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In this episode, the panel discusses their experience during the Viking Italian Sojourn cruise that made stops at Rome (Civitavecchia), Naples, Sicily (Messina), Crotone, Venice, and Sibenik, Croatia!
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Totally agree with what Pete said towards the end that it was great to plan this as a group and I was very active in the planning group and it just added to the excitement. Also definitely made some new friends, a few of which we are planning to catch up with at our next WDW trip as they will be there the same time as us
I am really thinking about an Italy trip for 2020, as both mine and my partner's family are from there (Sicily and Abruzzo respectively). Would you recommend Venice, or is there plenty to see elsewhere in Italy?
I am mostly asking as I have heard mixed reviews from seasoned travelers, primarily indicating it has become too touristy. However, based on that show, it sounds like a must-do, as part of the rationale for this particular cruise was it ending in Venice.
A lot of tours of Italy as a start or end point, but I am thinking just to stick with the south!!
Got to agree that Venice is predominantly a tourist stop. Most of the people working in those shops don't actually live in Venice because the city is so expensive to live in. We did find some very interesting places by just wandering around down various alleyways. We found a restaurant down an alley that we would never have walked down back home, but threw caution to the wind and we were really glad we did. Marvelous meal!!! Will never be able to find it again though.We definitely found many parts of Venice to be quite touristy - especially around the St Marks Sq area. Was better once you got away from that area but still more touristy than most of the other stops.
We definitely found many parts of Venice to be quite touristy - especially around the St Marks Sq area. Was better once you got away from that area but still more touristy than most of the other stops. I was definitely cool to see and I am glad we got there but now that we have, personally, we aren't rushing back there. So I think it depends on what you want to do/see ... if you are doing more of a sweeping tour of Italy then I think it makes for a great stop for a day or two, but if you are thinking of focusing on one or two areas then I would pick other areas over Venice