If you get a chance, you have to spend a few days around the Amalfi Coast.
The best town is Positano. To me, it's the most beutiful place on earth. You
get mountains, cliffs, clear blue seas, lemon trees, great food and nice
people.

If you do decide to check out the Abruzzo region, there is a Castle off the
beaten path that you may want to check out. It's called Rocca Calascio and
it's perched on top of a large hill.

Good Luck,
Frank



"stefanaccio" wrote in message
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I'm planning my first trip to Italy for the spring of 2005. I want to
see Rome
and Venice for sure. However, my trip to Europe was to some of the
Greek
Islands, and it's hard to pass up the opportunity to visit one I
didn't have a
chance to visit by taking one of the many ferries from Italy to the
island of
Corfu. The most logical way to make the trip would be to take the
ferry from
Venice to Corfu since I'll be in Venice anyway. However, it's a 24-
hour trip,
which is a long time to waste on a boat in the middle of a great
vacation.
Ferries also depart from other ports on the east coast of Italy that
make the
trip a lot shorter, but they are places that never pop up while
discussing
tourism in Italy (i.e. Brindisi, Bari, Ancona).

Anyway, my point is that I don't want to take a train all the way to
one of
these other port cities just to shorten the duration of the ferry trip
if
there's nothing else to do or see in those places. What, if anything,
do these
other port cities on the east coast of Italy have to offer?

Pescara is a beach town with a couple of museums. One of some interest
is the Museum of the Abruzzo People. There is also an archeological
museum there.

Casale
http://www.angelfire.com/film/casale

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