For those who have taken the South Italy trip, how windy were the roads and how long were you on those windy roads? I get car sickness easily and was wondering what I can take to help get through it? Also, for those who took a boat to see the blue grotto, will Dramamine help cure motion sickness? Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help!
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
15165 posts
There are roads that are windier than the Ortega highway near you. Others that are straighter than I-5 in the Central Valley. Just look at a map before driving in one. I don't know where you are going and coming from. Southern Italy is a pretty broad place. It's like asking if roads in California are straight or crooked. It depends. Lombard street in San Francisco is pretty crooked to me (the crookedest in the world in fact, or so they claim). Others are so straight you fall asleep at the wheel. Regarding the blue grotto it depends on the sea conditions on that day. On a nice day the Mediterranean is as calm as the San Francisco Bay with no wind. But if it's windy or bad weather it can get choppy. However if it's choppy the boats don't take you to the grotto. The opening is too small for the boats to go through safely with anything but a calm sea.
Posted by
Philadelphia, PA, United States
174 posts
Forget Dramamine. Bonine (little chewable pills last 12 hours) has saved me through wiggly car rides, airplanes, smelly buses, and so on. I don't get seasick, but even looking at an airplane makes me queasy, so Bonine is the only way I can travel. A doctor recommended it more years ago than I care to say, and it really works.