【初心者必見】イタリア旅行前に知っておくべきこと6選｜1ヶ月の旅行費用も大公開！

【初心者必見】イタリア旅行前に知っておくべきこと6選｜1ヶ月の旅行費用も大公開！

Hello, everyone! This time, we’ll share the expenses from my one-month trip to Italy! To be honest, during this Italy trip, we ran into all sorts of unexpected issues.💦 If you’re planning a trip to Italy, these are things that could happen to anyone. So we’ll share some must-know info before heading to Italy! [Contents: 1. Italy Travel Expenses / 2. 6 Tips Before Traveling to Italy] [Overview of 35-Day Trip in Italy] we stayed in Italy for a total of 35 days. The route was Milan → Northern cities (Trento, Bressanone) → Bologna → Venice (35 days in total) As for transportation, you can’t skip this when traveling Europe— we used FlixBus and the Italian National Railway. I thought I was well prepared, but once the trip started, it turned out to be tougher than expected, and a lot of things went wrong. 😅 I’ll talk more about that in a bit! [So how much did the trip cost?] We stayed in Italy for 34 nights and 35 days. First, let me reveal the total cost! By the way, Ajin doesn’t know the total yet. 🤭 I have no idea, haha. So how much do you think we spent in total? What’s your guess? Maybe around €3,500? Oh, but the Airbnb in northern Italy was really nice, and pricey. Then maybe €4,000? Oh I see Is that your final answer? 😎 Yes! Let’s go with that! Here comes the final answer! The answer is… Total cost for the 35-day trip: €4,783 (JPY 847,938) €4,783? That’s a lot‼️ That’s over €570 more than what Ajin expected, haha. We originally budgeted around €4,400 So we went almost €400 over budget. 😅 We really spent a lot~ I think there are a few reasons why. Let’s break it down by category! [Breakdown of Travel Expenses] [Accommodation] First off, lodging. That cost us €2,870 (JPY 508,067) in total. For accommodation details,
25 nights in Airbnbs alone cost about €2,780 (JPY 492,471) The hotel cost about €85 (JPY 15,000) per night. Airbnb cost around €110 (JPY 19,698) per night. So roughly €115 a day on accommodation. What do you think about the accommodation cost? Airbnbs in northern Italy were really nice, so I figured it would cost about that much. In places like Bressanone and the South Tyrol region with the Dolomites, we had some amazing experiences. So personally, I think it was worth it. It became a great memory☺️ [Food] Next up, food cost €825 (JPY145,835) in total. Dining out alone made up about €600 (JPY 106,899) of that. Simple math puts daily food expenses at around €23.5 (JPY 4,166) That’s surprisingly cheap on a daily basis. Right? In Italy, I think we cooked at home and ate out about 50/50. When we cooked ourselves in Italy, the food expenses weren’t that high. But eating out at restaurants, really adds up.💦 In Italy, they charge something called a coperto, which is a table fee. It’s about 2–3 euros per person, so it adds up before you know it. 😅 Still, compared to the budget, we actually saved quite a bit on food, didn’t we? Yeah, we saved a lot on food. Pizza is really cheap in Italy, so we often just had takeout pizza for meals. I think that helped us save a lot, haha. Maybe that’s true. [Transportation] Transportation cost us €320 (JPY 56,293). We moved around quite a bit within Italy, but using things like FlixBus we could travel 2–3 hours for just a few euros, so it was pretty affordable. We kept the transportation costs within budget! [Attractions] Next is sightseeing, which cost €502 (JPY 88,961) This was a bit more than we had budgeted. 😅 For example, the gondola in the Dolomites— the price for that has gone up a lot recently. Not long ago it was 100 euros per person, but now it’s gone up 40% to 140 euros. So that was a major expense. 😢 Also, in Venice, we ended up riding a gondola even though we hadn’t planned to. 😆
※ Gondola €90 But once we saw it, we felt like it’d be a once-in-a-lifetime memory, so we were like “We’re definitely doing this!” [Other Expenses] Miscellaneous items including household goods
totaled about €275 (JPY 48,782). We originally expected it to be around €17 (JPY 3,000). We went over by more than €225 (JPY 40,000), haha. You know why, right? lol Yeah, it was my fault. It’s been about two months since we started our world trip, and the wheels on my suitcase broke. So I had to buy a new suitcase. 😆 Suitcases are convenient to roll around, but in Europe, there are so many cobblestones, they break easily. 😭 That was a completely unexpected expense… Since we’ll still be in Europe for a while, I’m worried the other suitcase wheels might break too. Every time we move, I get nervous. 😅 We might have to buy another one, haha. If that happens, we’ll handle it then. [A few days later] [Another suitcase wheel started to crack…!] We’re trying to fix it with thread for now. [Temporarily fixing it with thread 🤣] Hopefully this holds up a bit longer. Please hang in there! We’re counting on you~! [6 Things to Know Before Traveling to Italy] [1. Language] What surprised us about the language was, the farther north you go in Italy (closer to Austria), the more people speak German than Italian. Probably because it’s near Austria. That influence must be strong. In places we stayed like Trento and Bressanone, until the end of World War I, those areas were under Austrian rule. Even the Airbnb host in Bressanone was a native German speaker, and they said they had German-language classes in school
— that really stuck with us. Even the city names were listed as both Bressanone (Italian) and Brixen (German). Both names were used together. So if you’re visiting northern Italy, especially the South Tyrol region, knowing a few basic German greetings and numbers could be really helpful. It’ll make your trip much easier! [2. Safety] We realized that safety levels really vary depending on the region. When we visited Milan, we didn’t feel particularly unsafe, but in crowded places like the central station or bus terminals, we naturally found ourselves guarding our belongings. We’ve heard that pickpocketing and snatch theft are common in Milan. You can never be too careful. (It wasn’t Milan, but) about two years ago in Rome, I was standing near the subway doors, and three women approached me, and tried to steal my wallet. 😅 Thankfully, it had a chain attached, so they failed. Near the doors, they can grab it and run off easily, so don’t stand there! When riding the subway, instead of standing by the doors, try moving inward or sitting down in an open seat — it’s safer. Middle seats are the best. Totally. [3. Transportation] During this Italy trip, we used long-distance buses and trains to get between cities, and booked everything through an app called Omio. What’s great about Omio is, you just enter your departure and arrival points like on Google Maps, and it shows you different travel options! Train, bus, even flight routes— with cost and time comparisons, so it’s really easy to use. Plus, you can search and book in multiple languages, so it felt safe and reliable. 👍 No need to print tickets either— just show the QR code in the app, and you’re good to go — super convenient! [4. Trouble in Transit] When traveling by train in Italy, just having spare time isn’t enough! You need to be ready with the mindset:
“If something goes wrong, oh well.” Half giving up, and staying calm — that’s key. 😂 We used the train twice on this trip, and both times, something went wrong. We had issues both times. 🤣 I thought I was a pretty seasoned traveler, but I never expected this. But it really happened… The first incident was: “Where on earth is the platform?!” This happened when we were going from Trento to Bressanone. Trento Station was under construction, so it was chaotic inside. We arrived an hour early to be safe, checked the electronic board once, and the platform listed for our train was something mysterious: “1 TRN.” We were like, “What the heck is 1TRN? 😂” If it had just said “1”, we would’ve understood. But it showed “TRN”, a platform that didn’t even exist. On top of that, platform 1 was closed for construction. It wasn’t even in use… That’s when our meltdown began, haha. We tried asking around, but there wasn’t a single station staff member around. 🥲 Even when we asked locals, no one seemed to know where the platform was. 💧 If there had been at least a sign for the “TRN platform,” it would’ve helped, but there wasn’t even that… We asked a construction worker, and he said, “That platform isn’t here.” “It’s in a different building.” It was quite far — about a 10-minute walk. 😅 If we had less time, we’d never have made it. We rushed over there, but there was another problem. Our train wasn’t listed on the display board at that station either. 💧 We saw a ticket office and tried to get help from a staff member, but just as we approached— Bang! The window slammed shut. “Wait 5 minutes!” Even when we spoke to them, they just kept saying to wait. Meanwhile, the train’s departure time was drawing near. 😢 We were seriously panicking. It felt like a real emergency. We ended up going to a nearby café, hoping the staff there might know something — but they said it wasn’t the right place either. So we had to go all the way back to where we started. And the conclusion is… The train had already left. Yup… we missed it. It had already departed, haha. We weren’t the only ones — an Italian person next to us was just as devastated. They missed the train too. 😭 If even a local couldn’t find it, how could a tourist possibly figure it out? 😅 To this day, we still don’t know where it actually departed from. 🤣 [Train Trouble #2] But that wasn’t the end. On the train from Bressanone to Trento, something even worse happened! 😭 It was the “The inescapable train cancellation” incident! On the way back, we booked a train from Bressanone (via Trento) to Bologna through Omio in advance. This time, we were determined not to miss the train like before. So we got to the station early. We arrived an hour and a half early this time. 🤣 Way earlier, haha. When we checked the monitor, there was no delay info, so we were relaxed. Then suddenly, an email from the railway company arrived. And it had the words we didn’t want to see… “Service canceled.” No way!! It told us to get ourselves to a station called Mezzocorona, take a replacement bus to Trento, and from there, we could catch our originally booked train. But if we followed those instructions, we wouldn’t make it in time! We thought, “We’re going to miss it again.” So this time, we deliberately ignored the instructions. We figured it’d be better to just go ourselves. So we decided to go straight to Trento on our own. Luckily, there were several trains from Bressanone to Trento, and we waited for one of them. But even after 10 minutes of waiting, the train didn’t come. We felt something was wrong, so we checked the display board, and in the notes column it said “SOP.” We thought maybe it meant “Schedule on time” or something like that. We weren’t sure since it was in Italian, haha. So we kept waiting. But it never came, so we asked an Italian person. Turns out “SOP” means canceled… Yep, “SOP” means the train was canceled. So we couldn’t take that one either. 💦 We realized we wouldn’t make it on time, so we had no choice but to follow the original instructions. 💦 The place to wait for the replacement bus was total chaos, with no clear signs or instructions. We just went with the flow, threw our bags on, and hopped on a bus, haha. Somehow, we managed to make it to Trento. But by then, there was no way we could catch our original train time… That train from Trento ended up being delayed by an hour, so if we’d just followed the instructions from the start and taken the replacement bus from the other station, we’d have been fine, haha. If they had just said “the train is delayed by an hour” in the email… We wouldn’t have been so frantic if we had known that, haha. We still don’t know why the train was canceled… Apparently, train strikes and cancellations are quite common in Italy. So honestly, traveling domestically by train in Italy isn’t something we’d recommend. If something like this happens, you’d be better off with a tour bus. You’d probably reach your destination without issues. We really came to appreciate group tours after this. Italy is such a stunning place as a travel destination, and we’d love to go back, we’ll travel by rental car. Next time, we’re definitely going with a rental car… lol [5. Mosquitoes] One thing we regretted not bringing on this trip was mosquito repellent spray. We thought, “We’ll just buy it in Southeast Asia~” and didn’t pack it, but Italy had SO many mosquitoes. We really regretted it. 😭 We thought there wouldn’t be many mosquitoes in Europe, but we were totally wrong. It was tough…💦 Even in the mountain villages of Italy, there were loads of mosquitoes. We’d get bitten all over before we knew it — it was rough. 😭 It felt like we donated blood, haha. Since Italy has lots of water areas like rivers and canals, it’s kind of inevitable~ Recently, there’s also been an increase in mosquito-related disease cases in Europe. So if you’re traveling to Italy in the summer, definitely bring some mosquito protection! A traveler named Nanawatty who’s traveling the world recommended a spray called “Vape Once Spray” — one spray and it clears the whole room! 🤩 We really wish we had brought something like that. Huge regret. 💦 [6. Currency Exchange] This one’s partly on us for not doing our research. We heard that gondolas in Venice mostly take cash, so we decided to exchange Korean won and Japanese yen into euros. Altogether, it was about €285 (JPY 50,000). Roughly around that. The currency exchange guy was super friendly and said, “I’ll give you the best rate!” So we handed it over with peace of mind. And the amount we got back was… We only got 180 euros… Even with a bad exchange rate, we thought we’d at least get 250 euros. So we checked the receipt, and saw fees applied separately for both Korean won and Japanese yen. Each currency had a 9.9 euro fee. Even adding those up, it still seemed too low. So we asked if there were any other fees. And they said there was a service charge of a whopping 19.95% added. 😡 Unbelievable, right? We were never told that in advance. We asked for a refund, but they just kept saying it was already processed. They repeated the same line over and over. We tried negotiating somehow to at least get them to remove one of the duplicate charges, and finally got about 28 euros back. 💦 In the end, for this exchange, we paid about 50 euros in fees. That’s nearly JPY 10,000 We found out that at tourist area exchange booths, they sometimes charge fees close to 20%. The staff there was super friendly and smiling, but maybe that’s a tactic to hide the outrageous fees. 🤔 Not just in Italy, but when exchanging currency overseas, make sure to confirm the exact amount you’ll receive beforehand! Once you hand over your money, consider it non-refundable. The best way is to withdraw euros from an ATM locally, or exchange them in advance in your home country. That’s the safest option. Seriously, the best. [Conclusion] Italy has such amazing scenery, and it became one of our best memories. ✨ Totally! We had lots of troubles, but still! 🤣 I feel like my travel skills really improved! 😆 Thanks to all those experiences, we’ve got stories that we’ll remember for life, haha. Let’s just think positive! Overall, Italy was truly an amazing place. I definitely want to go back someday!! Next time, maybe Amalfi or— I want to visit Cinque Terre too—— You want to suffer again? 🎥NEXT STORY: Lufthansa Business Class
It’s your first time flying Lufthansa, right?✈️ / Yeah, that’s right! I’m a bit worried since there’s a layover. Oh— I see it! What’s business class like within Europe!?
Look forward to it 🤭✨

イタリアを35日間かけて旅したリアルな旅行費用を大公開！
そして、「イタリア旅行に行く前に知っておきたかったこと」や、旅行時の注意点を実体験をもとにお話しします！

旅の途中では、物価の高さや予想外の出費、交通トラブルなど、想定外の出来事がたくさんありました。。
そんな実体験をもとに、【言語・治安・交通・両替】など、これからイタリア旅行を計画している方に役立つリアルな情報をまとめています！

より快適で安全なイタリア旅行の参考にしていただければ幸いです☺️

🕰️ 目次
00:00 オープニング
00:26 イタリア旅行概要
00:57 イタリア旅行（35日間）の総費用公開！
02:08 宿泊費（Airbnb、ホテル）
03:07 食費（自炊、外食）
04:10 交通費（バス、鉄道）｜イタリア国内移動はFlixBus一択！
04:32 観光費｜物価高の影響が…
05:10 その他｜想定外の出費😭
06:28 イタリア旅行前に知っておきたいこと6選 ＆ 注意点（実体験）
06:30 言語
07:26 治安
08:36 交通（移動でトラブル連発😱‼️）
15:43 蚊
16:40 両替（詐欺を疑うような手数料😭）
18:57 イタリア旅行まとめ
19:37 次回の予告（ルフトハンザ航空ビジネスクラスで新たな国へ）

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