> wrote:
>> Hi! My husband and I (we live in the US) are going to travel to Italy
>> for about two weeks in Aug - Sept. Neither of us speaks Italian or has
>> prior travel experience traveling to Italy, so we need your advice
> It's almost sacrilege in this newsgroup, but I'd say your best
> bet for a first-time trip to Italy is to book with a tour group
> such as Trafalgar.
> That way, you avoid hotel-hunting, worries about where and what
> to eat, rental cars and language problems -- and still see all
> the major sights.
All of the things you mention are very easy in Italy. No hotel? Go
to the tourist office in any airport or train station and they'll hook
you up. What to eat? Italy is full of great restaurants, just walk
around and go into a place with locals - instead of the restaurants
they take tour groups, which are mostly tacky, overpriced, and
mediocre. Language problems? A little Italian will enhance your
experience, but you can get by fine in English. Getting around? Take
the train unless you are visiting tiny villages. And tours are much
more expensive than doing it on your own for the same level of
accommodation, plus you are stuck to the tour's schedule, which
usually means 9 cities in 11 days or something awful like that.
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