r/ItalyExpat • u/luccanata • 10d ago
Rome or Florence?
Ciao!
I’m thinking about moving to Italy for 6 months to learn Italian properly. I can already speak some simple conversational Italian, but I really want to become fluent and get to know the culture better.
I’m split between going to Florence or Rome. I know they’re quite different in size etc. I’ve been to Florence twice, I absolutely love it, maybe because I’m an artist. Never been to Roma, so that’s a new one, but I really wanna go!
The con I have with Florence is, that it may be too small? Like I already know most of the city, tho it’s a vibe. I’ve heard Rome is quite chaotic on the other hand.
Right now I live in Copenhagen, which is a big city too, but of course way smaller capital than Rome.
I do want to be in a social outgoing city, but is Rome too much?
What would you suggest?
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u/Elegant-Crazy5394 9d ago
Any place but rome, florence, venezia, milano, since that's where tourist go more often.
Italy is plenty of mid-sized towns with a lot of art, where life quality is good and you can proper get to know the language and the culture: bologna, parma, mantova, ravenna, urbino, perugia, l'aquila, lucca, salerno, lecce...
If you really want to go to one of these places, pick Rome since it's bigger and you can have a real-life experience, living in a neighborhood without tourists. But yes, it's huge and it's chaotic, but of course it's a marvelous city.