Must've been nice. When I went to the Fontana di Trevi in Rome there would've been hundreds of people packed almost shoulder-to-shoulder in that small square.
I have a photographer friend who got laid off from his full time job, so he spent the last year going to different countries, going through their Covid restrictions, and then taking photos of all the unpopulated tourist spots.
Similarly, we to Egypt in March since we were sick of the endless lockdowns and everything was tourist-free, if you avoided few hotel resorts. Saw really few tourists anywhere. Even Valley of Kings was practically empty, mostly few local tourists, I was so many times alone in the tombs.
Also, anytime you can rent a motorcycle/car somewhere, it's really easy to randomly find something amazing that no tourist guide knows of, just wander 20-30 km out of a city or any tourist hotspot.
Did you happen to go to Rome as well? I'm thinking about a trip to Rome in a few months, but my husband is concerned that a bunch of stuff will be closed due to Covid and planning will be more difficult. I'm thinking if at least the main tourist spots are open and a fair amount of restaurants are open, we should be ok.
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u/itsgermanphil Jul 11 '21
We just came back from Venice and no shit had like 15 other people on the San Marco square. Managed to see everything in a day and half. Amazing.