Independent travel is always a lot of impressions and emotions, even if you are not traveling so far from home. If an independent trip is planned, for example, to Italy, then vivid memories are guaranteed to you.
An independent trip to Italy requires careful planning, which can give you the opportunity to fully get to know all the sights of this country.
Travel planning
It is advisable to start preparing for an independent trip by determining your route: after all, your next steps will depend on it, for example, choosing a hotel. So, one of the most convenient ways to get to the country is to use a flight. Firstly, this type of transport provides significant savings in precious time that can be spent on visiting certain interesting places. Secondly, today airlines provide tourists with a large selection of routes to different cities in Italy. For example, if you are more interested in architectural and historical sights, you can go to Rome or Venice, if you want to replenish your wardrobe with exclusive items of Italian designers - to Milan, and if your goal is to enjoy the Mediterranean Sea, go to Rimini. It is quite easy to choose a suitable route and purchase the required ticket using one of the popular flight search engines, for example, www.skyscanner.ru or www.aviasales.ru.
In addition, if you decide not only to spend your entire vacation in one Italian city, but also to travel around the country, you will need to decide on the method of travel. If you drive and feel confident behind the wheel, renting a car is a convenient option. This will give you incomparable freedom of movement and the opportunity to see many interesting places outside the popular tourist routes. Well, if you are afraid of driving in a foreign country, the best option may be to travel by train: they are punctual enough and have an extensive network of routes that allows you to get where you wanted. In addition, the Italian Railway provides tourists with the opportunity to purchase tickets online for most of its trains. You can do this by visiting the website www.trenitalia.com.
Hotel selection
After you have decided on the route, its length and the number of days of stay in each city, you can start choosing hotels. As a rule, even in small towns in Italy there are many hotels and guest houses, so in order not to make the wrong choice, it is useful to read the reviews of people who have already visited the place you like. This can be done using one of the popular hotel booking systems, for example, booking.com or hotels.com.
Submission of documents for a visa
Italy is one of the countries that have signed the Schengen Agreement, therefore, in order to visit this country, you will need a Schengen visa. However, the process of obtaining it today is not so difficult. First, you need to prepare a complete package of documents that should be attached to your visa application. You can familiarize yourself with this list on the website of the Italian Visa Application Center italy-vms.ru.
After that, contact the visa center at your place of residence with this package, and, provided that you did everything correctly, within a period that usually does not exceed two weeks, you will receive a passport with a visa sticker. And while waiting for a visa, you can refine and improve your route, while studying the sights planned to visit.
