Traveling around Rome,Milan and venice.

[chuckyworld]

can't upload photos Just got back recently from a trip to Italy, it was fun.

Did not go with tour group, just do my own planning hotel are near central station

Book my flight from wwwAirticketdirect.com pretty good deal, for hotel i use www.Venere.com or contact hotel directly to get better pricing.

Stay in a nice quaint hotel Ascot it does provide breakfast the usual italian bf which is crossiant and coffee, per room is around 80 euro, distance to central staion is 10 mins walk

took the hop on hop off buses which cost 22 euro which is good for 2 days

overnight train to Milan cost 100 euro pp, hotel flora in Milan cost around 60plus euro room is big,clean and quiet, walking distance to station is around 5 to 10 mins.



Took a train from Milan to lake Como cost 24 euro, and morning train from Milan to venice is 31 euro pp
Joint cruise ship in Venice.

 

[chuckyworld]

 

[erection2015]

did you take the bus from Como to the old city .....belaggio or something like that.....damned narrow roads with steep cliffs....scary :o

 

[chuckyworld]

Yes, the street are very naroow, like Mykonos same.went to capri long hike up the roadtoo old to do that took the tram up cost 1 euro.

 

[erection2015]

haha age...cant fight it. Yonks ago i travelled on a very low budget including hitchhiking around South Germany....Switzerland area for about 2 weeks.

Cant imagine myself doing it now.

Yes, the street are very naroow, like Mykonos same.went to capri long hike up the roadtoo old to do that took the tram up cost 1 euro.
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[chuckyworld]

Athen streets are pretty narrow too.

 

[erection2015]

ya Athens is nice too....just too bad about it now. Did you go to Corinth...again new and old city?

Visited the usual islands ?.....Santorini.....watching the sunset.....Mykonos ...watching people like ladyboy tonychat.

Athen streets are pretty narrow too.
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[Char_Azn]

Did U get a train pass? U sound like U went to a number of places. Rome was nice did U go to Florence as well? My last trip there was Rome -> Pisa -> Florence -> Venice -> Milan. All I remember from my trip to Milan was all my stuff including my F***ing passport got stolen.

 

[looneytan]

Yonks ago i travelled

wah! yonks ago you can still remember place names
I went JB last sunday can't even remember two roads name

 

[chuckyworld]

yes, went to Corinth Canal and the first Acropolis that was built which the guide say house 1k street walkers.
17 day trips, italy, greece, Turkey, Monaco and Spain.

group of kroeans start singing at Ephesus amphitheatre, pretty noisy,

 

[erection2015]

we 2 same same la.....long term memory intact. Short term memory kaput.

wah! yonks ago you can still remember place names
I went JB last sunday can't even remember two roads name

 

[erection2015]

ya the canal quite nice...quite narrow the way i recall it. I think i had some Greek pastry at the nearby cafe....The souvenirs quite cheap

too.....when they were still using their kronos ...after they changed to euro all the prices went up.

yes, went to Corinth Canal and the first Acropolis that was built which the guide say house 1k street walkers.
17 day trips, italy, greece, Turkey, Monaco and Spain.

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[chuckyworld]

Did U get a train pass? U sound like U went to a number of places. Rome was nice did U go to Florence as well? My last trip there was Rome -> Pisa -> Florence -> Venice -> Milan. All I remember from my trip to Milan was all my stuff including my F***ing passport got stolen.

I bought my train tickets at the station much cheaper than booking it online, Rome, Milan and venice on my own, join a cruise ship Ruby princess for a 12 days cruise to Monaco, Greeece Athen and Mykonos, Turkey Kusadasi and Istanbul, Italy Pisa, Florence and Naple on our own we took the ferry which cost 17.5 euro to Capri which is nice, from capri took a ferry to to Sorrento which cost 15.5 euro pp have to walk up sloped road and climb 130 step of stairs

From Sorrento took a train to pompeii cost us 2.1 euro pp entrance fee is 11 euro pp, from pompeii took a train to Naple cost 2.8 euro pp, very enjoyable trip over all i would said......

 

[syed putra]

Athens, kusadasi, reminds me of my overland trip from Europe to india. That was way back in the eighties. Had to pass through turkey into Iran, which was at war with Iraq, and into Pakistan tribal regions, during the time when Afghanistan was under soviet occupation. The last straw was the closure of the border between india and Pakistan, because the Punjab in india was in turmoil after the assassination of the premier Gandhi. Took a flight from Islamabad home. More than three weeks travelling alone. By buses, ferries and trains.

 

[AhPuNeNe]

Hi bro so how much did you spend in total for this Europe trip?

 

[chuckyworld]

Hi bro so how much did you spend in total for this Europe trip?

All in around 3500 usd, that is for 2 people total expense is 3500 usd.

 

[chuckyworld]

Athens, kusadasi, reminds me of my overland trip from Europe to india. That was way back in the eighties. Had to pass through turkey into Iran, which was at war with Iraq, and into Pakistan tribal regions, during the time when Afghanistan was under soviet occupation. The last straw was the closure of the border between india and Pakistan, because the Punjab in india was in turmoil after the assassination of the premier Gandhi. Took a flight from Islamabad home. More than three weeks travelling alone. By buses, ferries and trains.

Cool, so did you go to Quom, Tabriz, Isfarhan, Herat, i have done west Africa starting from Holland up to Angola and back, Persian gulf surrounding countries and central and South America in the 70's and early 80's...nice to be young and able to do it without any worry.

next project would be Central Asia..i...

 

[Froggy]

Athens, kusadasi, reminds me of my overland trip from Europe to india. That was way back in the eighties. Had to pass through turkey into Iran, which was at war with Iraq, and into Pakistan tribal regions, during the time when Afghanistan was under soviet occupation. The last straw was the closure of the border between india and Pakistan, because the Punjab in india was in turmoil after the assassination of the premier Gandhi. Took a flight from Islamabad home. More than three weeks travelling alone. By buses, ferries and trains.

Don't mind me asking pak putra, your adventure sounds like an AlQaeda tour of duty la. Don't angry hor!

 

[crispstar]

so envy you!

I want to go there too. will plan for my next trip there next year..

 

[Froggy]

Cool, so did you go to Quom, Tabriz, Isfarhan, Herat, i have done west Africa starting from Holland up to Angola and back, Persian gulf surrounding countries and central and South America in the 70's and early 80's...nice to be young and able to do it without any worry.

next project would be Central Asia..i...

chuckyworld hey its nice to hear and see your trip. Central Asia should be nice I heard from my cousin lots of business opportunities especially in Kazakhstan. I hope to make a trip there soon this year. You did not name south asia yet.