Comments on: 7 Best Destinations for a Honeymoon in Italy

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:20:43 +0000

Not sure how long you’ve got in Sicily, but I’d suggest renting a car when you get there so you can get beyond the big cities. The main cities and towns have train/bus service, but most of Sicily is best accessed by car. There are wonderful Greek ruins in several places, notably near Agrigento; Palermo is a beautiful historic city; Taormina is a popular beachside resort. Here are some more tips about Sicily: http://www.italylogue.com/sicily

As for hotels in Positano, this post has a map with some hotels all over the Amalfi Coast – they’re on the budget side, though, so I’m not sure if that’s what you’re looking for during a honeymoon: http://www.italylogue.com/hotels/cheap-hotels-in-positano.html

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:52:11 +0000

Thanks Jessica! My fiance and I decided to extend our trip to 17 days!! We are flying into Naples..staying in Positano for 3 nights and Capri for 3 nights. Then we are driving back to Naples for the night and visiting family there. The remainder of the trip will be in Sicily. Do you have any suggestions on hotels in Positano or areas in Sicily to visit? My fiance is working so hard on booking this trip. I will let you know what hotels we decide on!!

By: tripgirl6

tripgirl6 — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:29:25 +0000

My choice would definitely be Venice! There’s something so romantic about the gondolas and the bridges, it’s probably the best place for a getaway for two!! Venice definitely!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:13:46 +0000

You’re right, that’s too much for 10 days! I’d suggest that you start with a map of Italy and start looking up transportation times, since the biggest thing people overlook is how long it takes to get from place to place. Here are my itinerary-planning tips:
http://www.italylogue.com/planning-a-trip/how-to-create-the-perfect-italy-itinerary.html

With 10 days, you can probably plan to stay in 3-4 different cities (as long as you don’t mind moving around often) – I’d probably go with 3 at the most, but that’s me.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:13:21 +0000

Hi Jessica-I’m glad I came across your web-site. My fiance and I are planning an Italian honeymoon at the end of August or the first week of September. We are loking to spend 10-12 nights in Italy. We both speak Italian so i won’t be too bad getting around from place to place. We would like to visit several cities in Italy. These are the areas we are interested in in order of or favorites-Sicily, Tuscany, Capri, Almafi Coast, Venice and Rome. We like the boating, beaches, food and some sight seeing. My family is from Sicily and I have been there. Its a beautiful city and I would like to take my fiance there but I would also like to see other areas in Italy. Any suggestions on visiting some of those cities? I know that we cannot visit all of them in 10 days.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:46:40 +0000

It depends a bit on how relaxing you want your honeymoon to be, but I do think this is a bit much for one week. I encourage you to look up transportation times between cities so you know how much of each of your transit days will be taken up by sitting on a train (and yes, I think taking trains is your best option here, even including from Venice to Lake Como).

Here are my tips for creating the perfect Italy itinerary, perhaps this will help:
http://www.italylogue.com/planning-a-trip/how-to-create-the-perfect-italy-itinerary.html

By: Garry

Garry — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:48:44 +0000

Hi Jessica, so glad I stumbled across your website My fiancee and I are trying to plan a Italian Honeymoon at the end of September this year – we are hoping to spend 7 nights in Italy before heading across to France for the second week. We were thinking about flying into Rome, spending 2 nights here then head to Florence/Tuscany for 2 nights, then off to Venice (1 night) and eventually winding up at Lake Como (1-2 nights)…? What are your thoughts on this…are we attempting too much?

Also, we were wondering whether to hire a car or use the train? Looking at the train system it looks like we can utilise the train system for most legs of the journey then hire a car from Venice to Lake Como? Sorry for so many questions….Thanks! Garry

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:28:12 +0000

First off, congrats on your upcoming honeymoon!

Here are my thoughts:

To me, this itinerary does sound quite busy, but that’s me. With less than 10 days total, including your travel days, I’d say you could have a less hectic trip by staying 2 nights in Venice, 3 nights in Florence, and 4 nights in Rome.

You could do a day trip from Florence to Siena or Lucca or another town on one of your Florence days, and a day trip to the hill town of Orvieto or Frascati from Rome on one of your Rome days – both of those would give you the hill town experience without requiring that you move hotels.

You don’t have to do an advance booking for the Vatican Museums, no – and at this time of year, you won’t have to wait in long lines the way people do in the summer.

Here are some romantic hotels, you’ll have to check to see what their prices are like in February – they may still be too expensive for your budget, but it’s worth looking:
http://www.italylogue.com/featured-articles/romantic-hotels-in-rome.html
http://www.italylogue.com/planning-a-trip/romantic-hotels-in-venice.html
http://www.italylogue.com/accommodation/florence-hotels-with-a-view-of-the-river-getting-a-room-with-a-view-in-florence.html

Italy is very vegetarian-friendly – just make sure you learn how to say “I don’t eat meat” in Italian to be sure to get your point across. Also keep in mind that to Italians, saying you’re a vegetarian doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t eat – for instance – something cooked in chicken broth. They often think that doesn’t count as meat, so you can’t guarantee that you won’t get some meat byproduct unless you’re explicit about it.
http://www.selectwisely.com/selectwisely/products/cards/vegetarian/fc000008.htm
https://www.allergytranslation.com/Home/home.php

By: nain

nain — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:54:45 +0000

Hi Jessica,

Cant tell you how useful all the information on your site is turning out to be for our last min honeymoon. We are flying into venice on feb16 afternoon and out on Feb25 afternoon. We were thinking of feb16,17 in venice, take the train on 18th morning to florence and send time in florence and a romantic hill town till feb22 morning. Feb22 morning to Rome from florence in train and then leave Rome on feb25 afternoon.

I am very confused and since there is so much reading to do and very litte time thought you could help.

1. Does our itenary sound too hectic?
2. Which hill town do we choose for a romantic stay near Florence. We will be using public transportation. Do we stay 18 and 19 in florence and then 20 and 21 in seina. Or instead of seina we can choose from lucca or any other suggestion.

We both are foodies but veggies..we love quaint towns,romantic hotels with big bathtubs(saw this in one of ur recommended places near seinna but was too expensive).

3. Is 2 1/2 days in rome good enuff for vatican and the rest. Do we have to make online bookings before for the vatican and if so how?

4. please suggest good romantic hotels in each of these places within 170dollars per day(is that too less?

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:24:59 +0000

Reading all these posts makes me SO excited for my own Italian honeymoon! Keep ‘em coming!