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Italy road trip

A trip from April 04, 2012 to April 10, 2012, travelling to Rome, Pompei, Praia A Mare, Messina, …
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Pompei, Praia A Mare...
Day:
04/04/2012 to 04/10/2012
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Wed 04/04/12 (day 1) - Rome, Pompei

City
Rome
Rome, Italy
Wed Apr 4 11:00am - Wed Apr 4 7:00pm
Tue Apr 10 1:00pm - Tue Apr 10 4:00pm
Notes
There is a lot to do in central Rome. Which is where we meet.

Places we can cover: Piazza Navona, Fori Imperiali, Flea Market, Vatican Museum, Colosseum.

Time we have: 8-9 hours.

Mode of transport: We will park the car in Roma Termini parking lot. Walk, total walk would be around 8KM.

Parking: ES Park.
Via G. Giolitti 267. tel. 0644704053. 13 Euros for the entire day.

Costs: You are able to buy full day passes for €12. This pass gets you in to the Colosseum (Colosseo), Palatine Hill (Palatino Hill), the Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla), and the catacombs as well as the Terme di Diocleziano, Palazza Massimo alle Terme, Crypta Balbi, Palazzo Altemps, Villa dei Quintili, and the Tomb of Cecilia Metella.
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City
Pompei
Pompei, Italy
Wed Apr 4 8:00pm - Thu Apr 5 5:00pm
Notes
Stay: Night of April 4.

Places to see: Ruins of Pompeii

Time we have: 7 hours

Mode of transport: Walk. They rent bikes but are impractical because the surfaces suck.

Parking: Do not park near the site, very expensive. Check hotel for parking spots. They have quite a few close to the ruins.

Costs: Ticket to the ruins costs Euro 11.

Recommended: Buy a guide book. The official guide book is, Pompeii: Guide to the site, published by Electa Napoli

Caution: the ruins site does not have good food and it is expensive.
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Thu 04/05/12 (day 2) - Praia A Mare

City
Praia A Mare, Italy
Thu Apr 5 9:00pm - Fri Apr 6 5:00pm
Notes
Stay: Night of April 5.

Places to see: Dino Island and the beaches around it. The place also has several spots for nice hikes. Paragliding?

Time we have: 7 hours.

Mode of transport: Walk.

Costs: I could not find the cost of paragliding.

Parking:Dino Island is 1.7KM from the hotel we are staying at. So, just leave the car there and move on.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Praja_a_Mare
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Fri 04/06/12 (day 3) - Messina

City
Messina
Messina, Italy
Fri Apr 6 8:00pm - Sat Apr 7 7:00am
Notes
Stay: Night of April 6.

Nothing to see in Messina. So we will move on to Taormina.
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Sat 04/07/12 (day 4) - Taormina, Agrigento

City
Taormina
Taormina, Italy
Sat Apr 7 9:00am - Sat Apr 7 4:00pm
Notes
Places to see: just roam around this small town.

Lunch: Spada - Swordfish or Arancini in Corso, 2 Piazzetta Leone, ☎ 392 8599198 (the second one has Sicilian food)

Breakfast: Granita al caffe

http://wikitravel.org/en/Taormina
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City
Agrigento, Italy
Sat Apr 7 7:00pm - Sun Apr 8 5:00pm
Notes
Stay: Night of April 7.

We can start late on this day after the few days of hectic trip we would have had.

Places to see: Temple of Concordia and other Temples. Archeological Museum for summary of these.

Transport: City buses or walk depending on temperature.

Costs: The buses cost about Euro 1 per person. The valley of temples costs Euro 16.
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Sun 04/08/12 (day 5) - Catania

City
Catania
Catania, Italy
Sun Apr 8 11:00pm - Mon Apr 9 2:00pm
Notes
Stay: Night of April 8.

Things to do: Circumetna, the train which goes around Mt. Etna.. Will take up almost entire day. Next day we can start easy.

Costs: I could not find the cost of the train.
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Mon 04/09/12 (day 6) - Matera

City
Matera, Italy
Mon Apr 9 10:00pm - Tue Apr 10 7:00am
Notes
Stay: Night of April 9.

We can drive around a bit and see some places before moving on to Rome. We need to be quick though.
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