All day, ferries come and go, depositing hundreds of people onto the tiny Italian island of Capri. The tourists cram into restaurants and shops and stand in snaking lines for a scoop of a gelato or a ride on the funicular. The pedestrian traffic is stop-and-start. And then the magic hour arrives.
If you come in the evening, you’ll see a completely different island, residents say. One that’s more chic and relaxed, with more gowns and hair down., and the usual suspects are dealing with the usual headaches: baking heat and swarms of tourists. If you’re going to the most popular parts of the continent — Italy, France, Greece, Spain — you’re bound to end up feeling hot and cramped during some part of your trip.
There are caveats to this tip. Going closer to closing means you’ll have less time to enjoy a place. Alternatively, you can look for sites that stay open late., doesn’t close until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays, and it offers tours on Fridays at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Themuseum stays open until 9 p.m. on Thursdays. In Rome, tour guide and author Katie Parla said, both the Colosseum and the Roman Forum are amazing to admire at night from outside; the latter is open until 7:15 p.m.
Croatians “don’t eat before 9 p.m.,” Vukovic said. He recommends booking a table for at least that time, if not later, and then enjoying the country’s nightlife, as bars stay open until 2 a.m. and nightclubs till 5 a.m.