Heading to Rome and Southern Italy in October

[Marshall_Gelb]

@Neal.Mollen

@Olivier Landry

Definitely have a drink in front of the Pantheon in Rome. Everytime I come I just enjoy an aperol spritz with one of the best views in the world.

Or, if it is warm and you aren’t feeling the need for a drink, go to Tre Scalini, on the right hand side of the Piazza facing the Pantheon, and get a Tartufo. I can taste it now

Peter; I agree with Neal as the tartufo is amazing and the Piazza Navona is a very short walk from the Pantheon.

There also is a lot of helpful info on Rome in a thread I used for my trip a couple of months ago…lots of restaurants and gelato!

Cheers!
Marshall

[Olivier_Landry]

@Michael Martin

@Neal.Mollen

Not sure I can agree with Brig. Naples is definitely not gorgeous like Florence (although the topography and the bay are); it is a lot grittier than the rest of the cities I have visited there. But the archaeology museum is enough reason to go for me, and walking the old city is a real experience.

+1
Sure the Amalfi coast and Sorrento are gorgeous, but a few days in Naples are an “experience” to not miss. The museum alone is worth a good part of a day. The underground tour is kind of cool as well.

+2.

I really enjoyed Naples as a visitor; sure the city is grimy and there’s trash sitting on almost every street, but it’s alive in a way that Rome or Florence aren’t and very historic as well. Definitely wouldn’t live in the city, the suburbs (on the way to Pompeii) looked much nicer.

Also again with the Pantheon, I was there 2 weeks ago and there was a “flash choir”, it was just something special being there at the right place at the right time :

https://goo.gl/photos/sJvavbXE6iCq2NeZ8

[Tom_G_l_a_s_g_o_w]

October is the shoulder season on the Amalfi coast, cheaper rates but hotels start to close for the season in October.

[Tom_Moore]

This place was amazing - http://www.palazzomurat.it. In Pasitano, which is touristy but easy to jump on a water taxi to explore Ravello, Sorrento, Capri, etc. Hotel is the nicest experience of its type for me anywhere - your own little private oasis. Doesn’t have the spectacular ocean view but the setting is stunning. My avatar was taken from their garden. Incredible place.

Search this whole site and you will see a lot of good ideas for this area.

[Michael_Martin]

@Tom Moore

This place was amazing - http://www.palazzomurat.it. In Pasitano, which is touristy but easy to jump on a water taxi to explore Ravello, Sorrento, Capri, etc. Hotel is the nicest experience of its type for me anywhere - your own little private oasis. Doesn’t have the spectacular ocean view but the setting is stunning. My avatar was taken from their garden. Incredible place.

Search this whole site and you will see a lot of good ideas for this area.

+1 stayed there last October. Great patio too.