best time for a visit?

My traveling buddy has expressed a strong desire to head back to Europe - -
specifically, northern Italy and Switzerland. All I can remember about the
calendar there is that spring comes late, autumn comes early and everything
shuts down in August.



Given a completely open calendar, what would you consider the optimum time
for a visit (a week or two) balancing off the weather against tourist
pressure?

st <un@likely.com> wrote:

> Just curious: would you class Milano as Nothern Italy?

no doubt about it

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But then, how would you class, say, Innichen, Brixen, and
Fornazza..........................
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wf.

Luca Logi wrote:
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> st <un@likely.com> wrote:
>
> > Just curious: would you class Milano as Nothern Italy?
>
> no doubt about it
>
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> Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: llogi@dada.it

"randee" <randee@zianet.com> wrote in message
news:40149E5C.64977206@zianet.com...
> But then, how would you class, say, Innichen, Brixen, and
> Fornazza..........................
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> wf.

In general, people tend to call anything north of Rome northern Italy.
Hardly anyone seems to think of the term central. I, too, would definitely
call Milano northern! The alpine cities are alpine, which happens to be
north.

randee <randee@zianet.com> wrote:

> But then, how would you class, say, Innichen, Brixen, and
> Fornazza..........................
> --

Northern Italy begins at the Alps and goes down to include Emilia
(Bologna) and Liguria. Central Italy begins at Toscana and ends midway
between Rome and Naples. Southern Italy is the rest. This is how
geography is taught in Italy, not a classification of mine.

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Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: llogi@dada.it

OK!
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wf.


Luca Logi wrote:
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> randee <randee@zianet.com> wrote:
>
> > But then, how would you class, say, Innichen, Brixen, and
> > Fornazza..........................
> > --
>
> Northern Italy begins at the Alps and goes down to include Emilia
> (Bologna) and Liguria. Central Italy begins at Toscana and ends midway
> between Rome and Naples. Southern Italy is the rest. This is how
> geography is taught in Italy, not a classification of mine.
>
> --
> Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: llogi@dada.it