Italy?

[valesince83]

I'm planning a trip to Italy for me and the mrs , was wondering which towns /cities are well known for there great food. Any recommendations ???

[Va-LEE-ant]

We stayed in Sorrento. Fantastic place to stay. Beautiful coast line. Good base to visit Capri, Positano, Vesuvius & Pompeii. All great places to go and are a must if you do go.

[cheshirevaliant]

I'm planning a trip to Italy for me and the mrs , was wondering which towns /cities are well known for there great food. Any recommendations ???

 

Which part of Italy? As Va-Lee-ant mentions, Sorrento is a cracking base for the south west coast. I'd add a day trip to Naples into his list. Interesting, slightly edgy city and fantastic pizza. Rome and the Lakes (Como/Garda) are also fantastic.

[valesince83]

I'm not too sure yet,I want go somewhere with amazing food , and maybe the occasional historic site

[JOHNNYAITCH]

Tuscany for me

[geosname]

There seems to be a lot of partying at a place called bunga bunga if you like that sort of thing... no idea where it is though

[Trampilot]

We stayed in Sorrento. Fantastic place to stay. Beautiful coast line. Good base to visit Capri, Positano, Vesuvius & Pompeii. All great places to go and are a must if you do go.

 

It is lovely. I drove my Dad to Sorrento a few years back. 3000miles in ten days. Bit TopGear crazy. If you do drive you'll find more places to stop on the west coast. Unless you have somewhere booked the east coast didn't have many places easily locatable.

 

Sorrento itself is also close to a place called Saint Angelo I think. This is where a lot of the hotels are - its a 20min walk to Sorrento centre. The best restaurant we found was the Caruso Restaurant. It's pricey but the wine list is about 1000 pages long.

 

As for Capri - you have to take a bus on the island up to the top. They are small and utterly terrifying. Makes Alton Towers look like an escalator.

 

We stopped at Lake Como - unfortunately it was bucketing it down so didn't see much but we did have a very nice pizza!

 

Pompeii was very interesting and huge - we timed our visit (accidentally) on a bank holiday which meant it was free.

 

My wife went to Rome - do not stay near the train station no matter what deal you get. You won't sleep a wink and you'll be scared to leave at night. Rome is also ludicrously busy.

[valesince83]

Not looking for Milan ,Rome, Venice. More like bologna , Sicily, Florence, Verona, etc

[For Us All]

Went on a sightseeing tour of Rome and Florence last year,I was really impressed with Tuscany but the people didn't seem too friendly?:(

[Tone]

Your question was about food. In my experience of travelling in Italy, you can get really good food everywhere, but especially so when you get out of the main cities. One of my best memories is of a restaurant in Vinci, close to Empoli and west of Florence. It is famous because of Leonardo da Vinci but it is pretty small and unspoilt.

[efsb]

If you want to romance the better half, Verona is ideal - the source of the Romeo & Juliet stories that Shakespeare pinched - plus it's a reasonable train ride to Venice, too and it has a huge amphitheatre which is still used for music and theatre.

Sorrento is a good base for exploring Pompeii and Herculaneum, but the beach is tiny and made of volcanic ash, so it's like sitting on an ashtray...plus a Roman friend of mine wouldn't swim in the Bay of Naples, as he reckoned it was filled with Naples' sewage. And if you think it's rough around Termini station in Rome (it's actually improved a great amount) wait until you visit Naples...my vote would be Verona therefore - classier place and quite a few day trips possible from there. When inter-railing, I once caught a train from Verona to Turin, just to pick up a Sunday paper for a Vale match report...(pre-internet, obviously..,)

[Valiant62]

Had a great meal in Il Campo, Siena yesterday. Cracking ingredients, simply prepared. Ottimo!

Siena is beautiful as well, knocks spots off Firenze which in turn knocks spots off Roma.

[For Us All]

If you go to Florence,try a tour of the Boboli Gardens and then the best wine bar in Italy,the Enoteca Pitti Gola e Cantina.It's situated next to the gardens,the wine is superb and the food and service excellent.A bit pricey but worth every euro.

[bookworm]

I'm planning a trip to Italy for me and the mrs , was wondering which towns /cities are well known for there great food. Any recommendations ???

 

i've heard watford is very good and not to far away.;)

[valetillidye]

Not looking for Milan ,Rome, Venice. More like bologna , Sicily, Florence, Verona, etc

 

for what its worth I was totally underwhelmed with Milan