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Italy on Foot is led by Maria, who lives in Rome for over 10 years, and shaped by local contributors across the country, so every guide is built from real, on-the-ground experience, not second-hand research.
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Planning Italy in May 2026? Save these strike dates before you book trains, flights, airport transfers or day trips 🇮🇹
Transport strikes in Italy are common, and many are changed, reduced or cancelled close to the date. But these are the May 2026 dates tourists should watch:
🚕 May 5: Rome taxi protest risk + Florence/Tuscany rail maintenance strike
🚌 May 8: Trento and Potenza local bus strikes
🚆 May 9–10: Naples EAV strike, important if you’re going to Pompeii, Herculaneum, Sorrento or the Campi Flegrei area
✈️ May 11: Major airport and flight disruption risk, including Rome, Naples, Palermo, Cagliari and EasyJet staff actions
🚌 May 14: Novara local transport strike
🚆 May 15–16: Big rail and maritime strike window
🚇 May 15: Milan ATM strike risk, plus Catania AMTS local transport strike and some rail-service contractor actions
🚆 May 20: Naples EAV rail strike from 9 AM to 1 PM
🚛 May 25–29: National freight transport stoppage, mostly indirect impact for tourists
🚆 May 28–29: Big national strike risk. Trains from 9 PM May 28 to 9 PM May 29. Motorways from 10 PM May 28 to 10 PM May 29. Air travel risk on May 29.
Important: some services are usually guaranteed during protected time windows, but that does not mean your specific train, metro, bus or flight will run.
Before traveling, check the official MIT strike calendar, Trenitalia, ENAC, your airline, and the local transport company for your city.
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How to Plan an Italy Trip Without Ruining It
Italy punishes overplanning in a very specific way: you technically see more, but enjoy less 🗺️😵💫
The best trips leave room for long lunches, wrong turns, quiet piazzas, and places you never meant to stop 🍷🏘️✨
That’s usually where the real memories start.
Are you a spreadsheet traveler or a wander-and-see traveler?
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Sardinia is incredible but only if you plan it by region, not like one giant beach checklist. 🏝️
Most first-timers make the same mistake: they try to squeeze the south, northeast, east coast, and Alghero into one trip, then spend half their vacation in the car. Sardinia is bigger, more varied, and more logistics-heavy than people expect.
For most people, the smartest first trip is simple: South Sardinia, June or September, one main base, and a mix of beach + city + history. That gives you the best chance of actually loving the island instead of just “covering” it.
Save this for later and send it to the person already trying to plan all of Sardinia in 6 days. 😅
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Where to stay on Lake Garda by travel style
Lake Garda is not a “just pick any cute town” destination. Pick the wrong base and you can lose hours to traffic, transfers, or ferry timing. 🚆
Use this instead:
Sirmione for the classic first visit.
Desenzano for trains and nightlife.
Peschiera for families and Gardaland.
Bardolino for wine and relaxed dinners.
Malcesine for views and Monte Baldo.
Riva del Garda for hiking, cycling, and wind sports. 📍
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12 Train Mistakes Tourists Make in Italy 🚆🇮🇹
Taking trains in Italy is easy once you know the rules. Validate the right tickets, check the platform boards, leave connection time, and do not assume every train works the same way.
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Via dell’Amore looks easy on Instagram. Booking it correctly is the part people mess up. 💙
This is still the easiest classic Cinque Terre walk for 2026: short, scenic, and actually manageable for normal travelers but it is not a spontaneous just-show-up trail. You need the right card, the right time slot, and the right entrance. Miss one of those, and suddenly your “easy walk” becomes admin. 😅
The good news? Once you know the system, it’s one of the simplest iconic experiences in Cinque Terre to plan. Book the official card, reserve the slot right away, keep the ticket on your phone, and treat Riomaggiore as your default entrance. Done. ✅
Save this before you book, especially if you’re planning a one-day Cinque Terre trip. And send it to the friend who always assumes they can figure tickets out on the train. 🚆😂
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Trastevere is a different Rome before 8am.
📍 Trastevere, Roma
Cobblestones still wet from the street cleaners. A baker in slippers. Ivy over every doorway. The bells of Santa Maria begin at eight and for a moment, you understand why people fall in love with a neighborhood and never leave.
La Roma che amo. 🤎
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Amalfi Coast Travel Tips Before You Go
People picture beach clubs, lemon spritzes, and effortless glamour. What they forget is that the Amalfi Coast is also vertical. 🍋
It’s gorgeous, yes — but it’s also climbs, drops, uphill hotel walks, and “quick shortcuts” that feel like punishment.
Go for the views, not because you think your legs are about to have a restful week.
Send this to someone calling Amalfi their “easy summer trip.”
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Italy travel tips for first timers 🇮🇹
Most Italy mistakes are not dramatic. They’re tiny, annoying, expensive mistakes: the unvalidated train ticket, the ZTL you drove into, the Sunday closure you didn’t see coming, the Venice rule you found out about too late. 😵💫
That’s why this post exists. Not to tell you Italy uses euros. To tell you which rules actually mess up real trips when nobody warns you in time. 💡
Save this before your trip, then send it to the friend planning Italy like vibes are a transport strategy. 📲
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Make the trip easier
Why it helps
Trip planning gets noisy fast. We focus on the decisions that matter when you’re actually moving through Italy, so you spend less time second‑guessing and more time seeing it.
Italy is more than the big-name cities, from Tuscany’s rolling hills to Venice’s quiet canals and the Amalfi coast, places our team experiences first-hand across the country. Our walk‑first approach bundles nearby sights to avoid backtracking and adds built‑in breaks so your pace feels human.
You won’t be juggling a dozen tabs. Each guide gives you one clear route, a pre‑book game plan to dodge “sold out” surprises, and on‑the‑go notes for metro, bus, taxi, and getting back to your hotel. Food and coffee stops sit right on the path, so no doom‑scrolling when you’re hungry.
We also include access notes and dog-friendly tips, based on what actually works in Italian cities and regions today. Gioia keeps us honest about parks, cafés, and transit etiquette, because good trips work for everyone.
We cover: where to stay by neighborhood; how to move around; clear routes; where & how to buy tickets; food & drink along the way; a multi‑layer Google Map you can use on the go.
