Comments on: Best place in Italy for a city break other than Rome?

By: BillyB8

BillyB8 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:37:55 +0000

Firenze is always a good bet. Also try the Veneto region. There's Verona with it's amphitheatre, Vicenza for shops. And architecture. Padua is a lively university city and the track ends in Venice. Just get lost in the back streets.

By: tommyrox

tommyrox — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:34:30 +0000

UMBRIA !!!!(ASSISI-PERUGIA-ORVIETO-NORCIA-ECC...)

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:49:00 +0000

If you plan to shop in Venice you'll spend a lot of money and won't find a large variety of shops. For what concerns food it'd be hard to find a place with reasonable prices as Venice is a real tourist trap. Still, it's a gorgeous city, unique as built on the water and very romantic, too bad it looks really sad if u visit in a cloudy or rainy day (i mean, everything's gray and looks dirty). For a girls weekend if not Rome I'd suggest Milan: nice city, lot of history(ever read the davinci code? Milan is where the last supper by L. da Vinci is located) ...and lot of shopping, Milan is Italy's main city when it comes to fashion looks like what u'r looking for?

By: SAPPER

SAPPER — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:35:53 +0000

I second Verona, Romeo Juliet country, good food and Shopping, Nice (no not Neece as in France) but Very Nice,

By: jane john doe

jane john doe — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:42:52 +0000

Venice

jane

By: Max

Max — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:11:04 +0000

Verona without a doubt, the Centro Storico is super and has it all including the obligatory Roman Arena.

By: Lynn B

Lynn B — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:45:34 +0000

Try Sorrento, I went there with friends last year and it's reallt nice. Capri is a ferry ride away and it has loads of shops. There are plenty of restaurants and bars in Sorrento

By: DuncE

DuncE — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:18:33 +0000

It has to be Florence. Don't even look any further!

By: VictorMeldrew**

**Victor**Meldrew** — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:22:06 +0000

Venice, absolutely lovely. but take some serious spending money with you though as some of the places are not cheap.
if you want to eat in st marks square that is very expensive and be wary of sitting down to order just a drink as a lot of the popular places have a surcharge for not eating of between 8 - 15 euros.
the taxis are around 60 euros for each trip and the gondolas are around 150 euros for an hour. but you can catch the water busses for around 30 euros for a 3 day pass which isn't bad compared to the taxis.

the food is amazing in some of the restaurants, again can be pricey but you can find all levels of cost to suit you, you just have to look around a bit.
if you go you must go to murano and see the glass factory, the glass there is exquisite, we came back with 6 champagne glasses for 700 euros, well they get delivered to you back in the UK.

oh and also visit burano, they have some of the best lace in the world, all made on the island.

By: stephen t

stephen t — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:35:49 +0000

Florence is a good place to visit I recommend it.