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- From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman)
- Newsgroups: rec.travel
- Subject: Re: Queries about Italian costs
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 19:58:58 GMT
- Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN)
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- In article <1993Jan22.231435.14504@zeus.ieee.org>, sbookey@ep.ieee.org (Seth Boo
- key) writes:
-
-
- |> So the question is: Is Milan-Verona-Venice-Firenze-Rome with side-trips in
- |> ten days too much to do?
-
- I think it's a bit too much. I spent 16 days in Italy over the
- Christmas-New Year's holidays, and only visited Venice (7 days),
- Firenze (5 days), Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, and Milan (1 day each).
- I could have maybe done with only 3 or 4 days in Venice,
- but I was fascinated by the place and stayed longer.
-
- I didn't find Milan the least bit interesting or charming, and I would
- plan on leaving it as soon as possible. (Well, the Duomo is worth
- a brief look, and if you're into opera you might try getting
- a ticket to La Scala, but that's said to be quite difficult.)
-
- |> Are tourist attractions like the Vatican and
- |> the Uffizi frightfully expensive?
-
- That's hard to answer, because I don't know what you consider
- "frightfully expensive". The Uffizi costs 10,000 lira, which is
- about $6-$7 depending on the exchange rate. The (Florence) Accademia costs
- the same price--which is a lot for a museum whose primary purpose is
- to hold a single statue. (On the other hand, that statue is
- Michelangelo's "David", so I certainly found it worth the price
- of admission.) Most other museums cost less--anywhere from
- 5000 to 8000 lire.
-
- |> How prevalent are places that take Visa and/or Mastercard?
-
- Cheaper one-star hotels and less expensive restaurants often won't
- take credit cards; you should bring some traveler's cheques and not
- plan to depend totally on plastic.
-
- --
- Ron Newman rnewman@bbn.com
-