Italy

A legal dispute that began with a tourist requesting tap water at a hotel restaurant in the Italian Dolomites has ended with Italy’s highest court ruling that serving tap water is not a guaranteed consumer right. The case started in 2019 when a woman spent the Christmas and New...

We just completed a 14-day trip through Italy and Switzerland with two families and two children under the age of two. Everything was planned independently without a travel agent or tour operator. Here are some of the key takeaways and challenges we encountered: Walking surfaces...

I was traveling in northern Italy and ran into a few situations I did not fully understand. I will be going back soon, so I want to know how these things actually work there. 1. Buying stamps I was trying to send postcards home and was told to go to a tabacchi. I visited several...

Looking for advice on our 16-night Italy itinerary (May 27 to June 12). My girlfriend and I are traveling soon and we are trying to balance variety without feeling rushed. Neither of us is very focused on museums, but we enjoy villages, landscapes, and wineries. I originally...

We only have about 7 days for a trip to Italy (June 24–July 1) due to wedding and family plans, so our time is quite limited. We’re trying to decide between: Rome + Florence only or Rome + Florence + Venice We’ve heard that 7 days might be too rushed for 3 cities, but we are...

I visited Florence about 11 months ago and rented a car during my stay. I recently received a notice for a speeding violation, indicating I was over the limit by more than 10 km/h but under 40 km/h. The fine listed is €375, which increases to €388 on the payment page. According...

I will be traveling to Italy from June 20 to June 28 from the USA and I am looking for recommendations on what to buy at Italian pharmacies or local drugstores. I am especially interested in products that are popular or higher quality in Italy compared to what we typically get...

Since I have gained a lot of useful information from this subreddit, I wanted to share a trip report from our recent journey through northern Italy. My wife and I (both in our 60s) just returned from our first trip to Italy. We have traveled to many countries before, but somehow...

A friend of mine, an elderly American woman, recently went out for dinner alone in Trastevere in Rome. She chose a busy restaurant thinking it would indicate good food quality, but later realized most of the other diners were part of tour groups. After what she described as a...

My partner and I (both 29) will be staying in Rome starting May 30 for about 5.5 days. We are staying roughly 8 km from the Colosseum near Tuscolana. We do plan to visit major sites like the Vatican and Colosseum, but we will try to go early in the morning or later in the...

We will be staying in Alpnach for about five days in mid-September, and one person in our group has recently insisted on doing a day trip to Milan. Google suggests the drive is around 2 hours and 38 minutes each way. We will have a rental car for this part of the trip. I am...

I am arriving from New York into Fiumicino Airport (FCO) on 5/5/26 at 8:00 am and plan to go directly to Roma Termini station. Assuming there are no major flight delays, I will need to go through passport control and then take the Leonardo Express train to the city. I am trying...

I am heading to Italy next week and am really excited. I have done a lot of research, especially from this subreddit and others, and put together the following itinerary. I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions. Day 1: Arrive in Rome at 7 AM and take a taxi to the hotel...

Hi everyone, I’ll be traveling in Italy on 16 May 2026 and saw an official notice about a 48-hour nationwide strike covering both public and private sectors, including rail and maritime transport. The notice mentions a general strike affecting the entire railway sector across...

Hi everyone! I’m (25F) going on a business trip to Milan in a few weeks and I’ve extended the trip for 4 nights so that I can go to Lake Como. It’ll be my first solo trip outside of the UK. I want to stay in the centre of Como so that everything is walkable, but I’m undecided...

I was planning a more budget-friendly vacation this August and initially considered Rome, but decided against it due to the heat and the number of paid attractions like museums. So I thought I’d switch things up and focus on nature, hiking, and scenic views instead. The...

I’m currently in Rome near the Pantheon and was shocked to see a gelato shop charging around €18 for a cone, with no clear indication of portion size or number of scoops. In other places I’ve visited, gelato pricing is usually straightforward and reasonable, but here it feels...

I just came back from a three week trip to Italy, and the experience left me with mixed emotions. I have a long personal connection to the country through my Sicilian heritage and have visited many times in the past, though my last trip was back in 2006. Coming from Australia,...

A day trip to Lake Garda from Verona in April 2026 highlights challenges using public transport around the region. The journey started from Peschiera del Garda, where bus schedules from mapping apps indicated a direct route on the LN026 bus toward Sirmione. However, the bus...

I’m partway through a three-week trip across Italy and have already run into multiple train disruptions that I didn’t expect based on my research. The first issue happened when traveling from Rome to Venice. The airport express train from Rome Termini to the airport was delayed,...

We are planning a 2-week trip to Italy in early September and would like feedback on our transportation plan between cities. We will arrive at Florence airport at 11pm and plan to take the T2 tram to the train station, then a taxi to our hotel near Palazzo Vecchio. We are...

I will be visiting Milan soon and noticed that the metro system supports contactless payments like Google Pay. I will be traveling with my mom, whose phone likely does not support this feature. I am wondering if it is possible to tap twice in a row using the same device to pay...

We planned a trip through Italy using high-speed trains between Florence, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome, and expected some delays based on what we had read beforehand. However, in practice, every train we took ended up being delayed, and in one case the train even departed about...