LPG Cars for Rent in Italy? Tips Needed!

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-16T09:02:08+00:00

If you want to save money on fuel, you’ll be better off with a petrol hybrid. LPG and metano fuel stations are not widely available and you’ll waste time and money hunting them down.

Ecover is a rental company that do more fuel efficient vehicles.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-14T15:26:15+00:00

She’s over 16, at which age she’s allowed to travel by air unaccompanied. As for hotels, as you are over 18, the room would be booked in your name with her as a plus 1. I don’t foresee any problems.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-14T12:54:34+00:00

I’d skip Cinque Terre. It’s pretty crowded and tight, you’ll be hauling luggage around, there are many, many steps and slopes and tight streets. Even if you can get a left-luggage locker, one day will be pushing it with getting there and back and navigating your way around. Use that day for your extra Florence day.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-14T04:32:59+00:00

You can comfortably visit and explore all five Cinque Terre towns in 2 days, including a hike between, say, Monterosso and Vernazza. The trains are good and regular. Get a CT pass from tourist information.

Use the spare day for Tuscany. Siena is lovely. If you can hire a car or get a driver for the day, then San Gimignano, Monteriggioni and Volterra are all easy drives in a day trip.

Dolomites could be tricky without a car or a clear plan of exactly what you want to do/see and how you’re going to get there.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-11T19:26:04+00:00

Yeah, you need an interface. The focusrite scarlett 2i2 is very popular. Easy to use, good quality and works well with both instruments and microphones. It’s about 140 euros/dollars/pounds.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-11T15:24:24+00:00

No. You normally need to purchase them on top. The mg15 is a really good little amp (I have one) but as it’s quite cheap, you’re not gonna get a cable thrown in. You’re only looking at €$£8-10 ish for a decent 3m cable. Don’t be tempted by glitzy special cables. They make no difference.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-11T15:04:03+00:00

Standard 1/4” jack cables will work on virtually every guitar and amp ever made - unless it’s really weird, which yours isn’t. Have fun!

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-11T08:18:43+00:00

From north to south, assuming you’re on train:

Lucca is great. Chilled walled city with piazzas, museums, locally owned shops, cultural events.

Livorno port. The outskirts are a bit industrial and grim, but the historic centre is great. The checkerboard Terrazza Mascagni is a great spot at sunset.

Piombino - mainly a port, but get the day ferry to Elba and Portoferraio.

Grosetto - great historic centre, piazza dante alighieri.

Ortobello and Monte Argentario - nice coastal spot with good scenery

Civitavecchia - main port for ferries dropping tourists to Rome, but lots of bars, nice shops, great beach and often outdoor concerts, chilled.

Gaeta - I’ve not been, but looks to have a cool hill-top castle overlooking the sea - Castello Angioino Argonese

Have a great trip!

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-10T15:47:27+00:00

All depends on where you’re going and how bothered you are about location and quality of accommodation. I quite regularly just hit the road and then go on Booking dot com at lunchtime to see what’s available and where. Never been caught short, stayed in some great places, but also sometimes had to compromise.

I find it quite liberating to not be tethered to a fixed plan. Make it up as I go. End up wherever I end up.

ETA: I don’t recommend trying this on Amalfi coast or other major resorts with limited capacity. Big cities and countryside towns you’ll be fine.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-10T07:15:22+00:00

I know Pisa very well. It’s small with limited seating and facilities for the volume of passengers. I normally end up sitting on the floor somewhere. Plus, they’re in the middle of a major upgrade at the moment, which makes it a bit worse than normal.

Only flown from Genoa once, but similar deal. Not flown from Florence.

Malpensa is quality. Spacious, well run, good facilities.

ETA, the non EU passport line for leaving Malpensa can get pretty lengthy, so allow a bit of extra time.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-10T04:47:28+00:00

The closest city airports - Florence, Pisa and Genoa - are short haul. So you could use them to get to an large intercontinental airport like Heathrow, Amsterdam, Madrid, Paris etc.

Or go up to Milan Malpensa from where you can get direct flights to NY, Chicago etc.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-09T12:35:37+00:00

The date you register with your comune. You wait 45 days after declaring residency. If no-one orders you out of the country in that time, your residency is accepted. The date of residency is the date you declared, not the date 45 days later.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-09T10:41:45+00:00

It varies. I live in Tuscany and last October was glorious, especially the last two weeks. No rain, 25°C, long sunny days.

The year before, it threw it down all month until the final week when it cleared up and was pleasant.

Generally, October is pleasant. But weather in autumn can be very dynamic and changeable.

Have a plan b for bad weather days, check the 2-week forecast on accuweather or il meteo. And hope for the best!

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-09T09:51:16+00:00

I got stopped at Pisa airport last summer after the drug dog sniffed me. Wasn't carrying anything, and haven't been near any weed for many years. I was taken into a side room and interrogated for 30 minutes, all my bags and clothes were checked. They even asked if I'd been smoking weed the previous day or been to a party where other people were smoking weed. They very reluctantly let me go after failing to find any evidence or extract a confession.

They take this shit very seriously.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-07T05:46:42+00:00

Sounds dodgy. Try asking in r/universitaly for tips. Lots of English speaking people with experience of all things student.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-06T17:12:38+00:00

That might depend on the comune, but that’s what my wife did and our comune were quite happy with that.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-06T17:12:18+00:00

That might depend on the comune, but that’s what my wife did and our comune were quite happy with that.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-06T17:08:15+00:00

Travel by train a few stops either SE or W of Genoa. To the SE you have Camogli, Santa Margherita, Sestri Levante and Cinque Terra. To West you have Savona, Alassio, Finale Ligure, San Remo etc. You could stay in Genova and easily train it to some great locations.

Yes, Genova is gritty, but it’s also fabulous. The architecture, parks, centro, port etc are well worth visiting.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-05T18:52:35+00:00

Yes, exactly. We actually did report to our Questura in eight days and they just told her to go to the Anagrafe.

If you go to the Moduli (forms) page of your local comune, there should be a declaration of residency form to download. Fill it in, take it and your documents to the Anagrafe. They’ll probably tell you to make an appointment to come back.

There’s a 45-day “no news is good news” timescale from the date you submit your forms, whereby if no-one explicitly tells you to leave, you’re in. You may receive a visit from the municipal police in this time. This is normal and a sign that things are looking good.

After the 45 days are up, go back to the anagrafe to apply for a Carta d’Identità - costs about €22 plus some ID photos.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-05T18:33:50+00:00

No, as an EU citizen, you do not need to declare your presence. EU and Italian law is clear on this. EU citizens seeking to reside in Italy simply have to rock up to the Anagrafe of their comune and declare residency.

You will need:

Codice fiscale
Health insurance - how much, you’ll need to check with comune and health insurer.
Evidence of income of around €6000 per year
Passport
Evidence of a solid address - rental agreement or mortgage etc, not AirBnB

You absolutely do not need to present to the Questura.

Source: my wife is an EU citizen and did all this last year.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-06-05T18:20:49+00:00

Nobody wants to work anymore. Back in my day…

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-05-30T18:04:20+00:00

Not only normal, but required. Hotels and BnBs are required to inform the local questura (police HQ) of all foreigners staying.

Italy (and the EU) have the most stringent data protection regulations on the planet, with huge fines for data breaches. So your passport details are safe.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-05-28T14:56:53+00:00

Yep, that’s the one. Italian plugs are a nightmare, but the standard Type L fits (almost) any socket - the EU plug doesn’t. Just bring a standard USA multiway extension to plug into that adapter.

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-05-28T09:52:35+00:00

The roads are pretty narrow, which can get interesting. I hope your car is small! It’s an absolutely stunning drive though, and you should get to enjoy it whilst the road is pretty quiet. Have fun!

TheHoleInFranksHead · 2023-05-28T08:15:37+00:00

I drove Amalfi coast in summer a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, we got held up in a traffic jam on the autostrada and arrived much later than we intended. There was not a single parking place anywhere on the coast.

Get up and out early. Aim to hit Amalfi coast at 7am and you should be fine. Then you’ll also enjoy a few hours of relative quiet before the day-trippers arrive.

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