Where Italians Go on Vacation
Someone asked on Frommer’s: “Where do Italians go on vacation?”
The majority go to the beach. [more]
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I feel the same way about the Italian beach. I grew up in Sydney, Australia so Italian beaches just don’t seem either beautiful or relaxing to me. The first time I went to the Adriatic Coast the pollution actually made me throw up!
I don’t get why Italians go to the beach when there are so many parts of Italy which are far more beautiful.
Comment by kataroma — July 16, 2007 @ 7:18 am
HI Great post!
Have you ever seen a typical Sicilian family beach vacations?
Here the schedule:
- Start 5:00 o’clock to prepare foods (cutuletti; parmiggiana; muluni; pasta o funni)
- Departure at 7:00 o’clock
- 3-4 hours in the freeway pollution
- 12:00 arrive on the beach
- 12:05 start eating
- 20:00 finish eating
- 20:01 go home
Best regards
Comment by Enrico — July 16, 2007 @ 1:53 pm
I actually love some of the pay beaches in Italy. It’s nice to have a place to change, store all the kids’ stuff, get an ice cream, play in the sand and the water and then spend some time in the shade of the umbrella.
My husband and I were talking recently about our upcoming vacation, and started reminiscing about our own childhood experiences. I grew up in the US, he grew up in Italy. We would take a few weeks camping or playing at the beach. He would spend a month at the beach then a month in the mountains! Then we started talking about priorities, socio-economic issue, and global politics…
Cheers!
Comment by kath — July 18, 2007 @ 5:40 pm
Folks in Tokyo is more or less the same, you have to take a train or car for couple of hours to go to the beach and it is packed with people! Not much people can afford a house near beach though.
Comment by Kaz Chigita — July 19, 2007 @ 9:21 am