7 Things You MUST Do in Italy - Italy Tips for Travel

[@DavidsDoseofItaly]

I agree. Even making the attempt to speak is greatly appreciated here!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@govicher]

The internet is an amazing place , here you are stranger siting or standing , taking notes and learning a new language, I am just going to say I love this channel and the people who watches this are smart individuals.

[@ronikacricelli9192]

Great video...Helpful...I'm Italian...born in Italy...but i was raised for 12 yrs(childhood & teenage) in India as my mom is Indian and my father is Italian🇮🇹...So Idk a lot of cultures of italy..Now i'm back in Italy...I have to be more fluent in italian..This Videos of Manu are really a lot helpful...Grazie♥️

[@italymadeeasy]

Bentornato in Italia allora! 😊

[@emielabalahin465]

Grazie tanto, Manu. This was a great list. In some of the cities, I notice that they sometimes call apericena "Happy Hour" like in the US. i would also recommend as part of the list taking a digestivo after pranzone or cenone. I recently had a liquore al basilico after the meal, and it was delightful!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@LatingGirl277]

Great video. My husband told me in May we were going to Italy in September (just in a few days), so I started learning Italian. I always think it is polite and respectful to learn some basic words of the country you are visiting. I can't expect everyone to speak English or Spanish (my maternal language) everywhere I go. I've learned so much Italian. I can understand when someone speaks Italian, I just want to be able to speak back with the same fluency I have in English and Spanish 😊

[@italymadeeasy]

Fantastico! 😊 Did you enjoy Italy?

[@LatingGirl277]

@@italymadeeasy we'll be there Sunday. We are at the airport now to fly to Paris, France. I can't wait to go to Italy 😊

[@marzblaq7267]

Signore Manu, this is how I knew I loved Italian culture when you mentioned dress nicely! People look at me like I’m over dressed in North Carolina, I think I would fit right in whenever I go to Italy. And when I can finally afford Versace... Gioco Finito!

[@TheCosyCrafter]

Hi, I’m from Quebec (Canada) and I’m going to Italy for 2 weeks in May! This really helps, and I will make sure to watch more of your videos prior to travelling to Italy.. Thank you ☺️

[@kate7j]

Before I knew that cornetto meant croissant, I thought it was referring to the ice-cream, and I was wondering how on earth you would dunk an ice-cream in a cappuccino 😅

[@bettinaannaaumer3632]

Ciao MANU VENDITTI, Mi alzo con voi ogni giorno e imparo per 30 min. Italiano. Parlo correntemente lo spagnolo quindi è più facile per me. Sei un grande insegnante. Sempre di buon umore, dando consigli utili e semplicemente splendente ... Adorabile, Per favore, continua a fare questi fantastici postcasts. Ci vediamo a Roma, spero un giorno ... B.

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie per le tue bellissime parole! Per noi è un grande piacere sapere che i nostri video ti sono di aiuto! 🥰

[@ambrosejoseph4843]

I had a great time in Italy in April-May. I love the Campari Spritz.

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@kalyani26445]

Amazing, very nice, this video is very helpful ,especially while traveling in Italy. I apriciate that you have very nicely explained about the Italian culture, daily life, food etc. GRAZIE Ancora Manu ,🙏👍😊

[@italymadeeasy]

Thank you for your support, Kalyani! ❤️

[@peterfuzfa9416]

Basically i try to do most of you listed, but have to agree with, tryin to speak italian, even if you cannot speak good, can lead you to some very good experiences, for example we had our best dinners by asking locals, 'where do you like to eat?'...

[@TonyT57]

Grazie mille Manu! Your tips are great! Last autumn in Puglia I spoke Italian everywhere I could and it was amazing. I am not fluent yet, but everyone understood me, some of them switched back to English, I suppose to help me out or in order to improve their English, but I continued in Italian and it was fantastic! If I got it correctly, in Venice apericena is known as cicchetti! Delicious!

[@italymadeeasy]

Great! 😊Probably some Italians switched to English because they wanted to help you!... But if it happens you can simply say "thanks for your kindness, but I'd like to improve my Italian and I'd love to speak in Italian with you!". In Venice and in the all North-East by saying "cicchetto" they mean a small glass of liqueur, in short, "a shot" so "going to have a shot/andare a farsi un cicchetto" means going for a alcoholic drink... so it is also used to invite someone (in a very informal way and then among friends) to drink an aperitif : "andiamo a farci un cicchetto, ti va?"/"let's go for a shot, will you?"

[@TonyT57]

@@italymadeeasy Thank you very much!

[@lindqvistsandra]

I always use couchsurfing when I travel and my Italians hosts were absolute angels! So friendly and happy to help me with my bad Italian (while slowly getting better) and we did all of these things!!! :)

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@jkk7425]

i totally agree with point 6. people are so friendly when you start in italian, even though you can't really say a lot of things :)

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@UnlimitedPower9000]

Thankyou for the tips! We just started as travel vlogger and can't wait to go to italy some day 😊

[@themogul5846]

China is building and modernizing it's great military at lightning speed. One day the entire world will be controlled by China. The west will be canned up as dog food for the Chinese elite!

[@italymadeeasy]

😃 Che bello! Allora buon viaggio! 😊

[@ccarlino5433]

Whenever I try to speak Italian, they mostly respond in English LOL

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@dioswaifu1530]

Akward 😂

[@daniking6814]

This is so true I live in Milan,..i try to practice my italian and they always be like its ok I speak English 😂😂😂😂😂how did you know I speak English!?!!!!🤨

[@annarae2396]

Yes, I can say 2 words in Italian to someone and they immediately respond in English.

[@marion7661]

You are very stylish and I experienced everything you are talking about. No, I've forgotten any Italian I've ever had :(

[@saraheads5386]

Love your videos! I recently came back from a trip from Italy. I was surprised how much Italian I did know after ten years. I did have my coffee a lot of times standing up. A friend of mine from Caserta took me to one of his favorite bars. I was able to make a little conversation, but he did most the translation. :-)

[@italymadeeasy]

Great!

[@annango]

I have tried all except No.5, definitely I’ll do next time! And i like your T shirt 😉

[@italymadeeasy]

Thank you!

[@jackieo8693]

MI piace molto il cornetto! Con la crema deliziosa

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@gamingExpeditio]

Ottimo lavoro Manu. grazie !

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille a te!

[@gamingExpeditio]

@@italymadeeasy 😁👍🏻

[@JamesKing-bu6md]

Grazie, Manu . . . eccellente

[@desireebianchi4769]

Grazie, Manu per spiegarci lo di apericena! Abbiamo visto diverse volte la barista nella catena Fior di Grano servire una varietà di aperitivi insieme con le bibite. Quando avevo chiesto come se ordina un piatto così mi aveva risposto che veniva con la bibita. Io pensavo in quel momento che era la versione italiana del "Happy Hour". Giusto o sempre era una tradizione italiana? Mi sono sempre chiesto come gli italiani potessero durare da la ora del pranzo, 13:00 a fino alle 20:00 la ora della cena. Ora comprendo.

[@italymadeeasy]

In generale, in Italia, quando ordini delle bibite tipiche per l'aperitivo (sia con alcol che senza) ti vengono portate anche delle cose da mangiare... la ricchezza di questi piatti dipende dal locale... in alcuni ti portano poche misere cose, in altri è quasi un mezzo pasto! 😊

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

I went to Italy back in 2018

[@simplywine00]

Great tips! I will be there in 10 days! ❤️

[@italymadeeasy]

Buon viaggio!

[@simplywine00]

Grazie Mille!

[@lawrancelawrance26]

Caio 👋...

[@IonicRamirez163]

Italy is such a beautiful country! Io sono stato l'anno scorso in Italia per studiare in Recanati. I tried most of the things in your list.

[@italymadeeasy]

Oh wow! Ti sei trovato/a bene?

[@1985toyotacamry]

My type of video I'm looking for when planning to go to Italy. Edit: some I do know but I didn't know cappuccino and croissant go together. Especially the croissant dunk in cappuccino. I do that most hot dairy drinks with bread. But I do agree with the fashion thing my friend told me this I'm like OK I am not exactly a fashionable person. But I am learning Italian little by little.

[@italymadeeasy]

😍 grazie!

[@romanebernard5695]

Even when you get an espresso it's a pleasure to sit down on the terrace while smoking and looking at people 😅 and not all Italians people are stylish! Same in France, there are obviously many fashionable people but not all of them! I came across your videos because I'm going to Italy in 2 weeks, I can't speak Italian except for a few words, what are the sentences I should learn? I also really don't understand the "primi" e "secondi" piatti, are we supposed to order both? One is already enough for me, I couldn't eat more

[@alexmentes1348]

Freni e Frizioni in Rome (Trastevere) is fantastic for apericena.

[@italymadeeasy]

Vero? Hai ragione!

[@renatad5680]

Grazie Manu ! Sempre interessante!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@jasonlove8733]

Manu “ fai la bella figura”

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@johndemetriades3758]

Dio mio Manu! Io sempre provo di fare la maggioranza dei cose che hai menzionato! L'apericena e parlare in italiano sono i miei preferiti! 😊 Già era la mia settima volta in Italia quest' estate.

[@italymadeeasy]

Wow! Settima?

[@johndemetriades3758]

@@italymadeeasy Siii, mi sono diventato quasi italiano, grazie agli italiani che ho incontrati. È anch'un altra ragione per visitare l'Italia 😄

[@anastasial.4148]

Manu, grazie mille! Molto interessante 🤩

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille a te Anastasia! 😊

[@TMAItalia]

Buonasera Manu, Questo è buono. Viaggermo in italia il mese prossimo. Grazie!

[@italymadeeasy]

Che bello! 😍

[@sddogtrainer]

We Italiani, We Americani, We Noi We love the videos.

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@srr2717]

Lol

[@jewelsd1]

Thank you. What time is aperitivo? Is it ok for solo woman to participate?

[@italymadeeasy]

Ciao Julie! Aperitivo is before dinner, usually 6-8:30 pm! And it's definitely a safe activity for solo women 🤗 enjoy!

[@thamesking]

Grazie Manu, andiamo in Sardegna fra due settimane. Vivevo là quando ero giovane e ho visto i mercati aperti con tanta frutta. Un' altra bella cosa della Sardegna e che poca gente parla inglese, quindi bisogna parlare italiano, o, se hai coraggio, un po' di sardo!

[@italymadeeasy]

Che bella la Sardegna! Che zona?

[@thamesking]

@@italymadeeasy Questa volta, Cagliari ed il sud. L'anno scorso siamo andati al nord, Olbia, dove vivevo, e la zona centrale. Bellissima!

[@PCkitty26]

grazie! 21 giorni fino al mio viaggio in Italia

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@Ouzoadventures]

Sei fantastico Manu!

[@italymadeeasy]

😊 grazie mille

[@MrGoldenDome]

Thank you so very much from my wife and I. We will be visiting Italy soon for our first time and you have given us the confidence to go and enjoy the people, the language, and the splendor of Italy. Grazie.

[@italymadeeasy]

Grazie mille! 😘 Buon viaggio!

[@mariakountourelli8699]

Interessante ! Grazie!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@jerikaternora166]

Just started watching your videos? So many! Where do I start I'm getting overwhelmed😥 thanksss

[@italymadeeasy]

Hi! What is your level of Italian language?

[@jerikaternora166]

@@italymadeeasy beginner! I just started!

[@1978mongooseman]

Followed

[@OliaSapronova1997]

Grazie!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@DavidsDoseofItaly]

Napoli is king. Pizza al portafoglio ! Street food goodness !

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@femmeNikita27]

Pizza al taglio actually saves life. It did safe me when I was skiing in difficult conditions, got lost in dense mist, had do go down the sllopes to a different destination than I wanted to and had to wait for my family to arrive there and pick me up. I was tired, cold, hungry like a wolf, had some change left in my pocket from entire day on the slopes and little idea how to get something to eat with it (as it tourned out I ended up in a fancy, very expensive ski resort but so late that even if I had more money there would be no way to spend it, most restaurants have already closed). And it was there, a nice cosy place with pizza al taglio for locals. And it did save my life back then. I love pizza al taglio and places like this since then. ;-) Ingenious invention.

[@amolnikam3910]

Thank you so much brother... I'm in Italy now in Cremona city (non-English city) 😓

[@lupebutterfly9161]

Perfetto! Best places to practice la lingua italiana

[@amolnikam3910]

@@lupebutterfly9161 grazie mille... but I can't find someone who can talk with me italian also knows some English for my comfort. I'm little bit introvert but I like to talk with new people just the problem is at the beginning of conversation 😅

[@JoeesJewelry]

Bravo Manu! Un abbraccio forte!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@gregg7549]

Eccellente!

[@geezers10]

Li ho fatti tutti quando ho vissuto a Napoli per un anno.

[@Guoer2view]

rule of passeggiata is soooooo made for me! hey look at my.dress!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@TheRafaJimi]

Iten 6 is a good hint :)

[@biff529]

Manu, are some of these experiences regional? I have not witnessed some of these in the south.

[@deepbluehue3]

Yes , just as in America … the south of Italy is quite different ; I found it more intense . And a little bit less welcoming of foreigners … IT's quite the same everywhere …

[@chriscipiti6005]

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[@valeriecarson5835]

Sempre quando visito Firenze parlo italiano anche se non e' perfetto! Dico loro sto cercando imparare e che gli italiani sono amicheveli e che gli italiani sono molto amichevoli e gentili!:)

[@lewiscifer999]

Grazie Manu, domani io e la mia ragazza andiamo a Roma!!!!

[@italymadeeasy]

Bello!

[@xeberus]

Grazie Manu. Questo video e' molto carino. Non sapevo dell'apri-cena. Una nuovita' culturale? Visitero' l'italia a marzo/aprile e sono un po' nervoso perche' e proprio difficile vestirsi bene quando in vacanze - devo portare le scarpe comode per caminare molto (problema anche piu' grande per la nipote che mi acompognara' per una parte del viaggio - se scarpe alla moda e anche confortabili per donne sono rare), non potro' stirare, non voglio portare una valigia tropo grande, ecc. Poi la moda italiana non e la stessa come la moda dove vivo io. Forse dovro' fare dello shopping quando arrivo a Milano.

[@italymadeeasy]

Ciao Patrick! Milano sicuramente è un buon posto per fare shopping, è detta "la capitale della moda" ! Lì inoltre troverai molti locali che fanno l'apericena, è un tradizione molto diffusa soprattutto nel nord Italia! Un abbraccio 😘

[@EfratEliahu]

Molto grazie manu. Possibile trovare in italia pizza senza glutine e senza formagio. ho alergoco a questi ingredienti:(

[@italymadeeasy]

Certamente!! In Italia abbiamo tante pizza senza formaggio! Per il glutine è un po' più difficile ma esistono comunque posti dove esiste l'opzione senza glutine!

[@EfratEliahu]

@@italymadeeasy bellissimo!!! Grazie Manu.

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@alisabir3199]

Italy is the best country in the world☺️☺️☺️😏😏😏😊😊🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🥰🥰

[@italymadeeasy]

Thanks! I don't know if Italy is the best country in the world... but it is my country and I love it! ❤️

[@alisabir3199]

I love Italy a lot I’ve been to the north and south and it is the most amazing country The fashion💃the food🍽 the cars🚘 the art🌉 and many more Italy is king of the world I wish you could be my Italian teacher 😊😊😉

[@italymadeeasy]

Thanks for all your kind words! 😍 Here we are to help you improving your Italian!! Keep following us! 😘

[@alisabir3199]

I want to meet you so you can give me one on one tutoring lessons on that beautiful language

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@mohamedcadecw9604]

I stay in Italia 🇮🇹

[@desireebianchi4769]

If anyone of your followers is going to Sicilia PLEASE go to Ortygia's market! It's the best we've seen in Italy so far and we've been to all regions except Sardegna, Liguria, and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Se tu conosci un mercato migliore per favor dimmi dov'è!

[@matsamnicfam]

Ciao Manu..un aperol spritz, grazie 😄 Im australian living almost 2 years now in Italy (born and raised in australia, from italian family) with my italian marito. I love being here. I HATE the fact i cannot transfer australian license for italian patente so for this, i have to study all over again for...but its "forced" me to catch buses..interact with people with my limited italian...i grew up listening to family talk in italian/roman slang but they never taught us Italian. Anyway my question is, in my area where i live in the colli piacentini (vernasca) and areas i frequent..parma, fidenza, piacenza...ordering cappuccino and cornetti is "cappuccio and brioche"....why is it called this inatead of cappuccino and cornetti!?

[@italymadeeasy]

It's because some words change depending on the area of Italy where you are 😊

[@nicolasizzo8559]

Mi piace il tuo camice

[@italymadeeasy]

"la tua camicia" 😉

[@nicolasizzo8559]

@@italymadeeasy grazie amico

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@nicolasizzo8559]

Dov’e le stazione

[@sconosciuto]

Di solito dove ci sono i treni

[@dragonrykr]

Everytime I went to Italy and tried to speak Italian, people would force me to revert back to English so that they can practice, despite me speaking italian really well. Really rude and I stopped trying honestly

[@zombilov]

Sono in Italia adesso, a Bari. Ho fatto passeggiata e parlato italiano, ho anche avuto apericena ma non ho saputo che è chiamato così 😁. Ma non è facile trovare pizza a taglio per i noi vegani 😒.

[@italymadeeasy]

😉 vero!

[@lupebutterfly9161]

1. No 2. Hmm può darsi a Rome (thin and crispy) 3. Yes 4. No 5. Certamente, l'ho fatto 6. Ovviamente, più facile a Sicilia 7. Si

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@nicolasizzo8559]

Parliamo nella italiana lingua è non semplice.

[@NaturaBreeze]

to be honest, Australia has pretty much the best coffee culture these days of anywhere I've been in the world....the rest of the world usually has either awful coffee, or, like in Italy, it's just toooooo fast! :) in Australia, the coffee is great now (unlike it was pre-90s), lots of choice, cool places to sit, relax... the quality is obviously good in Italy but just dont really like the 'quick sip and run' method, just me :))

[@mariogerardogaudioso7851]

Pizza al taglio é un offesa

[@italymadeeasy]

In che senso? 😳

[@mariogerardogaudioso7851]

Italy Made Easy noi andiamo e mangiamo una pizza normale, non ne mangiamo una fetta

[@italymadeeasy]

Capito!! Vuoi dire che una fetta è troppo poco!!!! 😂

[@davidhutchings2432]

have to be in english this time. I watch your both videos tips for travel and i feel like being at home. We eat in silence which is not quite true 'cause as soon as people gather around the table they start speaking - no one can speak for hours like Poles, may be Greeks, perhaps Italians...We suppose to be "a drinking nation" but it's a shame to be drunk, unless one is alcoholic in which case police takes (used to) care of you. In bar have to order a meal with a drink. As i would never open the fridge even visiting the family. As well as in my own house as a child -you would be asked if you lost smthing. And never go to the church in a skimpy bikini. saluti, Elizabeth. PS If you do not wish to hear from me again (I know i do not operate in two words conversazione, then you have to un- scribe me.

[@emhu2594]

it would be better to do the video in italian

[@italymadeeasy]

thanks for your message! Unfortunately that would not be useful to most viewers, since a video in Italian would require viewers (who are planning to visit Italy) to be already fluent in Italian! We have channel in slow Italian to help students who are studying the language!

[@louisenorris6464]

I can recommend apericena, delicious nibbles but murder on your waistline!

[@italymadeeasy]

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[@EagerInterlocutor]

#3, not much any more, sadly. Hardly can you see well dressed people in Italy these days. Rarely, you may see some old people in Rome who still have clothes from the bygone era as well as good taste, or very few in Bergamo. Considering that you cannot even find clothes in Italy that are actually made in Italy, unless at a cost of over 500€, it is understandable why most and particularly young people in Italy are dressed in entirely soulless Chinese clothing... And if you look at current collections by major Italian fashion houses, they look like cheap stuff made in China. The craftsmanship, originality, creativity and imagination are totally gone... Soon, Italy may become like Bangladesh...

[@EagerInterlocutor]

Good question. Why don't you go there and find out? Or, you can also pose this question to the dozens (if not hundreds) of thousands of Bangladeshi migrants currently living in Italy, who fled their home country and unabashedly take advantage of all that European social services have to offer.