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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Ah, such the holiday spirit.  You sure do enjoy trolling and poking.  Since you have so much time on your hands, isn’t there something better you could be doing than hanging out on DCUM and engaging in classism?[/quote]

That’s rich considering the original LP poster came on here to say not to listen to any of the posters, that their advice to get the guidebook was somehow superior to others’ first hand knowledge.[/quote]

That was my suggestion. There's nothing wrong with people's firsthand knowledge. I've been to Italy several times and could give a few suggestions. But the reason I always start with a guidebook is that it's written by people who have spent months traveling around the country (I've only been to Italy for a total of about a month over the last 20 years) and write out various detailed sample itineraries, several pages comparing modes of travel, listing different types of sites and activities, and answer a lot of questions you might not even think to ask. Here, you get a few sentences from various people, who may or may not be experts.  They will also have guides to various neighborhoods in a city; as a causal visitor, I might have been to a couple of the neighborhoods; the guidebook writers have been to all.

Might they be biased? Have different preferences than you? Sure, but the same is true of all the people writing here. That's why I suggested starting with a comprehensive guidebook and then asking questions to get different perspectives.

It's the same reason I'd tell my kids to start research by reading an encyclopedia article rather than asking their friends. After they have an overview from the encyclopedia, they can discuss the subject with others to learn more.[/quote]

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