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    1. Interesting because even if you go to like Puglia region, which isn’t theoretically touristy, it’s full of visitors.

    2. This should be crossposted to r/Venezia, so people understand why Venetians hate tourists.

    3. I prefer visiting the rural areas, don’t get the appeal of visiting the overpriced, overcrowded tourist hotspots

    4. StockTooHigh on

      Sicily could’ve been such a tourist location but they are fucking up for centuries on that island.

    5. I’ve been to Vico Del Gargano, Marina Serra, Molinara and then Badalucco (many times) out in pretty remote areas. But I also hate crowds after 25 years in various larger cities.

    6. Now I know where to go for vacation in Italy to avoid crowds and enjoy in peace and food and wine.

    7. Explorer_1990_ on

      This a stupid droid mentality: If anyone travels to Italy generally are Rome, Venice, Florence. But what about Puglia, Calabria , Sardinia or Sicily? 

      If I spend holiday in summer in Italy, I never go to hyped destinations and never go to city tours .In Rome the summer is terrible with 40 degrees. I rather go to Ladispoli/Anzio/Nettuno and spending beach holiday. 

      Puglia is the same: travelling to Bari near Bari Centrale but visting Monopoli,  Barletta, Trani.

      I am not saying no one should travel to Rome. But in summer it is just not practical. Even Romans are out of city especially around Ferragosto. 

    8. PeteyMcPetey on

      Back in like 2001-2002, I (American guy) rented a car with a couple of friends and drove from Sigonella (on Sicily) to Venice.

      I don’t remember the exact route we took but we crossed over to just above the heel and headed up the east coast. I think we spent like 4-5 days doing it. No real itinerary, just planned on enjoying the trip.

      I remember a lot of the Italians off the beaten tourist path just being kinda dicks about everything. There were plenty of nice folks as well, but the dickishness was prevalent enough that it pretty much colored the entire trip and is what I really remember from the trip.

      And we weren’t being the ugly Americans or obnoxious Americans. We all lived in Europe and we were just road-tripping.

      The most common annoyance was folks clearly pretending to not speak a word of English (or German or Spanish), at least until it came time to pay for something, and then they were able to pretty clearly articulate the price, which was inevitably higher than it should have been.

      And then the food judging. OMG, heaven forbid you try to do the tiniest little something to make a dish suit your own tastes.

      I don’t hate Italy, and I’ve had a lot of good experiences with Italians outside of Italy since then.

      But yeah, I haven’t been back to Italy since then.

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