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Kerry & John: Backpacking in Italy

A trip from May 29, 2007 to June 13, 2007, travelling to Bologna, Venezia, Venice, Florence, Rome
Bologna, Venice, Florence, Rome, Busabout trip from Rome … More  
Bologna, Venice, Florence, Rome, Busabout trip from Rome to Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, Almalfi Coast, Back to Rome.
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05/29/2007 to 06/13/2007
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Tue 05/29/07 (day 1) - Bologna

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Hotel Fiera Bologna

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Welcome to the Hotel Fiera a modern hotel near the fair, the congress centre, convenient and well tended in detail …
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Hotel Fiera Bologna
Via Stalingrado 82
Bologna, 40128
Italy
051-377735
Tue May 29 10:00pm - Wed May 30 10:00am
Notes
Flew in with Air Lingus in the evening. The hotel was near the airport. It was so cheap and we got a really great room. We got the bus into the town, the hotel wasn't that far from the centre, and then we ate the best pizza and gelato ever!
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Wed 05/30/07 (day 2) - Venezia

Plus Alba D'Oro Camping


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Wed May 30 9:00am - Thu May 31 9:00am
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It was near the airport but no planes took off near the campsite at night time or in the mornings. The shuttle bus journey took about 20 minutes between the campsite and the centre of Venice. Sometimes we'd have to wait for the bus to come back into town to collect us if there was a big group going to the site, that was the only downside. There was a grat pub on the site.
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Basilica dei Frari

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First opened in the middle of the 13th century, this museum's collection was expanded up until the 16th Century. It …
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Campo dei Frari
Venezia, 30125
Italy
+39 041 272 8611
Wed May 30 3:30pm - Wed May 30 5:00pm
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The art was absolutely amazing.
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San Zaccaria


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Wed May 30 3:30pm - Wed May 30 5:00pm
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Beautiful art
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Thu 05/31/07 (day 3) - Venice

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Galleria dell'Accademia

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Located in the old church and school of the Carità, Galleria dell'Accademia building was partly built in the 12th Ce …
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Galleria dell'Accademia
campo della Carità
Venice, 30123
Italy
+39 041 520 0345
Thu May 31 9:00am - Thu May 31 1:30pm
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Plus Alba D'Oro Camping


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Thu May 31 9:00am - Fri Jun 1 9:00am
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection

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Just around the corner from the Galleria dell'Accademia, on the Grand Canal is one of Venice's premier museums. Pegg …
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Dorsoduro, 701
Venice, 30123
Italy
+39 041 240 5411/+39 041 240 5440/+39 041 240 5419
Thu May 31 1:30pm - Thu May 31 4:00pm
Notes
I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.
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Fri 06/01/07 (day 4) - Venice

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Doge's Palace

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Located next to the Basilica di San Marco, the Doge's Palace (or the Palazzo Ducale) has been the symbol of Venice's …
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Doge's Palace
San Marco
Venice, 30122
Italy
+39 041 271 5911
Fri Jun 1 11:15am - Fri Jun 1 1:30pm
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I loved the Palazzo. We were 5 minutes late for the pre-payed 'Secret' tour and they wouldn't let us join the group which we thought was a bit mean.
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St Mark's Basilica

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Started in the 9th century, Basilica di San Marco's architecture shows a Byzantine influence: Note the golden altarp …
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St Mark's Basilica
St Mark's Square
Venice, 30124
Italy
+39 041 522 5697/+39 041 270 8311
Fri Jun 1 2:45pm - Fri Jun 1 4:00pm
Notes
Loved the mosaics so much!
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Basilica di San Marco-Campanile

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You get a splendid view of Venice and the Basilica di San Marco from the tallest bell tower in Venice. It can be see …
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Basilica di San Marco-Campanile
San Marco, 422
Venice, 30124
Italy
+39 041 270 8311
Fri Jun 1 4:00pm - Fri Jun 1 4:30pm
Notes
It was worth doing but you had to wait a while to go back down on the lift as there was too many people.
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Sat 06/02/07 (day 5) - Florence

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PLP Guest House

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Full Breakfast you won't forget with our homemade cranberries muffin, maple syrup or head cheese on demand. Mini …
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PLP Guest House
Via G Marconi 47
Florence, 50131
Italy
055-572005
Sat Jun 2 3:00pm - Sun Jun 3 10:00am
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Really cool place to stay. More like renting a room rather than staying in a hostel. You could walk into the city centre or get the bus, it only took 20-30 minutes.
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Sun 06/03/07 (day 6) - Florence

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Santa Maria del Carmine

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This 2nd-century church is found in the Oltrarno. It was completely destroyed by fire, and rebuilt in the 18th Centu …
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Santa Maria del Carmine
piazza del Carmine
Florence, 50124
Italy
+39 055 212 331
Sun Jun 3 11:00am - Sun Jun 3 12:00pm
Notes
I loved this church!
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Giardino di Boboli

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Inside this garden lies the Buontalenti grotto (1583-1593). Decorated with Mannerist-style scenes from Greek and Rom …
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Giardino di Boboli
piazza dei Pitti, 1
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 055 2388786
Sun Jun 3 1:30pm - Sun Jun 3 3:00pm
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Worth taking a walk there.
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Mon 06/04/07 (day 7) - Florence

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Santa Maria del Fiore

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As the city's skyline symbol, the legendary Duomo is famous above all for its dome: Filippo Brunelleschi's Renaissan …
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Santa Maria del Fiore
piazza del Duomo, 17
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 055 21 5380
Mon Jun 4 8:00am - Mon Jun 4 9:15am
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Climb the Duomo first thing when it opens!
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Museo del Bargello

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The building which contains the Bargello Museum dates back to 1255. In the 16th century, it became the residence of …
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via del Proconsolo, 4
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 055 238 8606
Mon Jun 4 12:00pm - Mon Jun 4 1:00pm
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It was ok, I didn't like Michelangelo's early work here.
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Tue 06/05/07 (day 8)

Uffizi Gallery

Open Tuesday to Sunday 8,15 – 18,50
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Tue Jun 5 3:15pm - Tue Jun 5 6:45pm
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Of course I LOVED this place!
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Wed 06/06/07 (day 9) - Florence

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Museo delle Cappelle Medicee

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The Medici Chapels are historical labors that are as grand in their own way as are the pyramids of Egypt. Started in …
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piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini
Florence, 50123
Italy
+39 055 294 883
Wed Jun 6 10:00am - Wed Jun 6 11:00am
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Definitely worth going to, these were such grand chapels, we were in awe.
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Thu 06/07/07 (day 10) - Rome

Train from Florence to Rome


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Thu Jun 7 11:00am - Thu Jun 7 1:00pm
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Yellow Hostel


Hotel
Thu Jun 7 3:00pm - Fri Jun 8 10:00am
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I wouldn't stay here again, there was no air circulating in any of the rooms-we stayed on two different floors of the hostel. The weather was hot but at night the hostel rooms contained heat even with the windows open all day!
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Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi)

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Tradition has it that throwing a coin over your left shoulder into the fountain guarantees a swift return to the wor …
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Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi)
piazza di Trevi
Rome, 00187
Italy
Thu Jun 7 5:00pm - Thu Jun 7 5:30pm
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So disappointing. The fountain wasn't all that special and we couldn't enjoy it because all the pesky sellers kept following us. Probably should have seen it at night.
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Fri 06/08/07 (day 11) - Rome

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Galleria Borghese

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This collection is housed in a building constructed in 1613 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, one of Bernini's greates …
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Galleria Borghese
piazzale del Museo Borghese
Rome, 00197
Italy
+39 06 841 3979
Fri Jun 8 10:30am - Fri Jun 8 12:00pm
Notes
Took ages to find the Gallery but there were some really beautiful pieces in there when we found it. I'd say you'd have to really be into art to enjoy this gallery.
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PLUS Camping Roma

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!! WINTER OFFER 4x3!! Book and stay 3 nights between 04.11.2012 - 26.12.2012 & 07.01.2013 - 15.03.2013 and get …
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PLUS Camping Roma
Via Aurelia km. 8,2 nr. 831
Rome, Italy
+39 06 6623018
Fri Jun 8 3:00pm - Sat Jun 9 7:30am
Notes
I'd definitely stay here again. It's a bit out of town but there's the shuttle bus and the public bus so it's easily accessible. The pub was great and I loved the little mobile home we stayed in.
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Sat 06/09/07 (day 12)

Busabout trip


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Sat Jun 9 7:00am - Mon Jun 11 7:00pm
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I'd recommend the Busabout Italy trip to everyone. There were all nationalities aged 18-60 in our group and we had a brilliant time together. It was very well organised. We visited Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri and drove along the Amalfi Coast.
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