ITALY Readers's Tips - Check with your travel agent or AAA (Auto Club. The "Eurail Pass" offers a combination train and rental car package that we found very reasonable. We were actually there one year ago this October, and we travelled for 17 days with 3 train rides and 2 car rentals (in Milan and Florence and the total for 4 people was about 300. per person...a fantastic deal. Hope this helps, DenDuke

If you're schedule is nailed down, then booking everything ahead of your visit makes sense, both for the time it frees up on holiday, and also the chance of cheaper train tickets (the old €29 and €39 offers. However for offthecuff day trips, these are best done over there as you can line them up for suitable weather, or not bother if you're enjoying where you are. regards Ian Just want to say I hated Rome, too dirty, people too rude and too expensive.Sorry but that's how I feel.Graffitti was everywhere, you could smell the sewage system everywhere.s much money is spent in Rome by tourist you would think they would have more pride in such a historical place.

Oh I am so glad I am the first to respond to this.€£çò°àéè§ù£ì^€..ssage. have been in Rome 4 days now doing a home exchange. have visited Rome several times (the last was a few years ago. am so proud of the Romans for cleaning up their city. have never seen it looking so good.ou can tell they have a lot of pride in their city.he buildings have even been cleaned.raffiti Sure, in the alleys and on some walls but I will bet some of our U. cities have far more.irty What are you talking about Just what kind of a red light area did you go into Rude You are nuts.he Romans are friendly and go out of their way to help you..ven if they do not speak a word of English.mell the sewage We have not smelled any kind of odor other than the aroma of yummy Italian cooking.xpensive Compared to the U., yes, the rate is about 1. but that is Europe right now.ou should try Great Britain if you think the €/ exchange is high.lease stay home.ou are exactly the image of ugly American we are trying to escape. Linda, San Diego

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