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This is what I have so far:

San Secondo

See - What To Do

• Get to ancestor’s birth-place.

• Get the document that says you are registered at the Comune: as Italian. This is your town now.

Meals

• Best gelato in Italy?

Bologna

See - What To Do

• Oldest university

• Visit Piazza Maggiore

• Basilica di San Petroni (the library with frescos)

Venice

See - What To Do

• Gondola trip (80)

• libreria acqua alta.

• Plaza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square)

• Daytrip Murano/Burano

• Don’t miss the Leonardo DaVinci museum (5 euros)

• Trieste is close to Venice the same way Boston is close to NY. You’ll spend a day on the train getting there and back. Just be mindful that Italy is not as small as one would think.

Lodging/$

• 4 beds in Airbnb is about $334 a night.

• 3 beds about $377

Pompeii

See - What To Do

• Pompeii/Herculaneum

• near Naples

• Caserta if you’re in the environs of Napoli, Pompeii too (there’s old Greek ruined cities in the south too if you’re into looking at foundations and broken colonnades)

• the Villa of the Mysteries is walking distance from Pompeii and has secret rooms where a cult communed with Dionysus

Naples

See - What To Do

• whole bay of Naples area is nice

• go hiking in the mountains

• Mount Vesuvius (no shade; bring lots of bottled water as there’s none going up)

• the Naples museum, where a lot of the stuff from Pompeii/Herculaneum went to

• Secret Museum

• “A really cute city down the road from Naples is Salerno. The whole Amalfi coast is just very picturesque and beautiful.”

Umbria

See - What To Do

• Assisi

• Perugia

Tuscany

See - What To Do

• “Umbria is next door to Tuscany, so it’s an easy mistake to make.”

• Val d’Orcia

• Cortona

Lodging/$

• Assisi is cheaper than other places.

How To Get There (Transportation)

• Buses from airport to Perugia (3 hrs. 45 min. and $25/person)

Florence

See - What To Do

• Ponte Vecchio

• Il Duomo (get your tickets ahead of time (online), and go early, most tourists don’t like waking up early, especially to climb a lot of stairs)

• great museums (see the David in person it’s worth it; also book tickets for the david musuem IN ADVANCE! (2h30 queue if you don’t…))

• visit the Belvedere

Verona

See - What To Do

• the coliseum there

• the castle there

• also has the Romeo and Juliet tourist traps

Ravenna

See - What To Do

• Lots of history here; old city

• “San Vitale has a famous mosaic, the mausoleum of theodoric contains a certified goth icon”

Sardinia

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• “I’ve only been to Sardinia, but I can highly recommend it, great nature and beaches, the food is hardy and pastoral, lots of goat cheese and heavy pasta dishes. One standout dish was Zuppa Gallurese, which is a stew/lasagna based on bread soaked in a rich broth and baked with tonnes of cheese. Their limoncello is also insanely good.

We did have the advantage of an italian friend who’s from there and we rented a car to drive around the island which made things a lot smoother, so your mileage might vary, but check out some of the farm-restaurants and the old castles if you get there.”

The Dolomites

See - What To Do

• Go hiking here.

• Highly recommended, but in the north-east of Italy so sort-of out of the way.

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