13. We love the Adriatic coast, the whitewashed coastal villages of Puglia, the caves … Most of the beaches from Ancona north all the way past Venice are long flat beaches, since it's flat land like Florida. We are looking at two to three weeks. There's so much to see along this coastline that you'll have to make some difficult choices. A rail line runs along the coast from the city of Trieste in the north to Lecce in the south, although it's necessary to change trains at least once to make the entire trip. Welcome. Also, it sounds as if we will need a rental car. You are literally on the Adriatic, walk on the rocks, fish, small private beaches. ... writes travel expert Rick Steves. Urbino is a jewel of a small city. This topic has been automatically closed due to a period of inactivity. Kissing the Adriatic Coast — where the Germanic, Mediterranean, and Slavic worlds collide — Slovenia is a small country with a big appeal. Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates. Below there are about 20 red beach umbrellas set up on a narrow strip of beach (compare that to Rimini, etc.!). A highway also runs along the coast, so it's possible to drive the whole route. ... We traveled the Adriatic coast of Italy for 3 weeks in 2012, via public transportation. I lived and worked in Italy and spent lots of time in Portonovo when I wasn't working which is not far from Ancona. Besides Venice, the most beautiful area along the Adriatic coast is, in my opinion, Puglia (the heel of the Italian boot). Kissing the Adriatic Coast — where the Germanic, Mediterranean, and Slavic worlds collide — Slovenia is a small country with a big appeal. Vieste is a wonderful coastal town to visit,” he says. August is the busiest month and even then, I never ran into other North Americans. My wife and I spent a week there last year since that is where her family is from. I have yet to determine where this photo was taken or how one would get to beach from up top. ... offers daily service from Florence, Rome and the Adriatic coast. Rick Steves' Europe Yesterday at 1:27 PM Lounging alongside the Adriatic Sea on the famed Dalmatian Coast, Sp ... lit is Croatia's second-largest city (after capital Zagreb), making it a bustling metropolis, serious port city, major transit hub, and top sightseeing destination, all rolled into one. Pretty city. It was amazing. Located just a few miles inland from the Adriatic coast, the Republic of San Marino brags it's the world's oldest and smallest republic. Beaches in Portonovo are rocky, surrounding area has some large cliffs. At the end of our trip we took a train to Brindisi, flew to Milan and then home. Croatia Tour: The Adriatic in 14 Days | Rick Steves 2021 Tours. There is only about 6 or 7. Kissing the Adriatic Coast — where the Germanic, Mediterranean, and Slavic worlds collide — Slovenia is a small country with a big appeal. I liked the beaches at Pesaro and around Ancona, though, less concrete than other places. Two nights here is good. It was mostly locals and a small number of German tourists. A masseria is similar to an agriturismo. ... town of Polignano a Mare rises out of a cliff face on the Adriatic Sea. Here's what you'll see on our Best of South Italy tour! Day 9-10: Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri. Day 7-8: Greek ruins, Amalfi Coast. But I see a park on the map, just north of Pesaro. Pepino, the owner of Hotel Seggio, is to pick up our luggage and take it to his family hotel. Did not get to the beaches Roberto mentioned. Rick Steves Eastern Europe is a collection of "Travel with Rick Steves" radio interviews featuring travel tips and lessons from Rick and the expert teachers who guide Rick Steves' tours through Eastern Europe. Jan 29, 2019 - Vacation in Southern Italy? Italy's east coast runs along the Adriatic Sea from the border of Slovenia to the heel of the boot, the Salento Peninsula. Southern Italy - A Rick Steves Tour. Get Started. Adriatic Coast - Audio Europe: Eastern Europe by Rick Steves Audio Europe published on 2015-02-11T02:12:35Z Rick chats with two guides about the sun-soaked islands, charming port towns, and Venetian-style architecture of the Adriatic Coast. All made our trip an exceptional experience. Marche? Check it out below. Join Jenn Miller for a tour down the coast of the Adriatic Sea and discover five stops on the Italian side that don’t rate highly in the guidebooks but are not to be missed, nonetheless. Welcome to Viator! ©2021 Rick Steves' Europe, Inc. | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy. You can stay in a cave hotel. After meeting with your guide, you will begin a tour which will provide you with the opportunity to learn about the real Kotor. Generally very quiet and low-key area and if I wanted excitement, I went to Rimini. It'll be quiet this early in the season with very few tourists but you'll still find great food. Jump to bottom. We then took a train to Bari and another train to Matera, which is not on the Adriatic but is a must-see, if you're this close. We returned our car in Brindisi and took a train to Lecce for our final stop. Might make a nice drive over that way. We have bought into Rick Steves Europe Through The Back Door Tours. Ancona is where I did my basic military training (long time ago) exactly starting in early September for several weeks into October. Not all the beaches on that coast are flat. It's at the bottom of white cliffs which have greenery on top. You could fly into Venezia and out of Bari. Trieste? There would be 4, possibly 5, of us. ... Adriatic Coast. We also liked Ascoli Piceno. Life in Italy is opera. Rick Steves Show More Show Less Ravenna is on Italy's tourist map for one reason: its 1,500-year-old churches decorated with the richest collection of Byzantine mosaics anywhere. Thanks. Rick took his first trip to Europe in 1969, visiting piano factories with his father, a piano importer. Rick Steves' Europe Tribune Content Agency Ravenna is on Italy’s tourist map for one reason: its 1,500-year-old churches decorated with the richest collection of Byzantine mosaics anywhere. Since our first trip to Europe in 1999 (Urbino), I have saved a tourist brochure from Le Marche with a photo of an Adriatic beach taken from above. Video: Watch Italy's Amalfi Coast, an episode of the Rick Steves' Europe TV show. Lots of beach concessions are active in the summer which will rent you umbrella/chairs and stuff, but I can tell you that in September they'll be mostly all closed for the season. About Rick Steves Guidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is America's most respected authority on European travel. Not much has been mentioned about the coast along the Adriatic, particularly parallel to Florence. ... Rick Steves Recommended. It’s also home to two of our talented guides, Tina Hiti and Sašo Golub , who lead Rick Steves’ Adriatic tours, offer custom tours of their own, and co-write a blog about all things Slovenian at Private Guide Slovenia . Rick chats with two … Abruzzo? http://www.parks.it/parco.conero/gallery_dettaglio.php?id=13805, There are also great places to visit in the Marche region in the interior. We took a winery tour one day with a company called Experience Path -- highly recommended. Thanks. Clooney must like the quiet "boring" places as there are less tourists gawking at him or bothering him for selfies. Special and Safe Tour of Capri from Naples port Recommended By Rick Steves. Day trips included Castel del Monte and the salt plains at Margherita di Savoia. Then we took a train south to Trani, a picturesque little harbor town. We rented a car when we left Matera and spent the next six days at Masseria Montenapoleone, near Pezze di Greco. I'm not a beach vacation person (lived in Miami/Miami Beach most of my life, beached out), so most of my trip reports didn't mention beaches. Rick Steves' Best of South Italy 2019. ... Adriatic coast of Italy. In Vasto, a place called Bagni Vittoria. We were disappointed in Lecce but enjoyed our day trips around the boot: Otranto, which was dead off-season (we were there in late October) and beautiful Gallipoli .. a really picturesque little fishing village. We wished we had stayed there instead of Lecce. Umbria is located in the historic heart of Italy. We love Italy. Posted by Jim_in_VA (Virginia, USA) on 01/16/17 08:58 PM. Our day trips: the little hill town of Corinaldo and the Caverns of Frasassi. Day 11-13: Naples. Once the book is purchased, it has a link to a website to download POI (Points of Interest) with GPS coordinates to every place mentioned in the book. ... She was working for Rick Steves' at the time and assisting with tours that summer. But as Roberto said, it's much too long for one home base. Ciao! Or just maybe someone here will know. We stayed in five places: Senigallia, in the Marche -- a picturesque little town with a couple of Michelin-starred restaurants and miles of sandy beach. More. Any input on that area around, say Ancona or Pesaro and environs? I think I can safely say that the coastline there is all one long, flat beach, fronted by basic, modern architecture, and summer tourist services, as it also is south to Pescara. I wanted to add some info regarding the adriatic coast, but further south in Abruzzo. Got my next 2 month trip coming up in Sept-Oct. Not been over that way. If I were doing the Adriatic, I'd go to the Croatian side instead. “Resorts on Italy’s west coast are better known, but many of the beaches are rocky. Take a read below: Schools start on the week of Sept 11, 2017, therefore vacationers will be all gone by the end of August. But as Roberto said, it's much too long for one home base. To me the most beautiful spot on the Italian Adriatic, north of Puglia which is also beautiful, is exactly there, near Ancona, in particular just south of it, where the Mount Conero Park is. Thanks, Laura. Each room is a private bungalow. It's an ancient town, one of the most unusual places you'll ever visit, and a World Heritage sight. Recall these reports that Zoe made last summer: https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/pesaro-to-urbino, https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/le-marche-macerata-and-ascoli-piceno, https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/from-pescara-to-montagnana-public-transportationtation. Pure paradise. We traveled the Adriatic coast of Italy for 3 weeks in 2012, via public transportation. It will likely be too cool for swimming in April or May but if you like to walk along the sand in the morning, or to sit by the sea with a glass of wine after a busy day of sightseeing, you'll love it. You may, however, run into more Americans now in Portonovo. Day 5-6: Matera. It’s a voluminous moving masterpiece of generations intermingling, life spilling onto the streets, people gesticulating, laundry hanging and mopeds flying. http://www.turismo.marche.it. What are must see cities and sights? We would fly into Venice, with an optional exit airport. Close. Take a look just for the pictures. Neither Urbino nor Ascoli Piceno are on the coast, but if you have several bases, you can certainly get to each of them. A masseria is a great experience ... and you'll find them all over this area. Puglia? Had some great food here. Rick Steves' Europe. ©2021 Rick Steves' Europe, Inc. | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy, http://www.parks.it/parco.conero/gallery_dettaglio.php?id=13805. We arrive in Vieste, a medieval village on the Spur of Italy and the Adriatic Coast.. Its population is around 13,600 and it seems as if every one of them is out in the street today, celebrating St. George’s Day. The Frasassi Caves are quite spectacular. You can't visit everything from one base. The Adriatic coast is 1000 km long. That's quite a distance from Venice though. The Egadi Islands of Favignana and Levanzo are considered the jewels in the crown of Italy’s Aegadian coast—but their remote locations make access challenging. Our "Wow" moments occur each day and begin with the tour choice and following planning. Welcome to our Rick Steves' "Best of South Italy in 13 Days" tour. Get out a map, and Google the interesting places, and come back here when you have more questions. The Marche region is also nice (that would be the region suggested by Rosalyn). Day 1-3: Rome, Tivoli. We would like a home base, rental home or apartment, with easy access to trains and buses. Might be a nice escape on your 2 month stay, https://www.google.com/search?q=bagni+vittoria+vasto&biw=1536&bih=731&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvibb38MnRAhUM6SYKHSD6DhUQ_AUIBigB. In the Gargano you’ll find spectacular sand beaches. It’s also home to two of our talented guides, Tina Hiti and Sašo Golub , who lead Rick Steves’ Adriatic tours, offer custom tours of their own, and co-write a blog about all things Slovenian at Private Guide Slovenia . A group of us are planning a trip starting in Venice, in April or May, and travelling down the Adriatic coast. We stayed in five places: Senigallia, in the Marche -- a picturesque little town with a couple of Michelin-starred restaurants and miles of sandy beach. ... Pictured in header: Vieste & the Adriatic coast. Last time I recommended the area to a friend, she stopped for dinner at Hotel Fortina Napoleonico and 20 minutes after being seated, George Clooney walked in with his entourage. Perhaps I should write to the Regione Marche tourist information office and ask! Thank you all, for all of your information. Where exactly do you want to visit? We had a car, so I can't really address the issue of transport access. Since our go-to Rick Steves Italy guide ignores that part of Tuscany, Mom had found a great kindle book on Amazon called “Tuscany by Car-the Complete Guide”. After reading your posts, it is obvious that we can't stay in one spot, if we plan to cover a good bit (but not all) of the coastline. Adriatic Coast tours and things to do: Check out Viator's reviews and photos of Adriatic Coast tours. A car is really helpful to roam but when we were debating a car, we had figured out how to go from Matera to Alberobello by bus. This being our third wonderful Rick Steves' tour, we thought it would be fun to share with you our experiences, and those of our tour mates, wonderful guide, Caterina, and her assistant, Kiersten. Thanks Roberto, Zoe and Paul. We have experienced many tour structure changes over time, though the basic theme for Rick's tours can be counted on to remain clear for us as we begin our eleventh and twelfth tours. Found on the Amalfi Coast, ... in Sicily is tiny but popular—especially among sun-seekers from other parts of Italy. ... (Adriatic Sea). No matter where you go you'll find wonderfully kind people, great food and wine, and spectacular scenery. The photos sure look great. This topic has been automatically closed due to a period of inactivity. Pre-Tour Rome Day 4: Adriatic Coast, pasta! It was still warm, but not a soul on the area beaches except for few on weekends. Water was typically pretty calm and flat unless there was a storm. We will have 2-3 weeks for this trip. 12/4/2014. As an 18-year-old, Rick began traveling on … Not much has been mentioned about the coast along the Adriatic, particularly parallel to Florence. In Rick Steves Croatia & Slovenia you'll find in-depth Rick-tested information on:. There is more to the Adriatic region of Italy than just Venice. What city would provide a good home base? 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