🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇮🇹 Italy
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on the sea and value for money. Italy leads on getting around.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $165 in Italy.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇮🇹 Italy
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $95A normal day$165
- 11h 45m to Mexico CityNonstop from London2h 35m to Rome
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaGood
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundFast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advance
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidThe middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shut
Pick by what you want
🇲🇽 Choose Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
🇮🇹 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.
Full Mexico guide →Full Italy 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.