Italy: Finding a flight to Italy

Italy (Italian: Italia) is a large country in Southern Europe. It is home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - art and monuments are everywhere around the country. It is also famous worldwide for its cuisine, its fashion, the luxury sports cars and motorcycles, as well as for its beautiful coasts, lakes and mountains (the Alps and Apennines).

The climate of the coastal regions is a typical Mediterranean climate with mild winters and generally hot and dry summers.

Italy and the large islands of Sicily and Sardinia have very changeable weather in autumn, winter, and spring in marked contrast to the settled sunny weather of summer. Disturbed weather can continue into late May and may commence any time after early September. Throughout the winter, however, cloudy rainy days alternate with spells of mild, sunny weather.

The least number of rainy days and the highest number of hours of sunshine occur in the extreme south of the mainland and in Sicily and Sardinia. Here sunshine averages from four to five hours a day in winter and up to ten or eleven hours in summer.

Generally, the hottest month is July (where temperatures can reach 32°C/34°C); the coldest month is January; the wettest month is November, with an average rainfall of 129mm; while the driest month is July, with an average rainfall of 15mm.

When planning a trip overseas, you should pay special attention to the flight. It can be tempting to spend a lot for a luxurious flight. However, you should always avoid this temptation, and get as cheap a flight as possible. If you save money on the flight, you can spend more once you get to your destination. Get a nicer hotel, or see a few more museums or shows. When shopping for airline tickets, you should use all the resources at your disposal to find a good deal. With the aid of technology, you can easily browse through all of the available options when it comes to flights.

One common money-saving technique is to fly into an airport elsewhere in Europe. For example, London’s Heathrow airport has a much higher volume of traffic, so flights to there might be cheaper. Flights throughout Europe are extremely cheap. So, you fly into London, then get a flight to Rome the next day. The benefit of this is that you can stay a few days in London between flights, see some sights there, and then move onto your main trip in Italy. Compare the cost of a layover flight with the cost of a direct flight to Rome, and see if you would come out ahead.

Next, you can use the power of the internet to search for the best ticket prices. There are quite a few sites that have databases of all the major airlines across the world. They employ algorithms to find connecting flights from one place to another, so that you can create customized airline schedules that will save you the most money, and get you where you need to go easier. Often, these sites also allow you to search for hotels and accommodation wherever you go, and pay for it all beforehand. Then, you skate right through your trip with no major hassles.

So, when you are planning your trip to Italy, consider the possibility of spending a few days in a city with a major airport like London. Check all of the airline ticket sites, to see if you can find one that will give you what you need. Consider all of the possibilities, and investigate them one by one until you discover the best deal. Then, enjoy Italy!