Italy Honeymoon...is anyone doing this??

Hello all..

We are considering going to Italy or doing a cruise over there. Has anyone done this or have advice about planning??

Italy is GREAT! I lived there for a while. And you can find and do whatever you want, so that's all you have to do. It's a great choice for a honeymoon.

RE: a cruise around Italy... Cruises are great because you can see a lot of places and things and you don't have to repack your bags. However, most of the cruises have "all aboard" around 6:00 PM, every night so that they can move to the next port. No Italian town comes to life until 7:00PM at the earliest. So if you really want to experience Italy, a cruise ship won't give you much opportunity. But it's certainly easier.

My very favorite places in Italy (in no particular order) are Florence, Siena, Verona, Capri, Orvieto, the Cinque Terre and Taormina (Sicily). Rome is great, but is soooo big. Milan has never been my favorite.

So, decide what you want to do - sightsee and visit historical stuff (in which case Florence, Venice, Rome), sit on the beach (Cinque Terre, Portofino/Santa Margherita, Amalfi Coast/Capri, Rimini), see the smaller towns (Verona, Orvieto, Lucca).

I can give you some great restaurant and hotel suggestions in pretty much any of the towns I've mentioned.

Contact TA Melinda on this forum! She puts together amazing Italy honeymoons and has great contacts!

We're going to live in Italy for 3 months after the wedding... June, July, and August. I'm so excited!!! I used VRBO.com (which stands for vacation rentals by owner) to find a place. They're furnished apartments that you can rent out per week or per month. But if you'd rather stay in a hotel that's different. We're probably going to spend 2 months in Florence, and 1 month in Rome.

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