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Rome and the Amalfi Coast: plan the trip in one evening
Nine days in Italy, three tips worth knowing, and a trip planner that does the work while you watch.
About this video
Rome, then the Amalfi Coast. Name the two places and seconds later you have a whole trip: a budget with typical costs already filled in, a day-by-day itinerary, a before-you-go list and a map. Then the fun part: real places with live Google ratings, the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and the Vatican Museums, each onto an idea board with its photo in a click, with a write-up for your trip, what other visitors say and the opening hours. Pick one, put it on a day, and the itinerary fills in around it: your flight by its number, the hotel, dinner every night, and the drive down the coast with its route. Along the way, three tips: Rome’s four classic pastas, why no train goes to Positano, and the passport rule that catches people out.
What you’ll see
- Two places in, a whole trip out: budget, itinerary, checklist and map
- Rome’s big four sights, with live ratings, photos and a write-up for your dates
- Positano and the coast, and how you actually get there
- An idea board, and a pick landing on a day of the itinerary
- The whole trip as a photo album, and every place you picked on one map
- A packing list and a before-you-go list that know where you’re going
Read along: what the narrator says
Rome, then the coast
Rome. Two thousand years of history on every street corner. Then south, to the Amalfi Coast, where whole towns cling to the cliffs above the sea. Pasta, lemons, a boat on water this blue. Nine days in Italy. Let's plan it!
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Here's how: planin30. It plans almost anything, from life events to money to big decisions, and today, it's Italy.
Two bases, not five
Start with where you're going. Rome: the Eternal City, and your first base. Then pick your second base: Positano, on the Amalfi Coast. It names the trip, and finds a picture of Rome. Flying from Boston. Set up the plan. Now the nights. Four in Rome, and four by the sea. Mid-May: warm, green, and ahead of the summer crowds. Two of you, comfortable, flying. That's all it needs. Build it!
A whole trip, in seconds
And there's your trip: Rome and Positano, May twenty twenty-seven. A budget for two, before you've booked a thing: $5,805. Open it, and every line is already filled in with typical costs for Italy: flights, the hotels, food, tickets. Found a cheaper fare? Just type over it: eighteen hundred instead. And the whole budget adds itself up again: $5,405. A day-by-day itinerary, a before-you-go list, and a map with both stops.
What's worth seeing in Rome
Now, the fun part. And look at this: it already knows you're going to Rome! Places to stay, things to do, restaurants, day trips, even skip-the-line tickets, all picked for your trip. Let's see what's worth doing. Real places, with live ratings from Google. The Colosseum. It held about fifty thousand people. Entry is timed now, so book it early. One click adds it as an idea. And it lands on your idea board, photo and all, with everything already filled in: the address, the opening hours, a summary, even what other visitors say. The Pantheon. Nearly nineteen hundred years old, and its dome is still the biggest unreinforced concrete dome on Earth. In it goes. Right beside the Colosseum. The Trevi Fountain. Toss a coin over your shoulder, and legend says you'll come back to Rome. The coins, thousands of euros a day, go to charity. Add that one too. That's three, and counting. And the Vatican Museums, with the Sistine Chapel at the very end. They're closed on Sundays, so pick a weekday. And look at Learn more. It's written for your trip: why May is a good month to go, to book your tickets online, even to cover your shoulders and knees. And what other visitors say. Where it is, and the hours. And there it is: Sunday, closed. One more click, and it's on the board. There's Rome's big four, on one board, all of them recommended for you.
Rome's four pastas
Hungry? Ask for the best-rated restaurants near Rome. Tip number one: Rome has four classic pastas. Carbonara, cacio e pepe, amatriciana, and gricia. Try all four! Tonnarello, by the Pantheon: save it for the first night, and it joins the sights. A couple more for later in the week, and yes, one's called La Carbonara, and they're on the board too. Now sort the board by category, and it files everything for you: things to see, places to eat. Every idea, in its place.
Getting to the coast
Now, the coast. The planner knows where you're going, so the useful questions are already here, like how to get from Rome to Positano. Tip number two, and it surprises people: no train goes to Positano. So it lays out your options, how long each one takes, and what to book ahead. The last stretch is the coast road: fifty kilometres of hairpin bends, with the sea straight below.
Positano and the coast
Switch to Positano. Things to do near Positano. Beaches, gardens, trails, and towns stacked up the cliffs. Positano's main beach, the Marina Grande. Right behind it, the church dome is covered in yellow, green and blue majolica tiles. Straight onto the board. And under that church, eleven metres down: a Roman villa, most likely buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD. Its frescoes are still bright after two thousand years. That one's going on the board too. And in summer, the best road on the coast is the sea. Boat tours right out of Positano, and look at those ratings. One boat day, please!
Your idea board
Look at that. Every idea on one board, each with its photo, already sorted. The sights, the food, the coast. Nothing's decided yet. It's just the good stuff, in one place.
Put it on a day
Ready to decide? Open the Colosseum. And look: it's all filled in for you. Photos, a map, the address, the phone number, the website. Even a summary, written for your trip. And Learn more has the rest: the full story, what people say, even the opening hours. Choose it, and put it on a day. Saturday the fifteenth, first thing, before the crowds. About forty dollars for two tickets. Done!
Day by day
And here's the itinerary, with a few more picks made since: the nonstop from Boston, flight number and all. Day one in Rome: the Trevi Fountain, the hotel, and dinner at Tonnarello. And Saturday morning, the Colosseum. Now switch it to Pictures. Your whole trip, as a photo album. The Colosseum on Saturday, with its own photo. And everything you pick gets a picture as you choose. Four days in Rome. Then the drive down the coast, automatically created for you with the route. And four days by the sea.
Every place, on one map
Every place, on one map, from Rome down to the coast. Hide the ideas, and it's just your plan. Now zoom into Rome. There's everything you picked: the hotel, the Trevi Fountain, the Vatican, and every dinner, right where it is.
Before you go
And Before you go already knows your trip. It wrote your checklist for you, counted back from May: the passport first, then the bookings. Tip number three: your passport has to be valid for three months after you leave Europe. Check it now, not at the airport. And the packing list, in Pictures, of course. Good walking shoes: Rome is cobblestones, and Positano is stairs. And something to cover your shoulders and knees. The Vatican and Italy's churches ask for it. Both on the list, pictures and all.
Plan it together
Going with someone? Add them by name. Now Jess is on the plan too, and can add ideas, and see and change the itinerary.
That's the trip
That's the trip. Two places went in. Out came a budget, an itinerary and a map, the sights worth booking, and a board full of the good stuff.
Start your trip
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