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ANYONE BEEN TO ITALY WITH THEIR TODDLER?
Hi,
We would like to take our little boy to Italy this year, probably off season, but I have heard it isn't really very toddler friendly, does anyone have any experience of going? Can you recommend a particular town/area? We would like to go to the Italian Lakes. Our LO will be 2.
Thanks for any help.
We would like to take our little boy to Italy this year, probably off season, but I have heard it isn't really very toddler friendly, does anyone have any experience of going? Can you recommend a particular town/area? We would like to go to the Italian Lakes. Our LO will be 2.
Thanks for any help.
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We took our, then, 4 month old son to Lake Como in July last year. The Italians loved him and he was made such a fuss of everywhere we went!
Lake Como isn't as touristy as some of the other lakes and we found it so relaxing and less commercial. We had to learn basic Italian though as most don't speak English. But we were pre warned as we have family living out there.
We hired a ground floor apartment with private access to a pool and I can not recommend it highly enough!
We have been there before and have always found it to be very hot during the day and then thunderstorms early evening, although this isn't every evening.
Let me know if you want any further info.
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That is helpful, thank you. I will have a look at Lake Como as it sounds ideal for us. Did you travel around at all? I wondered about a hire car bit it might be as well to not get too adventurous! How about the food side of things, how did you get on with that?
Thanks so much.
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We didn't fly, we actually drove down. This took us 14 hours with regular stops to get our son out for a stretch. We have a portable DVD player so he was amused during the journey.
Food wise, we love the traditional side of it. So lots of pizzas, pastas and of course ice cream! As our son was only four months, I was still breastfeeding so didn't look much at food for children. But as we have family out there, also with young babies, I would imagine it's fine as they eat out often.
If you are planning on flying, I would recommend a car. Most hotels are on the lake itself, but most apartments are mid-mountain and the streets are narrow and windy, some without pavements. I wouldn't walk down to the main lake with our son in his pram and we were only two roads up.
Good luck looking for somewhere. When are you thinking of travelling?
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As for food, both my two were very happy with pizza or pasta everyday.
Go for it, Italy is lovely.
Nothing beats planning for a holiday, I am about to go google and TripAdvisor crazy!!!
Thanks again,xx
I looked at loads of apartments online last night so would be interested to see the one you stayed in as you said it was so nice.
Thanks,x
We stayed in apartment 1. It had a private courtyard, which we used for sunbathing when our son was sleeping in the shade and it leads directly out to the pool.
Thanks again. x