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Travel hacks for Italy

Travel hacks for Italy from people who have been there.

6 tips from travellers

Travel tips for Italy

Cross the Grand Canal for €2 on a public Traghetto gondola

Don’t spend €90 on a standard 30-minute private gondola ride if you simply want the experience of gliding across the wat…

Use the 2,500 historic Nasoni water fountains for free drinking water

Never pay €2 for bottled water from street vendors. Rome has over 2,500 cast-iron public fountains called Nasoni continu…

Florence, Italy

Skip the 90-minute All’Antico Vinaio queue and use their third shop

All’Antico Vinaio on Via dei Neri has three identical storefronts within 40 meters of each other. The shop furthest to t…

Florence, Italy

Climb Giotto’s Campanile instead of Brunelleschi’s Dome

When you climb Brunelleschi’s Dome, your photos are missing the most iconic element of Florence’s skyline: the Dome itse…

The Last Supper tickets release strictly 3 months in advance

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper inside Santa Maria delle Grazie sells out within minutes of quarterly releases on Vi…

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