i am interested in traveling to italy, am a food person but want to go sometime during the "off"season when it is not so busy. Have never been to italy. Was considering Sept or Oct?? Any advice?
2007-02-17 12:10:09 · 6 answers · asked by Robyn A 1 in Travel ➔ Italy ➔ Other - Italy
The most crowded period is July/August when also Italians (frankly not so many) are adding to the too many foreign tourists in the visit of Italian highlights in that period.Also trains and the roads might be really full in particular dates and affording a trip to Italy in such a period it's a bet without not too many chances. On the contrary,and I've suggested it all the times when I've posted my answers on this argument, the best period to visit Italy goes either from early May to end June if you don't suffer too much for possible hot weather or from late September to end October if you don't mind for possible rains/showers.
Therefore yr choice is depending on yr "preferences" (even if we are just speaking now about probabilities being impossible to everybody any 'sure' longterm weather's forecast) but I would say that the period you're considering sounds good to me.
Enjoy Italy anyhow...!!
2007-02-17 20:56:41 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Tourist Season In Italy
2016-11-07 11:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't go April-August. Too many tourists. Sept or October is a great time. The weather is still warm. We went in Sept for 3 weeks and the weather was great. The farther north you go, it will be a little cooler. Bring a umbrella and water repellent light jacket just in case. Weather has been strange every where lately.
Italy is a wonderful country to visit. Enjoy and happy travels
2007-02-18 09:46:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
On the whole, Italy is perhaps slightly cheaper than the UK, but it depends where you go. Somewhere like Lake Garda is a real tourist trap and will tend to be a lot more expensive than smaller towns in the south of the country. I would avoid Garda in the Summer months as it will be PACKED. Try May or September when it should still be warm, but there will be far less people about.
2016-03-22 13:21:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In travel-industry jargon, the year is divided into three seasons: peak season (roughly late June, July, and August), shoulder season (May, early June, September, early October), and off-season (late October through April). Each has its pros and cons.
For many, "shoulder season" — generally April, May, early June, September, and early October — combines the advantages of both peak-season and off-season travel. In shoulder season, you'll enjoy decent weather, long-enough daylight, fewer crowds, and a local tourist industry that is still eager to please and entertain.
If debating the merits of spring versus fall, consider your destination. Mediterranean Europe is generally green in spring, but parched in fall.
PS. We went to Cinque Terra in May thinking it wouldn't be crowded and it was packed! The same was true of Italy at Easter. Because of the warm weather, tonnes of Europeans go to these areas over the holidays. I would suggest October myself as I love it when there are less people and the weather could still be quite warm (depends on the year of course - my sister and I went to Greece at the beginning of October last year and were still swimming in the Mediterranean).
2007-02-17 20:38:16 · answer #5 · answered by jenstarr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the answers they gave to you. I could actually add that if you go to all the same obvious places (Rome, Venice, Amalfi and Positano), you should find them busy anytime. But if you choose some fascinating but less known places, you could manage to stay alone even in June and July and you can be sure that you'll love them the same way. And morover, when you come back home, you could say that you really foud the real Italy and real italians. Umbria, Marche, Basilicata, Puglia, are some of the regions in which you could find less crowded places even in busy seasons, especially far from the coast, hills and mountains.
2007-02-17 21:09:50 · answer #6 · answered by Mitzi DNP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
March to October
2007-02-18 04:42:21 · answer #7 · answered by yesette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are planning to go to the north of Italy, I would travel before mid October, weather will not be that pleasant after.
Mid september to mid october it's a good time
2007-02-18 11:33:29 · answer #8 · answered by d g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
October is better. The wheater is fine and there aren't turist.
In South of Italy you can have sunbathing and swim.
November is wet, December is crowd.
2007-02-19 05:07:53 · answer #9 · answered by Simo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
october is better than september, but the weather is iffy then. the further south you stay then, the bettter, but you don't want to miss Venice and Cinque Terra.
I would go in October or May, personally. Avoid the crowds in summer!
2007-02-17 12:17:05 · answer #10 · answered by outtahere 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋