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Noi visiteremmo tutto, tranne l'area riservata.

Noi visiteremmo tutto, tranne l'area riservata.
We would visit everything, except the reserved area.
From Lesson 249:Prepositions of exception (tranne, eccetto)·Italian

Breakdown of Noi visiteremmo tutto, tranne l'area riservata.

noi
we
visitare
to visit
tutto
everything
tranne
except
l'area
area
riservato
reserved

Questions & Answers about Noi visiteremmo tutto, tranne l'area riservata.

Does tranne need to be combined with another preposition, like "except for" in English?
No, tranne connects directly to the noun it excludes. Unlike English, where we often say "except for", in Italian you just use tranne followed immediately by the article and noun (l'area).
Can I use eccetto instead of tranne here?
Yes! Tranne and eccetto are completely interchangeable. You could easily say eccetto l'area riservata and the meaning ("except the reserved area") remains exactly the same.
Why does visiteremmo have a double "m"?
The double "m" shows that it is the present conditional tense ("we would visit"). If it only had one "m" (visiteremo), it would be the future tense ("we will visit"). This is a very common spelling difference to watch out for!
Why does riservata end in -a?
Riservata is the past participle of the verb riservare (to reserve), but here it's acting as an adjective. Since it describes l'area, which is a feminine singular noun, it must end in -a to agree with it.

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