🇮🇹 Italy or 🇲🇽 Mexico
Which one, honestly
Italy leads on getting around. Mexico leads on the sea and value for money.
A normal day costs about $165 in Italy and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇮🇹 Italy🇲🇽 Mexico
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- $165A normal day$95
- 2h 35m to RomeNonstop from London11h 45m to Mexico City
- GoodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- GoodValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Fast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advanceGetting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- The middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shutWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
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 Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full Italy guide →Full Mexico guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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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.