Where to go for italy on a budget
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Questions travellers ask
- How much does Italy cost per day?A line-item budget with current official prices — and what changes the total.
- Train, bus, car or plane in Italy: real prices and fare rulesItalo €14.90+, coach €4.99+, Rome–Milan by car ~€121, refund rules, Interrail €13.
- Buses in Italy: FlixBus, Itabus, MarinoBus and regional busesCoach fares and luggage, SITA €10 day pass, Cotral, ARST, AST/SAIS, Südtirolmobil, delay rights.
- Money in Italy: cash or card, city tax, coperto and tippingCards vs cash, city tax at check-in, coperto (banned in Rome), tipping.
- Apps for Italy: what to install before you goThe essential 10, local transport apps by city, taxis, parking, eSIM, 112 Where ARE U and apps that don’t work for tourists.
- Italy with a dog, with kids or on a budgetPet rules on Trenitalia and Italo, family rooms for six, Rome with kids, cheap mini-breaks.