pretty well here over a 3-day period http://goitaly.about.com/od/rome…
then i can add a day or two for pompeii and whatever else i feel like doing
- GeorgesIV0
How long are you planning to be here for?
if you ever come north to milan, i'll beer you :)- black beauty stallion!monospaced
- i'm thinking a week in the last half of junescarabin
- i may go north to venice, if i have time i'll see if i can make a stop in milanscarabin
- eatbreathdrive0
Damn georges beer me too bruh!