Eating at Autogrill is a dining experience. Phenomenal sandwiches, best croissant s(my favorite is…read morechocolate and pistachio) And beverages. Also great shopping buys! Plenty of parking, Hot food entrees freshly made.

We Americans could learn a thing or two from the Italians. The main one that comes to mind is that…read morewe could model our rest shops after theirs. Autogrill is what they call the majority of their rest stops. You can find one every half an hour on the interstate or so if memory serves me correctly. I have never seen a rest stop like this. It's spacious and even feels luxurious. They have a restaurant, they have a bakery, they make the food in front of you. Heck, the pasta I had was probably one of the best I've had in awhile. They, too, have bathrooms and even showers. More so, they have a store for food, souvenirs, and the like. Mamma mia! I want to take another road trip in Italy now just remembering this glorious place.

A quick stop just to gas up the rental car as we continued our drive through Northern Italy, this…read morerest area is north of Genoa towards Milan (though we headed west to Torino soon). We did not hit up the rest area, just the petro station which also had a good selection of snacks and drinks and even mememtoes. Why are there "New York" ballcaps for sale here? Fuel was easy enough though I did have to go inside to pay. [Review 17070 overall - 258 in Italy - 586 of 2022.]

Horrible service. Go to the next stop and save yourself some trouble. The cashier spent 20 minutes…read moreof my break time to charge my Visa card as my food got cold.