Italy: Dumb Mistakes Tourists Make in Italy

Whether you are visiting Rome, Florence, Venice, or Siracusa there are some common tourist mistakes that tourists make when they visit Italy. Here we go over some of the most common travel mistakes travelers make when they visit the land of pizza, pasta, and amazing people. So, whether it is trying to figure out when you should eat or how you should beat those long lines at the Vatican, here are the most common tourist mistakes that tourists make when they visit Italy.
Filmed in Vicenza, Italy
Copyright Mark Wolters 2019

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[domenicotalento]

Chi è italiano e sta comunque guardando il video?

[danielblitzke]

YouTube Italia : Watch a video about visiting your own country, but in english

[jacopoabbruscato]

The biggest mistake for ladies is wearing high heels when visiting any old city. I've seen a good number of poor souls struggling in medieval towns.

[kvetamarie]

Love Italy. Learn some Italian. Easy to learn basics Italian. Slow down. Smile . Stay away from tourist places. People are amazing. Be polite . Do not rush. Never had bad food.. Be polite and patient. Dress decently... Love Italy. Every part of Italy. Love the people.

[gammandromedae]

Turin is underrated. I lived there for one year and there's so much to see and enjoy!

[ondrej]

Italy is absolutely fantastic. From Sicily to lake Como, it's like a different country, but still beautiful.

[cristyna]

the bigger mistake is asking for a cappuccino after pizza

[Alexander-xhzm]

Warning - Italy is seriously addictive and good for the soul - I will always return to this beautiful country!

(Bologna is my personal favourite)

[josephpanzarella]

Your comment about how much time to spend in Pisa made me laugh because it reminded me of a co-worker who planned her annual family vacation--a week at Mt. Rushmore. A week! It takes 2 minutes to take the picture, which looks the same as the postcards, and you're done! They were bored for the whole week. Think before you book!

[camillap.]

From an Italian point of view, this was one of the few videos about Italy that was actually spot on!! So many good advices for anyone that wants to come visit our country! Thanks for sharing, I’m gonna forward this to my American friends 😃

[diegoyuiop]

To everyone who eats at 5 pm, how do you survive until night without eating? I mean, if I go to bed at 11p.m and I've eaten at 5pm I would suffer!

[Theman]

The amount of tourists in Florence and Rome during the summer is absolutely disgusting. Best advice is to venture off to lesser known cities

[sandroairj]

I'm Italian and from your video it seems you know Italy so well! Bravissimo ;-) very good suggestions!

[albertotalia]

Thanks to make such great videos about my country. The "don't eat near touristic place" is a rule even for us Italians, high prices and poor food. I can confirm that we'll be very happy to suggest good restaurant for every budgets. 😋😃

[andybrinegar]

Going to Milan to watch my favorite soccer team play live was one of the happiest moments in my life! I was blown away with my first trip over seas by myself. People in Italy are amazing! I can’t recommend this country enough.

[Adriwatt]

First time I see something quite smart about being a tourist in Italy. Especially your suggestion to go and visit medium/small towns and let people know that Italian food is not just pasta and pizza. Good job.
PS: I was born in Bassano del Grappa (9:02), great small town.

[brettdupuis]

Great advice. The best decision I made when going to italy last year was to stay in small towns outside of the big cities and take the bus in. It made the trip much more authentic

[topc]

I absolutely agree with you: there's full of cities in all Italy that are beautiful! I live in Udine and even if it's very small and underrated it' very beautiful in my opinion!

[MrRealgar]

Hello Mark, you perfectly understand our country. This derives from a great personal knowledge and understanding of our culture, history, economy and social behavior. Since I come from a very touristic area, Lake Como, and I live myself dealing with tourism, I am glad when I find people like you, and I enjoy having a talk in a transparent and clearer manner (and less stressful, I hope you can get it). I love knowing when tourists do not choose the usual and rushing tour (Rome-Venice-Florence), and prefer other typologies (I could go over for years, e.g. the Wine areas, the beaches, the National parks, the medium-size cities etc.). I wish everyone, before coming, would take your courses. In any way, all tourists are welcomed! My advice: travel in small groups, try to speak a little of Italian with locals, explore more, tiny museums, little restaurants...and you will enjoy 100% more Italy!

[dcm]

It’s easy to say don’t just go to “the big three” when you probably can’t even count the number of trips you’ve made there :) We did the big three - plus a day in Modena - over 2.5 weeks and have no complaints. I’m not saying the small towns aren’t fantastic because they are. But if you maybe get one trip in your life to go over there, it’s impossible to even hit all the amazing spots in those cities let alone venture too far afield.

Personally I think the one mistake people make is not exploring the Airbnb options that are available. We saved so much money which let us stretch our trip out, had beautiful places and met some great locals. It was also fantastic to have a washing machine to use and meant we could pack that much less.