recently returned from a 12-day loop through northern and central Italy. What follows is not a polished influencer reel, but a real traveler’s breakdown—the good, the gritty, and the gelato-fueled.
If Rome is the father of Italy, Florence is the mother of art. Taking the high-speed train (Italo, 1.5 hours) from Rome to Firenze was my first taste of Italian efficiency.
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This was the "postcard" portion of the trip. Cinque Terre (Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore) is fragile. It is beautiful. It is overrun with tourists, but for good reason.
Climbing Brunelleschi’s Dome (463 steps) is a workout. The view from the top? A red-tiled sea stretching to the Tuscan hills. I sat on the marble and just stared for 20 minutes. recently returned from a 12-day loop through northern
In Naples, bypassed the tourist pizzerias on Via dei Tribunali and followed a local into a side alley. Ate pizza fritta (fried pizza) for €5. Life-changing.
~€1,350 (accommodation, trains, food, museums, souvenirs). Would go back? “To Tuscany, for two weeks, with no itinerary.” Taking the high-speed train (Italo, 1
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