My wife an I will be meeting our adult children in Italy in late September. We'll stay for 10 days with them.
We need some sudgestions as to an itenerary. They have both traveled in Italy but this is our first visit. Their advice is to go to smaller cities where we would get a good flavor of Italy. We will be staying longer then they will so we will have time to visit Rome, etc.
We would appreciate any advice you could provide.
Thank you,
Frank
Dear Frank:
Not knowing the city where you will be visiting your children, it’s hard to map out an itinerary for you. I would simply suggest that in addition to visiting the major locations (Rome, Florence, Venice), you consider making detours (via car or train) to: Lucca (a city near Pisa, receiving little tourism and thus offering a view of the authentic Italy); San Gimignano (near Florence, and although heavily touristed, still a fine experience of Italy); either Perugia or Spoleto in Umbria (in the province directly north of Rome, thoroughly Italian and with wonderfuly evocative architectural sites); the Amalfi coast near Naples (heavily touristed but still indispensable).
Buon Viaggi! Arthur Frommer
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