Posted by Nick on August 10, 2010
If you’re planning a trip to visit Rome, your Rome travel guide may not list all of the amazing free sights to see in Rome. Taking a trip to Rome, Italy can be an expensive trip, which is what makes all of the free Rome sightseeing a bonus for budget savvy travelers looking for a cheap Rome itinerary.
Here are 15 free Rome attractions you can check out when you do your Rome traveling:
- St. Peter’s Basilica
- September’s White Night
- Largo di Torre Argentina square
- The Pantheon
- Numismatic Museum of the Italian Mint
- Janiculum Hill, or Gianicolo Hill as it is called in Italy
- On the last Sunday of the month you can visit the Vatican Museum free of charge
- Protestant Cemetery, also known as the “Non-Catholic Cemetery”
- La Bocca della Verita, or “The Mouth of Truth,” at the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
- Wander the Campo dei Fiori open air market
- The Capuchin Crypt under the Santa Maria della Immacolata Concezione church
- Climb the Spanish steps in the Piazza di Spagna towards the Trinita dei Monti
- Arco di Constantino
- Explore the Roman fountains throughout the city
- See the Roman Pyramid
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Posted by Nick on June 7, 2010
If you are planning a trip to Italy, and you want to see all of it (or at least a lot), you will need to plan for your transportation. Italy is a long country and getting from Northern Italy all the way down to the toe of the boot can take a long time. You may even find that your method of transportation doesn’t take you to all the places you want to go in Italy.
Fortunately, you do have a few options on how to travel within Italy while you are there.
If you are only hitting the major cities and tourist destinations, you can stick with trains or planes. There are flights available within Italy on some of the European budget airlines, like easyJet. Trains will definitely hit more cities than the planes, but it will be a slower form of travel. When traveling by train, you can enjoy the picturesque Italian scenery as it flies by your window.
For places in Italy that are off-the-beaten path, you can rent a car and drive yourself. Highways and roads are well-developed in Northern Italy. You will find the same to be true to a lesser extent in Southern Italy. Speed at your own risk, at it can be costly. The law allows for a 5% overage, which means you can safely go 5% over the speed limit without getting a ticket.
If you don’t want to drive yourself, but you want to go to places that are not serviced by the trains, opt for taking a bus. Bus service is available in most all cities and towns in Italy, but it may involve several transfers.
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Posted by Nick on April 2, 2010
Val Tidone, Italy is located in the Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy.
Val Tidone is a good area for wine enthusiasts to visit. Start by going through Borogonovo. There you can check out the impressive castle. In fact, there is no shortage of medieval castles in Val Tidone. There is a vineyard in Ziano. Ziano is the capital town of Val Tidone.
If you go south to Olgisio, you can see a massive fortress.
Posted by Nick on March 17, 2010
If you are visiting Italy no trip is complete without seeing the iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Pisa is situated in the Tuscany region of Italy. Traveling to Pisa is pretty easy and if all you really wanna see if the Leaning Tower you can easily make this a 1/2 day side trip. Do check out the town square in Pisa as it rivals that in Venice for best town square in all of Italy.
Transportation options to travel to Pisa, Italy:
Bus service is available from nearby towns and is clearly the cheapest, and possibly slowest, option. CPT is the bus service that goes to Pisa.
Galileo Galilei International Airport in Pisa is the main airport in the Tuscany region. It is serviced by all the major airlines, including Europe’s budget airlines like easyJet and Ryanair. No flights from the U.S. flight direct to Pisa’s airport.
Plenty of highways travel into Pisa if you want to drive. You can get there from Milan, Rome and Florence.
Two major train routes have stops in Pisa.
- Florence train line
- Rome - Genoa train line
Trenitalia is the national rail service in Italy. Book your tickets in advance or buy them at the train station. The ride from Florence is just one hour.
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Posted by Nick on March 16, 2010
Italy is home to 44 Unesco World Heritage sites, which Lonely Planet notes is more than any other country. The cities of Rome, Florence and Venice all attract art lovers to the Italy. Travelers also visit Italy for its history, its food, its medieval villages and its picturesque scenery. Before packing your bags and heading to Italy a little planning should be done to make sure that your trip is an enjoyable one that includes everything you want to do and see while in Italy.
Schedule your vacation so that it falls in the period of April to June. According to Lonely Planet, this is the best time to visit Italy as the weather is good and the country is not overrun with other tourists.
Use a guide book, such as those by Lonely Planet or Fodor’s, to find things in Italy that you want to see and do. Make a list of all of those things to determine how many things and places you want to see. If you are limited on time you may need to make priority list to see which things or places are the most important in case you have to cut some things from your list.
Give yourself at least two days in every city on your list of places to visit in Italy. If you have a lot of things you want to see in the city then go for three or four days. You may be able to do some cities, such as Pisa, in only a half day on the way to another city. This is a good plan if you only have one small thing to see in a city.
Remember to factor in travel time when you are making out your itinerary for seeing Rome. If you are taking trains you can view the schedules on the Trenitalia website. Be sure to leave some time in your schedule for possible delays in case the train does not leave on time.
Pick a transportation method to get to Italy and get around. According to Lonely Planet, you can travel to Italy by plane, car, bus, train or ship. Lonely Planet also mentions that bus travel is the cheapest if you are traveling from within Europe but that it can take longer than train travel. For direct flights from the United States, book with Delta, Alitalia, Continental Airlines, United or US Airways.
Book a hotel or other place to sleep. According to the Italian Government Tourist Board, there are around 40,000 hotels in Italy. Luxury and boutique hotels in Italy can be booked on the Italy Traveller website. Other types of hotels and lodging can be booked on the Venere website.
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