Just an hour south by car from the famed Amafi Coast is the lesser known (to anyone but Italians) Cilento Coast. The Amalfi Coast is incredible—there is a reason it's so heavily touristed. But let's be honest, it's packed with tourist and expensive! If you're looking for an Italian beach town with fewer tourists, more "Italian" Italian food, and protected forests and coastline, you're looking for the Cilento Coast. Plus, with fewer tourists, comes a smaller price tag.

In this episode we'll tell you about a few of our favorite towns on this coast, how to get there, and what to do.

If you're planning your trip via train or bus to the Cilento, we highly recommend that you book through Trenitalia. Few other sites have schedules and correct info for public transit from Naples or Salerno for instance, where you're likely coming from.

We also mention Cilento Link in this episode which is a bus line you can use to get from town-to-town on the Cilento Coast.

If you'd like to book a ferry, for instance from Salerno to Agropoli, you can use Ferry Hopper.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow us and leave a review! As always, if you have any questions, you can reach out on our⁠ website⁠, on ⁠Instagram⁠, and via ⁠email⁠!

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xDarcy and Nathaniel

It's our 100th episode! We're celebrating by mixing things up a bit. In this episode we address some of the major headlines in the news about Italy and talk about what they mean for your trip this summer. We're talking about transportation strikes across the country and the increased price for public transit in Rome. We're also talking about new selfie rules at the Uffizi in Florence and cool things to see in Siena. We've got the info you need for your summer Italy trip 2025!

In this episode, we mention two links that are easier to read and reference than a verbal list.

- This is a full breakdown of Rome's ticket prices for public transit in Nathaniel's article on understanding Rome's public transportation system.

- For info about strikes this July 2025, check out this link to a Wanted in Rome article and the official website for strike notices. If you can't read Italian, you'll need a translator app for the official site, which is of course, entirely in Italian, but the Wanted in Rome article has great info.

- You can check-out our new Substack called Letters from the Balcony

We're excited be celebrating 100th episode with you and are always happy to share our advice on traveling in Italy! If you have any questions, you can reach out on our website, on Instagram, and via email!

Please check out our new Substack and if you enjoyed this episode, follow wherever you listen! You can also donate on Ko-fi to help us reach our goal of buying new mics.

Thanks so much for listening

x Darcy and Nathaniel

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Everything you need to know for traveling to Rome in just over an hour! This is an update to an episode with a similar title we put out almost two years ago. In this episode we talk about whether Rome is safe, how to get there, getting around, three of our favorite markets, music festivals, and how to stay cool in the heat.

Edit: In the episode we mention the app "Waidy Wow", it has a new name "Acquea."

Acquea (formerly Waidy Wow): app for locating drinking fountains in Rome

We have lots of articles on onlyabag.com about Rome and general travel tips, but the essentials we mention in this episode are:

How To Get From Rome’s Fiumicino Airport To Rome

How To Get From Rome’s CIA Airport To Rome

Getting Around In Rome: The ATaC Transportation System

If you're looking for a vacuum sealed water bottle, like we mention in this episode, or any sporting goods you can check out Decathlon. Here is a link to the Decathlon near Eataly which is the closest to the city center.

As mentioned in the episode, the emergency phone numbers are

112 (general line)

113 (police)

115 (fire)

118 (medical/ambulance)

As always, thank you all for listening!

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