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Italy trip in March

keith sturgeon

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Flying into Rome, 2-3 days then driving south for 5-7 days. Places to stay, ideas?
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March would be a good time to go to Puglia, in south-eastern Italy.

Have you been to Italy before? What types of things do you want to do? Are you wanting to do a driving trip, a couple of nights in a few places, or go to one place?

For a driving trip, you could drive south from Rome to Pompeii (ruins of ancient Roman city), just south of Naples. Then to Positano on the Amalfi Coast. Then drive across Basilicata and stop in Matera, in Basilicata on the border of Puglia. Then into Puglia and back to Rome. It would be a quick trip with a lot of driving - but you would see some interesting things.

Or spend the whole time in Rome.

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Yes Puglia makes a lot of sense, as for many peak summer there is just too hot. We went in November one year, and barring the accomodation being a little cold, and the nights a little short, the temperatures were pretty good for us. Also if driving is an appeal, then the driving in Puglia is mostly very easy, punctuated by short bursts of needing your wits about you as you navigate through old towns where they never envisaged motor cars when they built the town up.

For a round trip Pauline's suggestion is good, though treat the Amalfi coast bit (indeed all of such a round trip) as a mere 'sighter'. It deserves longer, but a car can be a handicap on the AC when the weather is warm enough to do it proper justice. In March you should be able to make it work for you by taking in Pompeii, maybe Herculaneum, possibly Paestum, linked to an overnight stay in one of the coastal towns.

We really ought to ask what appeals to you?
- Hopping from town to town exploring and thinking whether you'd want to return
- Seeing great landmarks / history / architecture
- Exploring the food/wine of one region or multiple regions
- Driving for pleasure, through scenic landscapes
- Getting a mix of small & substantial places
- Grazing the agriturismo scene and the stunning multi-course insights into local food
- Getting away from the tourists and practicing the language, or being close enough (albeit quieter & out of season) to get by with little or no Italian.

reagrds
Ian

p.s. Definitely not a good idea to leave email address on an open page on the internet. Automated 'spambot' software trawls the internet for email addresses of the form abc@def.ghi just to send you unsolicited rubbish or worse.
 

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