06-17-2011, 01:28 PM
I also second, or third the suggestion to check out hotel recommendations on Trip Advisor. They are a great source of information, and I have been very happy with the advice I have gotten from the reviews there.
My daughter just left Italy, she was there for a week. I was on a studies abroad program there, for a quarter back, in the late 70's and I have been back once since.
There are great things to do everywhere you go, just pick the things that are most to your liking.
My daughter was most impressed by the Sistine Chapel. I have not been back, since the restoration, extreme cleaning, and she said it was one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen. When I was there, it was very dark and hard to make out any details, apparently now it is back to the way it looked when it was painted, or at least close. I would say not to miss St. Peters, the Vatican museums, papal apartments, and the Sistine, while in Rome. There is so much else to see also. She said it was very hot in Rome and that she nearly passed out while waiting to get into the Coliseum, so keep a water bottle handy, we don't want anyone falling down from dehydration.
Also, I second the idea about getting a reservation to the Uffizi, she waited too late, and said the line was just too long to even think of waiting. She had been once before, when we took her as a small child, but she didn't remember much of it, so it was a shame she didn't get to go back, so do make your reservation, before you leave the states, if possible.
Be sure to drink a cappuccino for me and maybe have a small gelato, any flavor you like, yummy!
My daughter just left Italy, she was there for a week. I was on a studies abroad program there, for a quarter back, in the late 70's and I have been back once since.
There are great things to do everywhere you go, just pick the things that are most to your liking.
My daughter was most impressed by the Sistine Chapel. I have not been back, since the restoration, extreme cleaning, and she said it was one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen. When I was there, it was very dark and hard to make out any details, apparently now it is back to the way it looked when it was painted, or at least close. I would say not to miss St. Peters, the Vatican museums, papal apartments, and the Sistine, while in Rome. There is so much else to see also. She said it was very hot in Rome and that she nearly passed out while waiting to get into the Coliseum, so keep a water bottle handy, we don't want anyone falling down from dehydration.
Also, I second the idea about getting a reservation to the Uffizi, she waited too late, and said the line was just too long to even think of waiting. She had been once before, when we took her as a small child, but she didn't remember much of it, so it was a shame she didn't get to go back, so do make your reservation, before you leave the states, if possible.
Be sure to drink a cappuccino for me and maybe have a small gelato, any flavor you like, yummy!
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