Italy: Assisi, Rome, Sorrento
Kevin
advice from this group of savvy travellers. Thanks for your help!
We would like advice on what you have enjoyed seeing and doing in the 3
cited locations. (We have previously seen the "highlights" of Rome, i.e.
Vatican, Pantheon, Forum, Coliseum). We like history, architecture, art,
and good Italian food (who doesn't?)
Here is our itinerary, and after discounting travel time we will have:
3 days in the Assisi/Umbria area.
3 days in Rome
6 days in Sorrento (interested in the area from Naples to Amalfi coast to
Paestum)
On arrival in Rome, we pick up a car and spend a few days in Umbria (staying
2 nights in Hotel Brunamonti, Bevagna; then 2 nights at the Agriturismo
Malvarina near Assisi).
We return the car to the airport and spend 4 nights in Hotel Forum, Rome
(we're running in the Rome Marathon on Palm Sunday, so that will be our
primary focus).
Next, we take the train to Sorrento (Hotel Il Nido) for 7 nights.
We finish off with 2 nights in Rome (Residenza San Pantaleo, nr. Piazza
Navona), before returning to Canada.
We welcome opinions on the hotels we have chosen and tips on dining and
sightseeing.
Thanks,
Kevin
cucuzzahead
In Rome, have a meal in the Jewish section of town. Find a restaurant that
serves deep fried artichoke. Also, they have the best arribiata there.
Be sure to go to Paestum to get the buffalo mozzarella. The ruins are OK,
but the mozzarella is to die for.
Vincenzo
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Helen Donegan
places I can recommend I don't know where to begin! If you have any
specific questions I will be more than happy to answer them. I have also
got a friend in the Sorrento area who is going to starting writing for
my ezine about his part of Italy - I am sure he can answer any question
you have on the Campania region. I hope you have a great holiday here -
and enjoy Assisi, which is one of most beautiful places in the world.
--
Helen Donegan, editor Italywithus.com -
a free monthly eZine.
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john walton
bee-line for the Sistine Chapel. That way you will have time to really see
the paintings. I would read "The Agony and the Ecstasy" on the plane going
over. You can usually convince the guards that you aren't really going the
wrong way. The sculpture gallery in the Vat Museum is also wonderful. I
have found that most of the restaurants, despite the fact that they serve to
large crowds, actually have good food in and around the Vatican. If the
Farenese is open (for some reason, it usually isn't, and I don't know why)
see this museum. The Doria Pamhpilii is also a great museum which doesn't
get an enormous amount of traffic. Watch out for pickpockets on the
subways. Of the basilicae, I like St. John Lateran for its striking
interior. If you like walking, you can include a jaunt to S. Pietro in
Vincoli to see Michelangelo's "Moses". I wonder whether they have changed
the "light" boxes to accept the new Euro-coins.
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Sulpicia
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> When you go to the Vatican Museum, make sure to get there early, and make
a
> bee-line for the Sistine Chapel. That way you will have time to really
see
> the paintings. I would read "The Agony and the Ecstasy" on the plane
going
> over. You can usually convince the guards that you aren't really going
the
> wrong way. The sculpture gallery in the Vat Museum is also wonderful. I
> have found that most of the restaurants, despite the fact that they serve
to
> large crowds, actually have good food in and around the Vatican. If the
> Farenese is open (for some reason, it usually isn't, and I don't know why)
> see this museum. The Doria Pamhpilii is also a great museum which doesn't
> get an enormous amount of traffic. Watch out for pickpockets on the
> subways. Of the basilicae, I like St. John Lateran for its striking
> interior. If you like walking, you can include a jaunt to S. Pietro in
> Vincoli to see Michelangelo's "Moses". I wonder whether they have changed
> the "light" boxes to accept the new Euro-coins.
>
Not yet (as of February 23rd)
--
Sulpicia
me
> advice from this group of savvy travellers. Thanks for your help!
>
> We would like advice on what you have enjoyed seeing and doing in the 3
> cited locations. (We have previously seen the "highlights" of Rome, i.e.
> Vatican, Pantheon, Forum, Coliseum). We like history, architecture, art,
> and good Italian food (who doesn't?)
>
> Here is our itinerary, and after discounting travel time we will have:
>
> 3 days in the Assisi/Umbria area.
My "don't miss" list would include Perugia and Cortona. Passigimano
is nice but this time of year might be just a bit cool and deserted.
But if ya like sea food I'm always told that's the place to have it.
I don't so I ended up eating alot of "Fungi".
> 3 days in Rome
[snip]
Make sure that you have visited/eaten in Terestevere. It's a part
of Rome (well sort of, the name means out side the wall or other side of
the Tiber or something) that alot of folks miss.
They have english speaking graduate students that give walking tours
in Rome. They are studying history predominately (some might be doing
art history). I understand they are quite knowledgable and very
inexpensive. I think the organization that runs it has some sort of
web presence.
Ken Blake
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> "Kevin" <mack...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
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> > We soon leave for a 3 week trip to Italy, which we have
partly planned with
> > advice from this group of savvy travellers. Thanks for your
help!
> >
> > We would like advice on what you have enjoyed seeing and
doing in the 3
> > cited locations. (We have previously seen the "highlights" of
Rome, i.e.
> > Vatican, Pantheon, Forum, Coliseum). We like history,
architecture, art,
> > and good Italian food (who doesn't?)
> >
Sorry to correct spelling, but if you're looking for someplace,
it's important to know how to spell it. It's "Trastevere."
> It's a part
> of Rome (well sort of,
Yes, of course it is part of Rome--no "sort of" at all.
> the name means out side the wall or other side of
> the Tiber or something) that alot of folks miss.
"Tras" mean "across," and "Tevere" is the Italian name for the
Tiber. It means "across the Tiber."
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Ken Blake
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me
>
> > It's a part
> > of Rome (well sort of,
>
>
> Yes, of course it is part of Rome--no "sort of" at all.
>
>
> > the name means out side the wall or other side of
> > the Tiber or something) that alot of folks miss.
>
>
> "Tras" mean "across," and "Tevere" is the Italian name for the
> Tiber. It means "across the Tiber."
Well, my understanding is that it was formed by folks banished
from the city and sent outside the "walls" of Rome.
Barbara Vaughan
Where did you hear that?
Barbara
me
> me wrote:
[snip]
> > > "Tras" mean "across," and "Tevere" is the Italian name for the
> > > Tiber. It means "across the Tiber."
> >
> > Well, my understanding is that it was formed by folks banished
> > from the city and sent outside the "walls" of Rome.
>
> Where did you hear that?
>
Actually, I believe the usual response is "cite?".
Ooooo. That's a tough one. My head is full of useless trivia
but source is often lost. My guess would be a Fodor's guide or
some such thang.
Barbara Vaughan
My recollection from some other guide is that it was started by a small
community of fisherman who operated a ferry.
Rome didn't have a wall for most of its history. There was a wall
enclosing a very small part of the city in Republican times, but when
Rome was a great empire there was no need of a wall around the city; the
"wall" was the Roman frontier. The 3rd century emperor Aurelius built a
wall when the frontier defenses were falling apart. By that time
Trastevere already existed.
Barbara