We are traveling to northern italy and renting a car. Trying to decide between Bergamo area and Trentino-Alto Adige, specifically somewhere like Lago di Garda. I saw a photo of Garda in your post. Would you recommend one over the other?
My question is… where to start?! In between reading this and talking at MG and with friends, I get the impression that Italy will be one of those places that I will keep going back to… but for those of us with analysis paralysis, where do you suggest for an initial trip I want it all! The amaro! The food! Emilia Romagna?
Great question! I think the first timer could do Rome or Naples, then head to the countryside (Tuscany/Umbria/Abruzzo) for small village life. Rent a car and explore. Then end in a different region. So maybe Naples, Abruzzo, Bologna for example. You’d see both coasts, a variety of foods and culture and mix big city with medical villages. That’s what I would do for a first visit. Could do that in 8 days. Or Rome for a few nights, then road trip through Tuscany, drop the car in Florence. Stay a couple nights and then train to Genoa or Verona or Venice. Or catch a flight from Florence to Palermo or Catania. (1 1/2 flight direct). If you saw Rome, rural Tuscany, Florence and Sicily that’d be an epic 10-14 days with a wide variety of everything!
We are traveling to northern italy and renting a car. Trying to decide between Bergamo area and Trentino-Alto Adige, specifically somewhere like Lago di Garda. I saw a photo of Garda in your post. Would you recommend one over the other?
Sorry I didn’t see this soon enough! But I did answer on the other post. 🥂🤌🍝🍕
My question is… where to start?! In between reading this and talking at MG and with friends, I get the impression that Italy will be one of those places that I will keep going back to… but for those of us with analysis paralysis, where do you suggest for an initial trip I want it all! The amaro! The food! Emilia Romagna?
Great question! I think the first timer could do Rome or Naples, then head to the countryside (Tuscany/Umbria/Abruzzo) for small village life. Rent a car and explore. Then end in a different region. So maybe Naples, Abruzzo, Bologna for example. You’d see both coasts, a variety of foods and culture and mix big city with medical villages. That’s what I would do for a first visit. Could do that in 8 days. Or Rome for a few nights, then road trip through Tuscany, drop the car in Florence. Stay a couple nights and then train to Genoa or Verona or Venice. Or catch a flight from Florence to Palermo or Catania. (1 1/2 flight direct). If you saw Rome, rural Tuscany, Florence and Sicily that’d be an epic 10-14 days with a wide variety of everything!