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Subject: Re: travelling to Italy - need your advice!!! Posted on: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:37:39 BST


"The Reid" wrote in message
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> On 25 Apr 2007 09:57:07 -0700, dingodog_1979@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>2. Car rental: we were planning to fly to Milan and then rent a car
>>and drive to Rome and fly back to the States from there. What is the
>>best place to rent a car in terms of a). rates; b). reliability; c).
>>pick up/drop off in different cities.
>
> I use Europcar, many US people find driving in Italy difficult, it
> faster, more aggressive and the roads are narrower. So plan to just
> drive between places then park the car and walk around the town you
> are in. I found Sienna, Bologna, Firenze and Venice* the best places
> so far. If you want some real driving fun theres always Napoli. A lot
> of people like the Amalfi coast, to me its just so so.

If you do drive a car be aware that you won't be able to take it into
Sienna...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.