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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? " Fly to Milan and visit Lake Garda or Lake Como, Fly to Pisa and visit Florence and Sienna, stopping off in Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Fly to Naples and visit Capri, Sorrento and Positano. Fly to Palermo Sicily, go to Catania, Syracuse and Toarmina. All well doable in a 4 days with car hire | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? Fly to Milan and visit Lake Garda or Lake Como, Fly to Pisa and visit Florence and Sienna, stopping off in Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Fly to Naples and visit Capri, Sorrento and Positano. Fly to Palermo Sicily, go to Catania, Syracuse and Toarmina. All well doable in a 4 days with car hire" That's where it falls down, I can't drive :P | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? Fly to Milan and visit Lake Garda or Lake Como, Fly to Pisa and visit Florence and Sienna, stopping off in Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Fly to Naples and visit Capri, Sorrento and Positano. Fly to Palermo Sicily, go to Catania, Syracuse and Toarmina. All well doable in a 4 days with car hire" You don't need a car on the Amalfi coast for tourist stuff- if anything, it will be a hinderance if you're just going for the main tourist spots. Ferry will take you to all the main destinations fairly cheaply and the train stops right outside Pompeii too | |||
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"Budapest is brilliant" Interesting, might look at the long range forecast | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? Fly to Milan and visit Lake Garda or Lake Como, Fly to Pisa and visit Florence and Sienna, stopping off in Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Fly to Naples and visit Capri, Sorrento and Positano. Fly to Palermo Sicily, go to Catania, Syracuse and Toarmina. All well doable in a 4 days with car hire That's where it falls down, I can't drive :P" Trains service from Milan to the lakes is excellent, same for around Sicily, the Amalfi coast, everyone uses ferries, I actually would drive around the Amalfi coast, ferries is the only way to travel | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? Fly to Milan and visit Lake Garda or Lake Como, Fly to Pisa and visit Florence and Sienna, stopping off in Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Fly to Naples and visit Capri, Sorrento and Positano. Fly to Palermo Sicily, go to Catania, Syracuse and Toarmina. All well doable in a 4 days with car hire You don't need a car on the Amalfi coast for tourist stuff- if anything, it will be a hinderance if you're just going for the main tourist spots. Ferry will take you to all the main destinations fairly cheaply and the train stops right outside Pompeii too " Oft I've never been to pompeii and it's on the list... | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? Fly to Milan and visit Lake Garda or Lake Como, Fly to Pisa and visit Florence and Sienna, stopping off in Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Fly to Naples and visit Capri, Sorrento and Positano. Fly to Palermo Sicily, go to Catania, Syracuse and Toarmina. All well doable in a 4 days with car hire That's where it falls down, I can't drive :P Trains service from Milan to the lakes is excellent, same for around Sicily, the Amalfi coast, everyone uses ferries, I actually would drive around the Amalfi coast, ferries is the only way to travel " I might save sicily for later in the year, there's some fantastic hiking that I think k is better in lower temps | |||
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"Budapest is brilliant" We'd second that, loved the place. Although I believe it's a bit hot there at the moment as well. | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? Fly to Milan and visit Lake Garda or Lake Como, Fly to Pisa and visit Florence and Sienna, stopping off in Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Fly to Naples and visit Capri, Sorrento and Positano. Fly to Palermo Sicily, go to Catania, Syracuse and Toarmina. All well doable in a 4 days with car hire You don't need a car on the Amalfi coast for tourist stuff- if anything, it will be a hinderance if you're just going for the main tourist spots. Ferry will take you to all the main destinations fairly cheaply and the train stops right outside Pompeii too Oft I've never been to pompeii and it's on the list..." It genuinely blew me away. If you like history, you could easily spend 2-3 days exploring it. Probably a 15 minute train ride from Naples and about 40 minutes from Sorrento (a fantastic city too) Ferry from Sorrento to Positano and Amalfi is about €50 return and similar for the ferry to Capri | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? " Vienna? The only European capital that has vineyards within the city limits. A stunning city (I'm going in December) that I really enjoy. | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? " Lots missing that you don't like it too hot this time of year. How about Belgium/Holland? Could do the WW2 memorials/graves, and also enjoy everything else that's there. Keep Canaries for a cheeky last minute visit in November for some late sunshine 🌞 | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? Fly to Milan and visit Lake Garda or Lake Como, Fly to Pisa and visit Florence and Sienna, stopping off in Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Fly to Naples and visit Capri, Sorrento and Positano. Fly to Palermo Sicily, go to Catania, Syracuse and Toarmina. All well doable in a 4 days with car hire You don't need a car on the Amalfi coast for tourist stuff- if anything, it will be a hinderance if you're just going for the main tourist spots. Ferry will take you to all the main destinations fairly cheaply and the train stops right outside Pompeii too Oft I've never been to pompeii and it's on the list..." So simple on the train from Naples | |||
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"Try Prague, absolutely incredible city " Wonderful city, well worth a visit, it struck me that during communism, there was never enough money available to ruin the city centre. Dublin is worth a visit for the same reason. | |||
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"We’ve done a few this year Rome - 4 days was more than enough but amazing place, can’t wait to return Dubrovnik- 5 days was bloody expensive Milan/Lake Como - 5 days, great mix of big city and relaxed lake Bodrum, 7 days day on a beach at 37 degrees all inclusive. Bored by the end of it. Just returned from the Amalfi Coast. Positano & Capri, expensive, busy, hot! " I did 7 days in Bodrum all inclusive this year too,,,, please don't say it was the 2nd week in July also. | |||
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"Old town Gdansk is awesome" There is a swinging club in Gdansk as well. 😉 | |||
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"Try Latvia. Plenty of both, reasonable temperature and not pricy." We’re going to Riga soon - any recommendations? | |||
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"Try Prague, absolutely incredible city " I second this..lovely place. Lots to see and do | |||
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"Try Latvia. Plenty of both, reasonable temperature and not pricy." If you’re going to fly to Latvia (which I agree is great by the way), I’d recommend getting on a bus and heading to Tallinn, Estonia instead. Such an awesome place to spend a few days. Maybe head back to Latvia the day before you fly home and spend a night in Riga too. Best of both! | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? Vienna? The only European capital that has vineyards within the city limits. A stunning city (I'm going in December) that I really enjoy. " Doesn’t Paris have some? Pretty sure I saw some? | |||
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"Try Latvia. Plenty of both, reasonable temperature and not pricy. If you’re going to fly to Latvia (which I agree is great by the way), I’d recommend getting on a bus and heading to Tallinn, Estonia instead. Such an awesome place to spend a few days. Maybe head back to Latvia the day before you fly home and spend a night in Riga too. Best of both!" ... | |||
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"Venice is lovely, but after 3 day you might be struggling. Rome....err...a bit scruffy but there are some nice bits. Budapest, really nice. Lisbon, also nice but watch out for the hills. Paris, is ok. Salzburg, especially in Winter/Christmas, really lovely. Bruges, pretty as a postcard. Verona(you can do this with Venice) beautiful. So, for maybe the Venice/Verona combo. Good luck" If you do Verona and Venice, do Padua too. It’s gorgeous. | |||
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"Looking for inspiration for an august break - I'd love to to Rome or Athens but it's just too hot. Any recommendations for soneone who loves history and nature? Fly to Milan and visit Lake Garda or Lake Como, Fly to Pisa and visit Florence and Sienna, stopping off in Antinori nel Chianti Classico. Fly to Naples and visit Capri, Sorrento and Positano. Fly to Palermo Sicily, go to Catania, Syracuse and Toarmina. All well doable in a 4 days with car hire" I can't comment on Naples or Lake Como, but I have visited all the other places you list and I didn't hire a car once. Public transport (train or bus) between towns and cities is fantastic and relatively cheap. Lake Garda: Verona airport is closer than Milan. Sicily: To visit Catania, Syracusa and Taormina... fly directly into Catania (Palermo is the other side of the island)... short bus/coach journeys between the three locations are very cheap. Weather wise... all of these places are just as hot mid-August, as the major cities and are best visited late autumn or early spring. From experience: Florence et al, in November is beautifully warm and sunny, and cheaper. Sicily, over Christmas and New Year isn't as expensive as people would have you believe and the weather, while not warm enough for swimming, was a glorious 24°C. Best bet for Italy, in August, is somewhere north... as already suggested, one of the Lakes. My preference is Lake Garda for the nature, with a short bus ride to Verona for the history. As for Greece, I used to live there and I would definitely advise leaving your Athens trip for the cooler months... even in December it's very warm (the same applies to Rome) 😊 | |||
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"Try Prague, absolutely incredible city I second this..lovely place. Lots to see and do " I third this 😊 Stunning architecture and history. We stayed in the district of Žižkov.. cheaper than Staré Mesto (Old Town) but only a 10min tram ride from everything. | |||
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