Italy Travel Tips

Are you a Solo Traveler?

Which is better for you? Solo travel or Group Tours? That depends on how you like to travel, how comfortable you are with traveling by yourself or with family and friends and how much you enjoy planning a trip.
Italy is an easy place to find tours that cater…

Buying Gifts in Italy

Every time I go to Italy I want to bring a few things home for family and friends. With all the restrictions on what you can bring on airplanes and the undependable Italian postal system it can be perplexing.
Over the years I have found a few things that people…

Continuing to Plan My Trip to Italy, Part 2
Continuing to Plan My Trip to Italy, Part 2

Thought I would let you see my process for planning my recent spring trip to Italy by reading entries in my journal: 
Tuesday, March 15 – I started researching where we can spend the first day/night of our trip.  Nice is further from Milan than…

Day 1 in Italy Continuing From Milan to Florence
Day 1 in Italy Continuing From Milan to Florence

When you leave the bus you enter the mass confusion that is Milano Centrale, the main train station in Italy.   I had printed out the train schedule before leaving home so I knew about when the next express train to Florence would be leaving.
I had enough…

Day 1 in Italy – From Milan to Florence
Day 1 in Italy – From Milan to Florence

I decided to take the bus from Milan’s Malpensa Airport to Milano Centrale, the main train station in Milan.  I have taken the bus a number of times and though the trip is long it is no longer than a taxi and much cheaper, especially for a single traveler.…

Developing An Itinerary For Your Trip to Italy

How do you develop a travel itinerary? In other words, how do you get where you want to go and where should you stay when you get there?
Some travelers like to wing it when they travel. No hotel reservations, no advance purchase of train tickets or reservations…

Eagle Creek Travel Gear Dual Wattage International Converter Set
Eagle Creek Travel Gear Dual Wattage International Converter Set

Do you know someone who is taking their first trip abroad next year?  Chances are they don’t have a set of converter plugs and they will need a set. 
I have loaned out my set so often that I now buy them as gifts.  They may not be a pretty gift or a fancy gift…

Getting Ready For Your Trip to Italy

You have made your plane and hotel reservations. You know where you will be going and where you will be staying.
There are some other things travelers need to consider. Anyone traveling abroad should be aware of any effects the local landscape and climate…

Kindle Fire Tablet –  Best Travel Gift Ever!
Kindle Fire Tablet – Best Travel Gift Ever!

I recently purchased a Kindle Fire Tablet and I love it. I went back and forth about a thousand times about whether I should buy a Kindle Fire or spend an additional money on an iPad.  Just about everyone at Starbucks has an iPad so I could talk to people and…

Lake Garda: Adventure and Relaxation in Northern Italy
Lake Garda: Adventure and Relaxation in Northern Italy

Lake Garda holidays boast a variety of options depending on which end of the lake you choose to stay. Located in the north between the Verona, Brescia and Trento provinces, Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy with its natural environment encompassing…

 
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