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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/planning-your-first-trip-to-italy

There are teams of people who work for years traveling around Italy and then writing a book telling people how to plan a trip to Italy. Go get the Lonely Planet Italy (or other similar guidebook). They have sections about when to travel, how to get around, how to pick an itinerary, etc. It will be much better advice than you'll get from random people here. Come back when you have specific questions. [/quote]

Lonely Planet has traditionally been for downmarket tourists.[/quote]

I think you mean it's for tourists who don't need coddling and are actually interested in local culture, not just being whisked from place to place in an air-conditioned car by a tour guide. [/quote]

I’ve used Lonely Planet for backpacking trips. The guides were adequate, but I don’t think they equipped me any better for being a good visitor -my personality/curiosity/cultural engagement were all either there or lacking before I ever booked a trip. I’ve run into plenty of LP tourists who are not super enlightened. I’ve also run into people who emerge from a private guide’s car and have been perfectly lovely, engaged, intelligent visitors. If people are basing their judgements off the simplest things like transport or guide books, I think that says more about your limitations than it does about your fellow travelers.[/quote]

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