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Any advice for a family holiday to Italy in July

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 11:23

We are planning a holiday to Italy in July with our young children. We will probably fly into Rome and start from there. Any advice on places to stay with kids, must do activities, hiring a car, catching the train etc would be appreciated. Do you think I should plan the holiday or should I go to a travel agent? Is there any activities or tourist things that I should pre-book before we go? Thanks for any advice :)

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 18:25
thanks to all for your info :)
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 18:24
Green-ish took her children to Italy last year. She has a great recall for details and is very helpful. Even though she has gone back to Australia she still pops in from time to time. If you put a message out to her I am sure she will respond. HTH :) Thanks CT I will do that :)
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 14:40
Hi ladies! As i was living in italy for a while and hubby is italian,so i might give you some tips.. For a 10 day trip, manubhadauria, you'll be' very busy seeing all those cities.. I would suggest you fly into Rome, stay there 2-3 days and then head to toscany by train.. If you like the countryside i can give you the address of a very unique "agriturismo", its located close to florence, pisa, lucca, vinci and other beautiful places (but you would need to rent a car).. Then head towards padova, which is just in between venice and verona. You can easily go to venice and verona by train. There's a very lovely hotel just in the historical centre of padova. You also spend less for the hotel than in venice. Emirates is flying from/to venice.. If you want/need more information you can write me on alexa _ vanessa (at) web (dot) de hey thnks very much and we love countryside more and renting a car is best thing. would mail you soon.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 14:08
Hi ladies! As i was living in italy for a while and hubby is italian,so i might give you some tips.. For a 10 day trip, manubhadauria, you'll be' very busy seeing all those cities.. I would suggest you fly into Rome, stay there 2-3 days and then head to toscany by train.. If you like the countryside i can give you the address of a very unique "agriturismo", its located close to florence, pisa, lucca, vinci and other beautiful places (but you would need to rent a car).. Then head towards padova, which is just in between venice and verona. You can easily go to venice and verona by train. There's a very lovely hotel just in the historical centre of padova. You also spend less for the hotel than in venice. Emirates is flying from/to venice.. If you want/need more information you can write me on alexa _ vanessa (at) web (dot) de Completely agree! The agriturismo is the best solution for Italy, especially in Tuscany & Umbria! There are amazing villas, reasonably prices too, where the kids can enjoy running around in the garden and swimming, when you are not busy visiting places and eating good food. Good website I always recommend are: www.homeaway.com and www.cuendet.com You will be fine both choosing train, or renting a car. And July is also a very clever choice, as Italy will be busy, but not like August, I would say. It really depends if you prefer to see as many cities as possible, or if you prefer to chill out and concentrate on an area of Italy. Have fun! Done it twice and loved it.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 14:06
Green-ish took her children to Italy last year. She has a great recall for details and is very helpful. Even though she has gone back to Australia she still pops in from time to time. If you put a message out to her I am sure she will respond. HTH :)
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 13:53
Incase it's of any interest, I once stayed at a very good Eurocamp site on the Adriatic coast of Italy, near Venice on the Lido di Jessolo (Marina de Venezia, I think it was called) which was one of the best holidays we ever had as a family (our son was 3 then). It has a fabulous water park on site as well as activities, kids clubs, a massive beach, cafes and restaurants, train rides, play parks and entertainment such as kids discos and parties.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 13:37
Hi ladies! As i was living in italy for a while and hubby is italian,so i might give you some tips.. For a 10 day trip, manubhadauria, you'll be' very busy seeing all those cities.. I would suggest you fly into Rome, stay there 2-3 days and then head to toscany by train.. If you like the countryside i can give you the address of a very unique "agriturismo", its located close to florence, pisa, lucca, vinci and other beautiful places (but you would need to rent a car).. Then head towards padova, which is just in between venice and verona. You can easily go to venice and verona by train. There's a very lovely hotel just in the historical centre of padova. You also spend less for the hotel than in venice. Emirates is flying from/to venice.. If you want/need more information you can write me on alexa _ vanessa (at) web (dot) de
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 11:53
hi juzzrach. we are also planning a holiday to italy from 1-10 july. that's my personal opinion but i like planning holidays on my own rather then going to agent (as had bad exp with one) . i am searching on net ,alot,whether we can cover france and italy together in that time. would keep you posted if found anything good. in italy so far i have come up with- rome,venice,verona,naples, florence and tuscany. have to cut down i think! :)
 
 

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