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  1. S

    Traveling to Tropea and further south

    Hello fellow travellers, I have done a lot of reading but would love to get some feedback of travellers who have travelled in that area. I will fly to Lamezia Terme (SUF) Airport, arriving at 8am on a Monday, leaving again on Saturday at 8pm, so I will have 4 full days and 2 “almost full days”...
  2. Valerie

    Transportation Car Rental Locations in Rome

    Instead of picking up your rental car when you arrive at Rome Airport (FCO) after an overnight flight, consider spending a few nights in Rome and picking up your rental car in the city before you leave. This lets you avoid driving when jetlagged and many times your rental rate is lower when you...
  3. Tony da Roma

    Transportation Tips for Driving in Italy

    To an outsider, driving in Italy can appear to be chaotic. To use an overused cliché: it is organized chaos. Many countries in the world have strict driving laws and those laws are voraciously enforced. Despite the overwhelming police presence in Italy, traffic laws are just not a priority. It...
  4. Gas Station

    Gas Station

    Look at that description for paying with a credit card! We could not figure it out even though it was in English. ID number? There was no one around but another customer got it working for us.
  5. Speed Limits

    Speed Limits

    Speed limits for the country posted at the border with Egypt.
  6. Parking Signs

    Parking Signs

    Paid parking on the street is done with an app. We've used Pango.
  7. Roads in the Negev

    Roads in the Negev

    Our rental car parked beside a dirt road in the Negev. We stopped because the road was very rough but other cars continued. We continued on foot.
  8. Pauline

    Driving a UK car in France

    In just over a week we will take our UK car to France. These are the things I had to arrange. Car Insurance Our UK car insurance is comprehensive in the UK but third party only in other countries (meaning our car is not covered but any other car in an accident is). I was able to purchase...
  9. Brad C. Hodson

    Drive from France to Italy?

    We're planning a trip for the fall and I'm kicking around the idea of starting off in Paris (my wife has never been) and then renting a car to drive into Italy. I know the costs of returning a car in a different country are exorbitant, so I was thinking of dropping the car off on the French side...
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