Le Monsieur and I spent most of the weekend hunkered down at home to start mapping out our itinerary and booking activities for our trip to Italy at the end of the month. Our first visit to Rome was brief 3 full days and we felt as though we barely scratched the surface. We did squeeze in a guided Coliseum tour, and walked ourselves through the Forum ruins, the Vatican museum and St. And gelato. In a city like Rome, or Paris, for that matter it can be very hard to narrow down what to see and do, especially on a shorter visit.
We rely on a variety of sources for suggestions for accommodations, activities and dining. How do you set your itineraries when traveling? Do you mostly plan ahead, leave it until you arrive, or a mix of both? Images via Wikimedia Commons. Sadly, most of the photos I took on our first trip to Italy were lost when my laptop crashed a few months later. Now, in addition to backing up my laptop to an external drive, I upload all of my photos to Dropbox!
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Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. I live in Italy and often take friends and family around when they visit. While I have the benefit of local knowledge and language skills, I give people the same tips as you do in your excellent advice. His advise has guided my planning in the right direction all through Europe. Loveth your organization and plans for no plans…Well orchestrated…Now for the implementation….
I find the site Momondo best for airfares, and Rome2Rio very useful for planning how to physically get from place to place within a country train vs bus vs rental car, route, distance, fares, etc.
