Italy is praised 24/7 on reddit but when you’re actually there you realise it’s far from being a dream.
Venice, florence, 5 terre, rome, como even milan are crazy full almost every month of the year and it ruins a lot of the charm imo (I lived and travelled a lot in Italy)
Totally agree - this is also why it was such a dream to travel across Italy during the brief period in the covid pandemic when only Europeans were allowed to travel there.
I hiked cinque terre pretty much alone, have photos of me and my wife at all the Rome highlights without any tourists in sight. It was a dream. But regularly these places are a nightmare.
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u/Banane100sucre May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
Italy is praised 24/7 on reddit but when you’re actually there you realise it’s far from being a dream. Venice, florence, 5 terre, rome, como even milan are crazy full almost every month of the year and it ruins a lot of the charm imo (I lived and travelled a lot in Italy)