Traveling to Italy -- tips? (Part Deux)

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: RichieZ
rome: you don't need to pay to use the subway system

theres like an open gate right next to the booths, the cops are standing behind it but they are really just sitting there talking and laughing. just walk through nonchalantly and you won't be stopped.

rofl, can you comment on the italian prison system first before i try that? 😀

 

[Glavinsolo]

Originally posted by: RichieZ
rome: you don't need to pay to use the subway system

theres like an open gate right next to the booths, the cops are standing behind it but they are really just sitting there talking and laughing. just walk through nonchalantly and you won't be stopped.

They'll shoot you!

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo

Originally posted by: RichieZ
rome: you don't need to pay to use the subway system

theres like an open gate right next to the booths, the cops are standing behind it but they are really just sitting there talking and laughing. just walk through nonchalantly and you won't be stopped.

They'll shoot you!

hey worked for me, i wast just there in march. found out about it from a friend who was studying abroad there, she never paid and never got fined

stuff to do in rome (list my friend sent me):
Villa Borghese/Galleria Borghese
Piazza del Popolo
Spanish Steps
Via Condotti (SHOPPING!!)...it's right next to Spanish Steps...you can see the Dior store from the Steps
Trevi Fountain
Victor Emmanuel II Monument (typewriter)
Pantheon
Vatican City/St. Peter's Basilica/Sistine Chapel/Vatican Museums
Trastevere district
Colosseum
Roman Forum
Capitoline Hill/Capitoline Museums
Imperial Forum
Palatine Hill
San Clemente
Pyramid of Caius Cestius

 

[sygyzy]

Uh you do need to pay to use the Roman subway.

 

[Turkish]

my best suggestion would be to stay away from the restaurants around main tourist attractions. not authentic and overpriced.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Turkish
St. Peter's is weird. I had pants when I visited the church, but apparently they are not very happy about people wearing shorts, so just be cautious about that... anyways, you'll like Rome. Dirty as hell, lots of homeless people, sh!tty traffic, crazy drivers, etc. I love it, reminds me of my home: Istanbul 🙂

haha, but fewer pushy vendors!

I loved Rome, it's just chock-full of neat looking old buildings, and is small enough that you can just walk from one to the other and see a bunch in a day. The Piazza di Venezia was REALLY impressive.

 

[Regs]

Bring toilet paper.

 

[Jawo]

Thanks alot! I am going to Italy the last two weeks of June. Starting in Milan, then Verona, Venice, Florance, Siena, Rome and Naples/Capri

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: Turkish
St. Peter's is weird. I had pants when I visited the church, but apparently they are not very happy about people wearing shorts, so just be cautious about that... anyways, you'll like Rome. Dirty as hell, lots of homeless people, sh!tty traffic, crazy drivers, etc. I love it, reminds me of my home: Istanbul 🙂

haha, but fewer pushy vendors!

lol 😱

 

[DaWhim]

i have a travel guide to the northern italy, pm me if you want it

 

[kami333]

Take the "Secret Itineraries" tour at the Doges Palace in Venice, I think it was at 11:30 or something. They take you through some rooms that aren't open to the public and get into some interesting history.

Gondola+wine+dusk=:thumbsup:

 

[kosstamogen]

If you're going to the Sistine Chapel, they close early, some thing like noontime not sure. You definitely want to check times before you go and go early.

Pick pockets for me waited til the subway door opens, then in the mad rush to get in they bunch up against you and try to pick ur pocket. I saw mostly young kids 5-12 yrs old boys and girls.

 

[Eltano1]

Wow, it seems that we are going to have ANANDTECH convention in Italy. I'm going to the Northen part next month.

Eltano

 

[davestar]

(1) Vatican museums (and Sistine Chapel) close pretty damn early.
(2) Eat at trattorias and avoid places with menus turistico like the plague
(3) Hang out on a plaza at an enoteca (wine bar/cellar)
(4) "vino rosso della casa"
(5) Learn how to pronounce Italian even if you only manage to learn a few phrases

 

[EKKC]

i bought a phrasebook today after work, and a fodors travel guide as well. if they suck i'll just return them to B&N.
lol @ the thought of meeting ATOT ppl at ITALY...

 

[Glavinsolo]

Originally posted by: EKKC
i bought a phrasebook today after work, and a fodors travel guide as well. if they suck i'll just return them to B&N.
lol @ the thought of meeting ATOT ppl at ITALY...

Let me know how those books are. I won't be going until next summer so I have quite a bit of time to plan.

 

[EKKC]

my gf didnt like the Fodor's See It Italy guide book so i returned it (she said its too general for the entire Italy, and we're not going to Sicily, Turin, Tuscany etc so those are basically useless), i guess im gonna just buy a Rome guide (since i'll be there 4 days) and a Flornece one (3 days), but since i wont be in Venice for more than 48 hours (arrive night, spend one day, then wake up at 5am the next morning for amsterdam for flight back)

i'd like to spend more time in venice but didnt really hear great things about it (esp. the part being it smells!!! argh) thats why only 2 days in venice, i guess i'll do my research online.

my friend has AAA membership, i hope he can get me some free book as well. lol.
i looked at the phrase book, i flipped it open to a random page and what do i see? translation for "i've been raped" :Q:Q:Q