🇮🇹 Italy or 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Which one, honestly
Italy leads on cities, food and getting around. Indonesia leads on the sea, value for money and nature.
A normal day costs about $165 in Italy and $75 in Indonesia.
Side by side
- 🇮🇹 Italy🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $165A normal day$75
- 6h 20m to RomeNonstop from Dubai9h 15m to Bali
- GoodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- GoodValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Fast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advanceGetting aroundScooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islands
- The middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shutWhen to avoidJuly and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the trip
Pick by what you want
🇮🇹 Choose Italy if
you want three cities in ten days, you care about food and museums, and you would rather take a train than a ferry.
🇮🇩 Choose Indonesia if
you want volcanoes, reefs and rice terraces for very little money, and you are willing to leave the busy south to find them.
Full Italy guide →Full Indonesia guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
Compare something else
Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.