Italy in September

I was planning for October but there is too much uncertainty for my liking. I've canceled my hotel today and rearranged PTO at work. It isn't going anywhere and I will go again when I can do so without all the extra stress.

I have a long list of places to see in the USA & North America. Take advantage of the time to do those trips now.

I do hope you get to go & anyone else planning European trips this year & it is safe and lives up to your expectations!

I have a mother/daughter reservation for a week-long cooking school in Tuscany in early September. My hope is to combine it with a Rick Steve’s tour after Tuscany, but if RS isn’t offering tours by then we’ll probably do some independent travel. I’m definitely not flying roundtrip to Italy for only a week!

Have Venice and the Dolomites scheduled for Sept 7-16 and odds
keep getting better but can cancel all with no cost if it doesn't happen
...have both shots and hoping for the best.

Yes! Feeling very positive that our planned two months in Italy, Switzerland, and the UK will happen. Just waiting on the details, like how we might register for the EU Green Vaccine Passport, which Italy’s PM said would happen.

Editing to add we will be updating our hiking books for the Val Gardena and Berner Oberland.

We're hoping for October. If the RS South Italy tour goes, and if we score two spots, we're there! And we will add on about 2 or 2 1/2 weeks in Siena, Bologna, maybe Ravenna, Venice or Assisi.

If the tour doesn't go, or if it does and we don't get on it, then we have a decision to make. Do the side trips on our own, or wait until next year? I'm leaning more and more toward going anyway, but it'll depend a lot on what kinds of things are open, especially museums, food tours, and restaurants.

We had a Summer July 2020 trip planned for Italy, including a KISS concert in Verona (Postponed til 2022). We are planning for Italy in November. We will see how the summer opening happens and by end of summer, we will decide either yes or no.

We're scheduled for a month in Italy starting mid-September. We've already had to reschedule this trip twice and really don't want to reschedule again. We're waiting a bit longer to see how things go before booking flights. We hope to have a better sense of how things are going by mid-July. We're also scheduled for a week in France at the end of our trip so we're just hoping both countries will be ok for travel by September. It will be what it will be.

I've booked 9-day bike tour in late September (7 days road biking town to town, with tour company transporting baggage). Leaving the 14th for Bologna, giving a couple days to recover from jet lag before the riding starts. Four nights in Rome at the end, returning Friday the 1st. This tour was originally booked for last June, then rescheduled for last September before being completely cancelled. Still keeping my fingers crossed.

3 of us planning Florence and Cinque Terre for a 2 week trip in September. With most of our sites we are visiting being outdoors, I'm hopeful - but I booked it all with free cancellation just in case. I miss visiting Europe so much!

We've booked our return to Tuscany 6-30 Sept. Originally planned on London and Paris first but will do that another time. Rebooked our flight on a COVID-tested flight to Rome several days before they relaxed that requirement.....but wanted to ensure we'd get there. My contacts there say things are open and we anticipate a great trip. Rapid antigen COVID tests are available at the pharmacy in Montalcino, and probably most towns, so we don't have to get a last minute test at FCO. Panzano's Vino al Vino wine festival is on, and I hope we'll see Dario as well! Life is good!

I too have booked a COVID free flight for early September to FCO on UNITED.
Has anyone done the trip yet to understand how we get a “green pass” for museums and now indoor restaurants. I understand I will present my vaccine card, plus negative test to United to board then do a passenger locator form. After the form do I receive the QR from the Italian government via email? I’m not sure if I such keep researching to sign up somewhere and allow to process

hardin.traveler-

If you are fully vaccinated you no longer need to test before entering Italy, no need for COVID free flight either.
Your CDC vaccination card will serve as your "green pass"
If you are flying on United go to their site, log in and go to the "Travel Ready" section- all the forms and instructions are there- upload your vax card, fill out PLF, etc.
You must carry original CDC card with you- not a photo copy or photo on your phone, etc.

You will need to test negative to return USA and there is lots of info about that here on this forum- just scroll thru and read anything related:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/covid-tests-in-italy
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/entry-restrictions-as-of-august-6-2021

I'm 30 days from my (first!) trip to Italy, starting in Rome, hiking Cinque Terre, flying to Naples, then hiking Amalfi coast. I can't wait!!! As long as Italy keeps accepting US Covid cards, I'm not worried. When I'm not hiking, I will be using public transport too. My flight isn't a COVID flight, just a regular flight that I bought back in December. cafetista.buja - I'm coming from NC too! I hope your trip is awesome

Thank you ChristineH

hiking Cinque Terre, flying to Naples, then hiking Amalfi

Let us know the time it will actually take from your hotel in the Cinque Terre to your Hotel in Amalfi. And the overall cost including all the transfers. I am curious to know if the plane can still beat trains and ferries in the Covid Age.

I hiked the Amalfi trails a few years ago. Flew into Rome and then took the train on the arrival day to Salerno. Direct trains are available from Rome to Salerno in 1.5 hours. Salerno is a very pleasant town perfect for a first night and also the most convenient town for Herculaneum ruins.
From Salerno easy transport to the Amalfi hiking trails.
Plane tickets to Rome are typically cheaper than to Naples and typically with fewer intermediate stops.
Salerno ferry port has access to the coast and IMO more pleasant than the buses.

Back in May, when everything looks optimistic, I planned trip to Greece in September from NYC. Given the Delta variant spread fast in Greece, I am thinking of changing my flight and go to Italy instead. We have been to Italy 10 years ago, visited major cities - Rome, Milan, Florence. This time I am planning to rent a car and do a road trip of Northern Italy and Amalfi Coast starting and ending in Milan.
Is there any resources that help me plan this kind of trip? I can spend up to 4 weeks in Italy. How they handle if I test positive before returning to US?