In Italy by car. Journey to Italy by car

Photo-article about a trip to Italy by car. Prices for gasoline, paid roads and parking. Where to rent a car where to refuel and park. Pros and cons of travel in Italy in their transport.

Our trip in Europe lasted 25 days. During this time, we drove out of the Czech Republic (Prague) through Austria and Germany to the south of Italy on the east coast, we wound about 1000 km along Sicily, and then returned to the west coast of Italy back to Prague. Total about 6,000 km.

The route and details of the trip will describe in another article, and here only a story about what everyone who will be known to travel in Italy on her or rented car.

The car on which I drove throughout Italy
Motorway in Italy

Car rental and travel in Italy

• Rent a car in Italy and other European countries on the website of Rentalcars.com

• We traveled in Czech numbers. The traffic police stopped once at the entrance to Italy. Checked passports. Documents for the car, rights and insurance were not checked. More traffic police have not seen

• Permitted speed on the motorway 130 km per hour, but the Italians go faster. Camera, fixing speed. The chamber will soon warn signs on the scoreboard. Also, the navigator rang, warning about speed control.

• On the day of departure from the Czech Republic, the navigator broke out, so in Italy bought a new TomTom navigator with life update of Europe's lifetown. While we went without it according to applications on the iPhone, repeatedly climbed it was not where it is necessary because of the junction and turns of 180 degrees.

• If your goal is only Sicily or only rest in the south of Italy, and not a journey as such, then cheaper and more logical will buy a plane ticket, fly to Sicily or south Italy and rent a car in place. On how to find air tickets, including Loucostov flights, spoke in the article :. Ryanair flies in Italy, Alitalia has normal prices for flights within the country.

• Take full-coated insurance when renting a car. In 8 cases out of 10, you will tear an antenna, the doors scratch or the rear bumper.

• Along the motorway there is a cafe, but the prices in them are pretty high (extra charge of 300% to prices in supermarkets), so if there is a goal to save, buy food and water on the road in advance in the cities

• If you plan to catch a plane or somewhere else, let go on the way more time. For example, when we returned to the north, I drove in Calabria. The freeway suddenly ended. There were repair work, which was not warned in advance. There was no bypass road. Just blocked motorway and repair. I had to go through serpents to the coast, because of what was lost 4 hours. Everything happens in Italy.

Entrance to Italy by Austria

Prices for gasoline in Italy

Gasoline in Italy stands 1.6-1.8€

• The cheapest gasoline that managed to find in Italy cost 1.53€ On the semi-closed Sicilian refueling. On average, get ready to pay 1.64-1.7€ , refueling in the north and 1.55-1.74€ , refueling in the south of Italy in Calabria

• Refueling better in cities, and not on a paid freeway - it will be cheaper. Gasoline and diesel on the motorway costs 20 - 30 cents more expensive per liter than in cities. Gasoline prices on the freeway reach 1.9-2€

• In Italy, Diesel is cheaper than gasoline on average 20 cents per liter, so if you travel on a rented car, it is better to take a car on a diesel

• Natural Benson is the 95th. There are almost all refills. Usually a hose with a 95th gasoline is painted in green.

Prices for 95 gasoline in Europe:

Czech Republic 1.2 €
Germany 1.5 €
Austria 1.3-1.4 €
Italy - 1.6-2 €

Diesel prices in Europe

Czech Republic - 1.15 €
Germany - 1.25-1.3 €
Austria - 1.2 €
Italy - 1.4-1.7 €

Senza Piombo is also gasoline
Super SP is also gasoline

Filling in Italy

In Italy, there is a concept as a tanker. What does it mean? On the same refueling there are two types of gas station:

Self.

1. Refuel independently. The price of gasoline corresponds to the indicated on the plate at the entrance to the refueling.
2. To refue, you need to insert a bill in the automatic payment of payment (it stands near one of the columns). For example, insert 20 euros. The inscription "Credito 20 Euro" will appear.
3. After that, you need to choose a column from which you will refuel. Next, insert the hose in the benzobak. If 20 euros inserted, gasoline will fall into the tank 20€ .
4. Filling machines take bills at 10, 20, 50 €. 100 and 500 euros are not taken, the delivery does not give.

Self written on the column. On the left, a little bit is worth the other column on which "SERV" is written - there prices are higher
The number of liters is shown, the price of fuel and the amount
Miracle of Nature - Terminal at the refueling that takes bank cards for payment Standard terminal that accepts only cash euros

SERVADO or SERVITO or SERV

If "SERVADO" or "SERVITO" is written on the column, it means that the refill will fill you. This person can take payment by cash, sometimes take cards, give surrender. The only negative is that gasoline with this option will cost 10-15 cents per liter more expensive than the price initially indicated on the plate at the entrance to the refueling. You do not need to give the tips of the tape refueling - they are already included in the price of gasoline.

If you want to save, drive up to the "Self" column and refuel yourself.

Refueling with the inscription "serv" and higher prices

Paid roads in Italy

All Italy from the north to the south can be driving along a paid freeway. To get from north to south on the east coast, you need to spend 70€ , on the west coast - 60€. Procedure on the freeway:

• When you enter the freeway, you click on the red button in the machine, you get a ticket. Either the ticket is already in the machine, it only needs to pick up.

• On the way out insert a ticket and pay the amount specified on the machine. If a man is sitting in the window, give him a ticket, money or a bank card.

• Do not drive up to the exit, on which TELEPASS is written on a yellow background - this queue is only for those who have Telepass. If there is no telepass, choose the departure on which Biglietto is written, cards or a penny are drawn.

• It is advisable to have small penny euros with you, since not all machines take bills, but there is not always a person in the window

• Roads in the south of Italy (south of Naples) are free.

• Sicily was transferred to ferry. There - 38€ back - 40€

• Sicily has paid and free roads. The road leading along the north of the island through Palermo is paid and costs 10€

Motorway in Italy
Ticket for freeway
Ticket for steam on Sicily

Parking in Italy

• We shot apartments in Italy and hotels through Booking, putting in advance in the filters of extra amenities "Availability of free parking"

• In the cities, parking behind the white line is free, behind blue, yellow and red - by tickets. Some parking lots are intended only for residents of a certain area or for people with disabilities.

• At some parking resorts are free even behind the blue line in the low season, and since June is injected.

• In the north of Italy, you can often find such a picture when you drive to free parking, and there is a certain face in a free place, waving your hands and trying to help you (and only interferes in fact). The aforementioned person after the "service" rendered for money and pretends to be a parking machine. Request may be 1 before 3€. This face can be understood - a person illegally arrived in Italy from Africa and tries to somehow survive. Give him money, the personal matter of everyone.

• Price for a paid parking in Italy an average of 1-3 euros per hour or 15-25 euros per day. You need to pay in parking machines.

• If you plan to stop in cities (for example, in Florence, Siena, Rome), rent in advance accommodation with parking in order to avoid headaches. For example, in the center of Florence, the entry of transport until 19.30 is prohibited. You can, not knowing this, rent housing in the center and not be able to drive up to it by car. Read more about Tom, (agrotourism, camping, gesthouse, hostel, apartments or hotel)

No lines on asphalt. Parking free
Blue lines on asphalt - Parking paid

Pluses of travel in Italy by car

• Freedom of movement, independence from public transport schedules

• You can rent housing on the track, stop in agrotourism or small towns, where rental prices of apartments and hotels below. All apartments rented by us during the journey cost 50-70 euros per day for three-room apartments.

• The opportunity to move from the track, change the route, call the desert beach found on the map.

• We saw the whole country. We drove by car along the eastern coast of Italy to the south, ride in Sicily (about 1000 km), returned back to the west coast. We also saw cliffs, volcanoes, and naked fields, cacti, tangerine plantations, vineyards and high mountains. In Italy, there are landscapes that are characteristic of Georgia, Armenia, Mexico, Austria, Croatia, Uzbekistan and even Belarus. All this can be seen on the scale of one country.

Cons travel to Italy by car

• Expensive. Gasoline, parking, paid roads, ferry on Sicily. If we take into account that in Italy, about 4,700 km, the costs of fuel and paid roads were a weighty cost of costs. Read more

• Problem with parking. If you plan to travel around the cities, take for rent the smallest car. Parking and riding a narrow streets on a jeep or a universal is almost unrealistic.

• Our car scratched. If you look at, then in Italy, all the cars are scratched. The streets are narrow, parking spaces are not enough, so a typical car in Italy is often without a bumper with chatting mirrors and huge scratches on the sides.

Machine of Zapkin
Other cars also scratched

Is it worth going to Italy by car?

A controversial question, the answer to which everyone is looking for for himself. On the one hand, expensive, tedious, there is a big risk to scratch the car, plus a constant headache with the search for parking. On the other hand, our trip was so rich and full of positive impressions, which unequivocally cost money spent on her.

If you are going to Italy for the sake of resting on the sea, but you want to save, it may make sense to go not in Italy, but in Croatia. Rest in Croatia is an order of magnitude cheaper than in Italy. You can read my article about Tom last year.

Have you traveled by car in Italy or other European countries? Liked? Or public transport taxis? If you have any questions regarding trips to Italy by car, ask them in the comments to this photo-post.

Magic to your holiday in Italy! Respectfully,

Many tourists prefer to be independent of public transport and aircraft. Therefore, moving exclusively on a personal or rented car. This article will consider some nuances of movement in Italy by car.

With independent journey in Italy, first of all, the features of the classification of the tracks should be studied:

• the symbol "A" is indicated by motorways;
• "SS" is super dust;
• "SR" - regional roads;
• "SP" - provincial roads.

In Italy by car

Note! Regardless of class, all roads are characterized by the quality and availability of road signs. Therefore, the trip to Italy by car will be guaranteed comfortable.

Free are only the last two classes of roads, so in some areas for travel will have to pay, some tunnels are also paid. The rate is calculated based on the brand of auto and distances, but can be fixed. Payment is possible in place, cash or non-cash payments.

Traveling through free roads is less comfortable and the allowed speed on them is much lower, but for a unhightened trip to the car in Italy fit perfectly. Going to the long journey, you should refuel the full tank, because it is forbidden to use the canisters in Italy, however, there are no problems with refills here. But about the ban on the canisters it is better to know, otherwise you can get a fine.

Entrance to Tunnel

Note! In some cities of Italy, it is forbidden to enter the center without a special permission.

These cities are Rome, Siena, Florence and a number of others. Therefore, if the tourist lives in the center, he must take care of the availability of a parking place in advance, otherwise you have to go home on foot. But such trifles should not distract from the main thing - travel around the country, so it's time to move to the best routes.

Travel route in Italy by car

For traveling in Italy by car 25 best routes can be seen on the map shown below. But the top three most amazing can not be left without a description:

• the first route on the passenger car includes a visit to Naples, Ischia, Capri, Pompey and Sorrento. Arriving from Moscow to Rome, it is possible to get to the train to Naples. Having removed the room overlooking the sea, having rested and drinking a cup of fragrant coffee, you can go to Capri - an island with gorgeous landscapes, azure sea and taxi with convertibles. Here is a good rest from the city bustle. Ischia manits thermal parks, grilled fish, and beautiful views of the sea, opening with the terraces located at the cafe. Each tourist who visited Pompeii seem to be immersed in the era of the Roman Republic, because the fatal case buried this city alive. And this auto desk is completed in the beautiful location of the country - Sorrento;

On a note!Other routes can be selected thanks to the map, and now the time to talk about some inevitable expenses awaiting the driver on the way.

• the next interesting route is Rome Alberobello with a visit to Bari, Monopoli and Lecce. Of particular interest in this journey causes the town of Monopoli. Here are beautiful beaches, and in the vicinity there are many interesting places. But by Bari, it is also not worth passing, because there are the relics of St. Nicholas of the Wonderworker. Visit Ajerobello will be insanely glad to the child - it looks like a fabulous village of Hobbits or Dwarves. All thanks to the houses-trill;
• it is impossible to bypass the north of Italy. But here it will be not about the obvious journey through such cities as Genoa, Turin, Milan and Venice. There is an equally fascinating route from Florence to Montepulciano from Siena and Volterra. Arriving in Florence, it is better to stay for a day and inspect the city in the morning clock or in the evening when the main wave of tourists has passed. Next - in Italy by car it is best to stay in Siena. From here it is convenient to get to Lucca and Voltaires, where for excursion walks it is better to use the services of a guide, especially visiting winery.

Rest in Florence

Approximate travel costs by car in Italy

Paid roads in Italy are highly popular. It is difficult to get lost, especially if you use the navigator in Italy. In addition, on paid roads, the permissible speed is much higher, they work without weekends and pay the fare fairly convenient.

Note! Two main motorways are laid from north to south along the whole country. The fare on the east coast is 60 euros *, and in Northern - 70 euros. *

Now is the time to consider how the passage of paid roads is paid:

• at the entrance to the motorway, you need to click on the red button in the machine and pick up the ticket. Sometimes he is already there, so it should be just to tear off;
• having leaving, you need to insert this ticket to the machine and pay the amount indicated there. In some cases there is a booth in which a person sits. In this case, you can provide a ticket to him and pay with cash or bank card.

Note! The machines do not always take the paper bills, and the employee in the booth is also not always, so it's better to have coins with you. By the way, the departure of Telepass only for those who have it. For the rest, the exit "Biglietto".

Parking fee

Parking in Italy is a very extensive topic that does not fit in several paragraphs, but there are the main aspects that should be known. So it is best to stay in a hotel room, which has its own parking and free parking. So you do not have to pay extra money. If there is no such possibility, you should remember:

• parking, outlined by white line, are free. You can leave the car behind a blue, yellow or red line by tickets only;
• parking machine in the north of Italy, you can see the black "employee", which will be "helping" in every way, and then ask for several euros for services. It was illegal, pay him or not, he decides for himself;
• there is no such car parking. Payment for the left car is made in automata - an hour average of 2 euros, a day - about 18 euros. *

But before parking the car, you need to get to the parking lot. It may not be easy to do, and with which it is connected, will be discussed below.

Parking in Italy

PDD features in Italy

If the Russian motorist, staying in Italy, will figure out the rivers and markup on the road, then difficulties may arise. So, the main nuances of the movement in Italian motorways:

• in cities Maximum speed - 50 km / h. On the roads should be taken into account indications on road signs;
• all passengers must be fastened, including in the rear seat;
• children under 12 can only ride in a special chair installed in the rear seat;
• on the mobile phone, when moving, you can only speak through the headset "Hands Free";
• in circular intersections, drivers in circular motion have an advantage over others;

Important!Going on a trip to Italy by car, it is rather difficult to calculate all expenses. This is a clear minus, moreover, you need to find the parking lot and explore the rules of parking in Italy.

• on highways for stopping, special "pockets" with the inscription "SOS" are provided;
• italians love to violate the rules, but it is better not to follow their example. Even a minor speed excess faces a fine of 200 euros. * But the movement below the permitted speed will cause dissatisfaction with local drivers. For drunk driving driver can be sentenced to fine and imprisonment.

Looking for a convenient route to the places that you should visit, you need to take into account the cost of paid roads in Italy for which you have to go. All this may seem quite complicated, but after the first trip, the fears will retreat, and they will be delighted with traveling along high-quality European roads and the opportunity to choose the path itself.

* Prices are relevant for October 2018.

In Italy for cars. Our experience

• We are living in Belgium with Dima. Dima's sister lives in the north of Italy. Several times a year visit our relatives here. Accordingly, in Italy ride in Belgian numbers.
• For 5-6 trips, we never stopped the police. Pah-pah! We went through Austria, France and through Switzerland. By the way, if you go through Switzerland, it is very highly likely that the border will stop.
• The cities saw several times as police or carabineers stop and deliberate documents.
• The last time we went with a little Eve. She was only two months later. 3,000 km. She sustained very hard. In some areas there are a lot of freight trucks. Despite the fact that according to PDDs, they are allowed to go only on the reserved bands, not all adhere to traffic rules. Trucks can go to overtaking where it is forbidden to exceed the permissible speed, and even at all, take all the strips. In addition, many parts of the road are repaired, so the movement may be difficult.
• Every 30 - 50 km. The freeways have refueling, most of them with a cafe (my beloved with a cafe AUTOGRILL). Prices here are higher, both on food and gasoline. Therefore, buying products and refuel the car better in the city.

How to rent a car

• For rental cars in Europe, we use the site rentalcars.com, they have a large selection of auto and loyal prices.
• Take the car with full insurance. Italians go very randomly. It is worth only to cross the border, how it becomes clear - we are in Italy! In addition, narrow streets and sharp turns only increase the chance to damage the car. Believe me, insurance is not something that needs to be saved.
• Almost all rolling services block a deposit on your card. As a rule, it is 400-800 euros. After passing the car, the amount is unlocked.

Paid roads Italy

Most Italian motorways paid. Calculate the approximate cost of the road can be using this site. You need to enter a point of departure and arrival, and the program itself calculates the fare at the selected area. In addition, here, in real time, you can see traffic along the route: what areas are closed, which are repaired, and which are very downloaded.

On this site you can get information on highway. All infrastructure has been described: parking, refueling, congresses in the city and much more. The two above-mentioned resources were for us a chopstick.

How to pay for the passage

• At the entrance to the motorway, press the button to get a ticket, you do not pay anything. Coupon in no way throw out. When leaving the freeway, you will need to pay.

• Pay at the entrance to the fixed amount and continue to move, you don't need to pay anything on the road from the freeway.

To pay for the passage in advance prepare cash. Many items are automated (that is, without a person in the window), but not everyone accepts cards.

Tourists need to choose a point with the inscription "Biglietto", on which bank cards or penny are drawn. Points that support Telepass are for local who have a deposit chip.

Gaining Italy

Average prices for gasoline in Italy are:

• Super 95 - 1.6 euros,
• Premium 98 - 1.7 euros,
• Diesel - 1.45 euros.

In Italy, you can refuel in two ways: with and without.

1. Refill with the mark "Servito" means maintenance at the station. That is, you can not even leave the car, everything will be done for you. Speak what to fill, how much and give money. The station employee will pay gasoline at the checkout and will return to you. Gasoline marked "SERVITO" is more expensive than if you did everything on your own. On average, extra charge is 10-20 cents per liter. Tips should be left optionally, payment for the help has already been laid in a higher cost of gasoline.
2. The second option is to fill the machine yourself. In this case, the regular price is valid for gasoline, which is indicated on the scoreboard at the entrance to the refueling. Keep in mind some stations are closed on weekends and holidays. You can pay for gasoline by card or cash in the terminal.

Where to park

Parking places are indicated by the sign or road markings. Most often on the signs are the days and time when parking is paid. As for the road markup, there are also its own nuances.

• Blue - zone of paid parking. You need to buy a ticket in the parking lot and put it under the windshield. Parkomati take a penny, less often maps and bills.
• Parking with white marking is free, but the car can be left for a limited amount of time. The allowed parking time is indicated on signs. As a rule, it is one or two hours. A parking disk is required to stop in this zone. White zones are very rare, in which there is no time limit.
• On average, parking costs 1-2 euro per hour.
• Good way to save - book accommodation with free parking. However, keep in mind, entry into the center of some cities can be prohibited. Take this fact if you plan to live in the center.

Cons travel in Italy for cars

• As I wrote above, the roads are paid. The cost of gasoline and payment of the motorway eat the lion's share of the selling budget. If in general, then on transport it is unfortunately, does not apply.

• North Italy, especially the part that is near the coast, very hilly. Then the descent, then the rise, then the tightening serpentine, then the tunnel, then the repair is in general, it is quite difficult to go! You need to carefully follow the road. And in major cities, there are also traffic, you can get stuck in traffic for a long time.
• The season may have a parking problem. There are a lot of people and there are few places.

In my opinion, traveling in Italy by car is expensive and tedious. Such a trip is definitely not for everyone! But if you look at the other hand, there are a lot of good here. Travel costs - price for freedom of choice and action. At any time you can replay the route or call in such places in which you can not get on public transport.

In February of this year, it was rolled in Italy for cars, and it helped to look at life in the country from the new angle. How to rent a car, learn to the local driving style, see an incredible nature reserve and spend the night on the street in one of the most criminal regions of the country - the word Anne.

Italy is not the most exotic direction to wait for some incredible adventures from him. Therefore, we decided to add difficulties and impressions themselves and went to the country as independently as possible: without pre-prepared armor, beaten routes and excursions by group. We wanted to drive through the wine-olive Tuscany, descend on the sunny Amalfi-coast in lemones, learn about the Neapolitan Mafia and take the roman outlet-village hitting.

We are Anya, a journalist and SMM manager, and Vanya - an IT developer, and together - two who have long dreamed of traveling by car. It always seemed to us and helpful - to see non-unistricted places, and in an adult, or something. And here is a brief summary of our journey: "Is it easy and cheaply to rent a car in Italy?" - No and no, "How to water in this country?" - Disgusting famously, "Will we still travel by car?" - Yes.

"We were helpful warned that in the campaign - the region of Italy, where the main trip was planned - insurance does not work. Such there, they say, mafia and robbery, that it is better not to surpass "

Rent a Car

Moscow - Pisa - Florence - so the route began to the cherished goal. At Florence Airport, on the way to which we saw the whole city, we were waiting for a cherished car. According to the first calculations, gasoline should be the main fees (about € 1.6 per liter) and the lease itself. In numerous services (Europcar, Herz, Goldcar), prices vary, there are last minute offers and many "conditions with an asterisk". We chose Goldcar, because here a dachshund ONE WAY - for the fact that you will leave the car in another city - was the lowest (€ 65). Rent as a whole also stands adequately - in 6 days we gave about € 40 + € 65.

For potentially spent gasoline on the map € 149 blocked. After returning the car, they are also returned. But in the very point of issue at Florence Airport, we learned that a credit card is needed for armor, not a debit card. After all, only with her rental can recover money if you are brought on some serpentine. And since we did not have banknotes, the rental of Full Cover is a pleasant insurance option from everything, but with biting costs in € 136. True, we were also helpfully warned that in the campaign - the region of Italy, where the main trip was planned - insurance is not valid. Such there, they say, mafia and robbery, which is better not to surpass. Or better without a car. Well, or permanently. "Grazie", "we missed and sat down in the car.

Tuscany and Umbria

We really wanted to see Chianti with his famous wine, foggy hills and olives and cypresses. Castellin-in-Chianti, Bastia-Umbria, Spello, Montefalko, Spoleto - these are towns on elevations with medieval walls and a paving, which we managed to turn around a couple of days. Everyone left for each hour and a half, but the main thing is not to get into the "dead" time from 14:30 to 18:00 - even local cats do not meow these watches, because Siesta. From food you can hope except for a cup of espresso. Shops, restaurants - categorically no.

The sun and in February was very bright, and it seemed that you could run out of the car and shoot the next cities turrets in one sweater. As we did, and Tuscany deceived our St. Petersburg naive souls. Outcome - I'm with a runny nose, and my satellite is preparing a plan-interception of colds: on arrival in the guest house in Bastia-Umbria, shower-boiling water went to move (not every B & B & B-hotel), rubbing, sleep under three blankets and hot tea . Medications on the forums were advised exclusively lemon-honey, about pharmacies - unanimously warned about prices and difficulties of buying something effective.

But the next day, Tuscan Siena rewarded us with free streets and historical painting. And more tea. We again seemed to float against the current and instead of coffee went to drink tea in an interesting place - Tearoom. By the way, this evening we first made a mistake, which stumbled on a couple more times: did not warn the object of posting about late arrival. And they did not buy a local SIM card (we wanted to travel offline), and then attached to all public places in search of Wi-Fi. The result - in one of the guest houses, we just woke up the owner, but in the campaign (this is the most with bad glory) at night remained at night on the street.

Mafia, Mandarins and Pasta God

Now the path lay from Tuscany to the campaign, the village of Gaeta, and this is about 300 kilometers of the road. It is not so interesting to go on this site: the campaign itself seems like a pretty poor region, but the garbage and bumps on the road there are default. We also decided to go around Rome on the ring and slept at once in two stories: the sudden paid track A1 (the main one, on it can always be focused on large cities) and traffic near the city.

In Gaita on the coast, where the whole color was replaced by palm-southern, we approached as much as 23 o'clock. Instead of the address Via Bologna, 22, where our stay was to be, the map showed an empty place near the road. Here we met with special numbering in Italy, when in one house there are several entrances, and they are all considered separate houses. Total: two hours were looking for our hotel without a single identification mark, half an hour wrote there, asking Wi-Fi from a neighboring hotel, and stayed in the car. But every one and a half hours wake up to warm it up (the temperature at night dropped to +4).

In fact, sleep in the car is quite convenient. But € 32 for the "Overnight" with us flies like a handbag with a navel tourist in Naples. In this city, by the way, we did not drive around, but immediately moved on the Amalfi coast. Here it was already possible to run out of the sake of the photo in one sweater, climb on the rocks and draw over the sea. The nature of the Mining and Sea Region presented to us just a children's delight, although we were squeezed on with-witty serpentines.

"In fact, sleep in the car is quite comfortable. But € 32 for the "Overnight" with us flies like a handbag with a dressed tourist in Naples "

With parking lots in the campaign there is still a big trouble than in Umbria and Tuscany, but everything saves the behavior of Italians. Yes, even if you are tupping and break into one-sided movement not in your traffic light, no one will sign and not material - they just smile. Moreover, the car, and pedestrians move as a macaronous god leads them.

On the Amalftinian coast, we slowed down in the unwasizing village of Chiet, and were so glad that they stayed there for two days. We were finally lucky with the hotel (all in ceramics, elegant furniture, 3 minutes to the sea and all this for € 38). We examined everything within a radius of 40 kilometers: in Praiano went on the liqueur shops on the tasting, in Amalfi admired boats and boats, and closer to their chutter in the evening they sat in a great fish restaurant. What should be done in this area? Try the local kitchen to buy ceramic dishes and steal lemon.

When the coast was rolling in all directions, we chose a hidden path called Pogerola - Noce Fica (Valle Delle Ferriere). There the way lies through lemon and tangerine plantations, where everything is already matured, but is actually very sour. The halt and homemade dinner of Mozarella, Tomatoes, Tuna and Chiabatta in Olive Oil, we arranged near the ruins of the 17th century abbey. Then the trail went to a dead end: water is noise ahead and a slightly visible waterfall, but everything is discouraged. "Attenzione!" On the signs at first stopped, but such a long way just had to compete with something impressive. We passed the fence and coomb. From the cliffs, from fern, with a moss strand flowed water with small crystals. Here we made a pair of 360 degrees Panoramas to carry with you at least some part of this beauty!

It can be said that the mafia campaign bowed us to violating the law and penetration into the reserve. But we are sure - it was a call of nature. And by the way, here we for the hundredth time thanked themselves for decided to take a car - without four wheels to see all this would not work.

All traffic jams lead in Rome

We left the capital for dessert, and it was true: even the Italians advise to do so, otherwise the Roman charm will not let all journey. Only here to get to Rome on the roads are not always the most convenient option: for the first time we are really stuck in traffic jams, and even jewelry driving masters had to stand. Very often the road narrows, moves from the motorway to settlements, everywhere there are many speed limitations. Motorcyclists are not embarrassing, but if you slept the outbreak behind your back - you probably captured a speed ride. This is another reason why auto-rent services are asking for a credit card: fines in Italy are large. But do you think about it when you rush in Valmonton to an outlet-village to buy Trussardi jacket for only € 69?

The end point of our trip by car was Fiumicino Airport - the largest in Rome. We decided to come to those mentioned 20.00 - and it was the right decision! The courtcar courtcar gives an hour from above, before chargeing you a fine for delay, but considering how the labyrinth was the main Roman hub, we were just in time. Do not forget about the fuel-to-fuel - the system in which the car is issued and is made fully refilled. Only it is not necessary to pay with the automaton at the refueling of large bills: the office did not work in the evening and no one did not give us the delivery of € 5.

"Fines in Italy are rather big. But do you think about it when you rush in Valmonton to an outlet-village to buy Trussardi jacket for just € 69? "

And now - on foot

Leaving the car, we even were delighted that they were not very thoroughly purchased in outlets, because everything was moving into the hands and back. The remaining three days in Rome itself did not need a car. But to see not one city and just see another Italy, Auto - Mast Hev, as the experts of English say. Even all the nerves with the navigator, addictive to Italian expressive ride and spending a car rental almost € 350 instead of the expected € 170 - everything was compensated by impressions.

Rome - Pisa - Moscow - So the journey under Hesteg # otheratelia ended. But not forever - it is necessary to please the Italians and note in a passport more days "in the territory of the country who issued a visa"!

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Most tourists prefer the sea coast of Italy, ski resorts or large cities, with their museums and architectural masterpieces. The same who wants to see the mountain peaks and alpine meadows, lemon groves and vineyards of Tuscany, vintage towns and medieval castles, we advise you to rent a car and go to one of the following routes.

1. Road S163 by Amalfi Coast: Sea, Quiet Bays and Mountain Serpentine

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Amalfi's coast is located in the south-west of Italy, not far from Naples, on the Sorrentino Peninsula. In 1997, all 40 kilometers of the coast were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The S163 route, which was not called the most beautiful expensive Italy, runs along the mountain serpentine through lemon groves and vintage cities, near the beaches, bays and vineyards. Towns and fishing villages on the coast are special - they, like bird nests, are attached to almost sheer rocks and hang over the sea.

S163 passes after six (Pirano, Amalfi, Minori, Majori, Chetar and Wieterry Sul Mare) from sixteen settlements of the coast. The remaining ten are located a few kilometers from the road. If there is an opportunity, we advise you to visit them all, because each of them is unique: in Amalfi there is a cathedral of the rarest Norman-Byzantine style and ancient arsenal, in Minories - excellent restaurants and confectionery, as well as sandy beaches. Ravello lies above other cities, from its viewing sites is visible all the coast, and in Konka-de-Marini there is a huge grotto with stalactites, medieval towers, a monastery and church.

2. Kyanti Road in Tuscany: Vineyards, Cathedrals, Castles and Hills

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Chianti is the most famous Italian wine, it is made from the grapes of Sangzovez in Tuscany. This region is famous for excellent wine and kitchen, amazing nature and rich cultural heritage. To visit the natural reserves and medieval cities, try the best wines and see the vintage castles and monasteries can, having departed on the Kyanti road (Via Chiantigiana) S222, which connects Siena and Florence.

Italian guidebooks are advised to leave Florence and, bypassing wheat fields, vineyards and olive groves, leisurely go from one medieval town to another. In an empty there is an ancient winery and the oils, the Renaissance Cathedral and the villa of the Medici family, painted Giovanni Manobi. Greve-In Chianti is famous for wine cellars with the most valuable variety of Chianti - "Chianti Classico", old frescoes, castles and taverns, trimmed by terracotta. Panzano is surrounded by cypress and olive groves, and in the city center there is a medieval castle.

3. The path to the Dolomite Mountains in the northeast of Italy: Lakes, Pink Mountains and Medieval Castles

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Dolomite Alps are one of the most beautiful mountainous arrays of Europe, which is included in the World Natural Heritage Site of UNESCO. These mountains have an amazing color - they are almost white in the afternoon, and at sunset are painted hundreds of shades of red and pink. Le Corbusier, one of the most famous architects of the twentieth century, called them the most beautiful architectural creation in the world. The 110-kilometer road from Bolzano to Cortina-d'Ampezzo, which is called Big Dolomiti (Grande Strada Delle Dolomiti), runs next to the highest peaks, lakes and waterfalls, through alpine meadows and vintage cities.

The road begins in South Tyrol, in the city of Bolzano, where there are medieval castles and a romanian-gothic cathedral, and the Archaeological Museum is kept by Mummy Ecy, a Tyrolean icy man who lived in the mountains about 5,300 years ago. Further, the path lies through the Karets lake, whose water is transfused with different colors, and the mountain range of Kathenachcho, which is called the "Gate to Dolomites". Further the path lies on winding mountain roads, through ski resorts, coniferous forests and pastrase castle past the ancient castle. Soon after the castle, the road descends into the Valley of Ampezzo, to the resort town of Cortina-d'Ampezzo, where in 1956 the Winter Olympic Games were held.

4. Three roads of ancient Sicily: the sea, volcano, the ancient Greek ruins and lush baroque

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Sicily is washed by three seas, here is the purest beaches, excellent kitchen and amazing architecture. The ancient Greek and early Christian monuments coexist with baroque churches, gloomy catacombs and modern new buildings. And here is the only acting volcano of Europe. Three roads are running through the most beautiful places and the main attractions of the island: S114, S115, S113.

S114 stretches along the east coast, connecting Messina and Syracuse. The road passes along the coast and plains, next to the Etna volcano, through the medieval Taormina, lying on the top of the hill, and port riding with baroque cathedrals, marble fountains and houses from a black volcanic stone.

The S115 route comes from Syracuse to Trapani in the west of the island, through the quiet villages and forests, along the coast and valleys with the ruins of the ancient cities. In Val di Nototo, the road runs through the baroque cities of Raguz and noto to the coast, turns into the medieval town of Agrigento and further leads to the Valley of the temples - the most famous ancient Greek ruins on the island.

S113 connects two seaports - Trapani in the north-west of Sicily and Messina - in the northeast, running around the mountains and the northern coast through Palermo, the capital of the island and Tyndari, a quiet city with ancient Risk ruins and medieval monasteries that surround beaches and caves.

5. Road around Lake Como in Lombardy: Alps, Castles, Parks and Villas Kings

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Lake Como is one of the most beautiful lakes of Europe, is located 40 kilometers from Milan, in the north-west of Italy. For centuries, European aristocrats came to rest here, and today their villas with huge gardens, parks and luxurious interiors are popular attractions of the region. The lake surround the Alps, there are luxury villas of 18-20 centuries, parks, medieval churches, museums, vintage castles and a fortress tree on its shores. Como a rare elongated form in which some sees the inverted letter Y, and others are a silhouette of a running person. The length of the road walking along the shores and the surroundings is 140 kilometers.

You can start the route in any of the cities on the lake. If you wish, you can not cross around the lake in a circle, but to use the ferry, which connects 4 cities (Varenna, Bellajo, Menhadzho, Caidenabbium) at different ends of the lake. We advise you to visit the following places: Castello Castle Di Vezio, from where, from the poultry pool, everything lake is visible, and the viewing platform in Bellagio, with which, according to locals, offers the best view of Como. On Villa Balbianlello in Lenno, one of the episodes of the "Star Wars" were filmed, English kings lived in Chernobyo in Chernobio, and Villa Carlotte in Treverzo is famous for its park and masterpieces of painting. The most beautiful cities of the route - Como and Lecco, with medieval cathedrals, town halls, houses and excellent embankments.

about the author

I live in Marseille, I study on an illustrator and constantly traveling. I adore to open up new places for myself and tell about how to make a trip cheaper and more pleasant, about unusual routes that changed my mind to the world and which, I hope, will inspire someone to go on the road.

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