Italy is pretty welcoming for backpackers. You will find a lot of hostels so you don’t need to book in advance a lot. Don’t miss Rome, Florence, Venise and… Cinque Terre, the most impressive villages on earth! Cortona is also a pretty cute village where you can find the better gelato in italy!
“This photo is in a Via Ferrata in Dolomitas, in a trip of 15 days the last summer, doing Vias Ferratas, climbing and rising mountains. We went from Spain in a van, and it was fantastic, I saw places that made me cry.” - Oscar
Backpack brand: Trango
Backpack model and capacity:Unknown model, 30 liters
The location where you took the picture: Dolomites, Italy
Trip Length: 15 days
Thanks to Orozco
“I (Joshua) spent over two months walking around Europe going through over 19 countries w/ my pack and a compass. Took trains, buses, hitchhiked, crawled, and bartered. It was wonderful.” - Joshua
Backpack brand: Gregory
Backpack model and capacity: Palisade 5200
The location where you took the picture: Bari, Italy
Trip Length: 80 days
More pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thelongbrake/
Thanks to Joshua Longbrake and Will Owen (left to right on the picture).
“My husband and I spent 5 days hiking in the Dolomites. One day we passed a small group of horses. This pony tried very hard to nibble on my backpack straps.” - Ariana
Backpack brand: REI
Backpack model and capacity: REI Lookout, 41L/2500 cubic inches
The location where you took the picture: The Dolomites, Italy
Trip Length: 5 days
Thanks to Ariana.
“I traveled to Germany for business in early December of 2006. Once work was out of the way, I checked my luggage in at the Munich airport and continued my journey with a backpack spending a total of nine days through Switzerland, Italy, and Greece via train, planes and taxi rides. Each day was spent in a different city and traveling was always done after sundown. This picture was taken in the middle of the trip inside the Colosseum.” - Samuel
Backpack brand: REI
Backpack model and capacity: Double Diamond Hydration Ski Pack - 34L
The location where you took the picture: Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Trip Length: 9 days
More Europe pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samhsu/sets/72157594433420748/
Thanks to Samuel Hsu.
Should Samuel win the photo contest?