Dove vai in vacanza? Talk about your vacation plans

Where do you go on vacation? How? When? With whom? Let’s talk about vacation plans in Italian!

Your vacation plans in Italian

Con chi?

Con chi vai in vacanza?
Con la mia famiglia.

Who are you going on vacation with? To say with whom you need the preposition con:

con la mia famiglia	with my family
con mio marito / mia moglie	with my husband / wife
con i miei amici	with my friends
da solo / da sola	alone

Come?

Come vai in vacanza?
In macchina.

How are you going on vacation? To express the means of transport you need either the preposition in or con + article:

in macchina / con la macchina	with the car
in aereo / con l’aereo	with the airplane
in camper / con il camper	with the camper

Learn the vocabulary of means of transport in our article.

Quando?

Quando vai in vacanza?
Dal 10 al 20 luglio

When are you going on vacation? Learn how to express the time:

in + season	in estate	in the summer
in / a + month	in / a luglio	on July
dal … al …	dal 10 al 20 luglio	from 10th to 20th July
parto il …	parto il 10 luglio e torno il 20	I’m leaving on July 10th and I’ll be back on the 20th.

Dove?

Dove vai in vacanza?
Vado a Firenze, in Toscana.

Where are you going on vacation? To express the place you’ll need a few different prepositions depending on what you say:

a + village, city, small island	a Sirmione, a Firenze, a Malta	to Sirmione, Florence, Malta
in + region, country, big island	in Toscana, in Italia, in Sicilia	to Tuscany, Italy, Sicily

Vado al mare.

al mare	to the sea
al lago	to the lake
in montagna	to the mountains
in città	to town

Vado sul Mediterraneo.

If you specify the name of the sea, lake or mountain, you use the preposition su + article. For lakes you can use both sul or al.

sul Mediterraneo	to the Mediterranean
sul / al lago di Garda	to the Garda lake
sulle Alpi	to the Alps

Dove alloggi?

Dove alloggi?
In un hotel.

Where are you staying? Tell about your accommodation (it. l’alloggio).

in un hotel / albergo	in a hotel
in un appartamento	in an apartment
in un campeggio	in a campsite
a casa di un amico	at a friend’s house

Esercizi

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