
How to Get Around Italy: Frecciarossa vs Italo vs Regional Trains vs Flying
Getting around Italy, compared: trains, buses, flights and cars. Altroconsumo found 31% of Frecciarossa services ran late against 20% for Italo.


Getting around Italy, compared: trains, buses, flights and cars. Altroconsumo found 31% of Frecciarossa services ran late against 20% for Italo.

The best time to visit Italy is May, June, September or October. Month-by-month weather, crowd and cost data from a record 185-million-visitor year.

Italy trip cost runs €110 to €200 per person per day, and hotels now average €172 a night. Real euro numbers by city, plus the costs no booking site shows.

Italy tourist tax runs €1 to €10 per person per night, and 1,411 comuni now charge it. Every major city's rate, the exemptions, and Venice's access fee.

Italy expects 141 million visitors this year, but US bookings are down and the big sights all changed their rules. Here's how to plan a first trip properly.