Itenary for Venice - Florence

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lc001

Not that you'll get a full experience at each locale, but here's my suggestion (my trip was similar, but we used 10 days) if you REALLY want to do an insane high-speed excursion . . .

Day 1 - Touch down Rome - get asap to Eurostar to Florence (Travel light and you'll actually be able to hit all connections without missing a beat). Fix you flight flight to target an afternoon and evening left over in Florence. Use hotel to help you get entry tickets for next day.

Day 2 - Full day in Florence - shop, explore, hit the museums.

Day 3 - Attempt earliest Eurostar to Venice target again an afternoon and evening in Venice. Use hotel to help with admission the next day.

Day 4 - Full day in Venice - same as Florence. If you are not into the museum stuff, do your gondola and traghetti rides and walk to San Marco Square in Day 3 and head to Rome today instead of Day 5, to get two days in Rome.

Day 5 - This is where you get a rough travel day - it's about an 6-8 hour trip back to Rome. So you get only get the evening at your destination. But if you forgot something in Florence, you can do a quick layover before continuing. Otherwise, treat it as a time to recover/sleep/catch a breath on the train.

Day 6 - Full Day in Rome - Although a bus tour may work (you need to research this), you'll probably get more of what you want by creating your own itinerary - the public transport system was decent. If you can - I'd suggest a day trip to the Vatican, otherwise, do Roman Ruins (Forum, Coloseum, etc), but no time for both.

Day 7 - Cannot do Vatican, but may be able to sneak in some ruins before your flight back.

We stayed in 3-star hotels near the train stations - this made our connecting trips as short as possible. We also bought into the breakfst included package - load up so you can skip lunch - we snuck out a small snack sandwich made from the breakfast for later . . . saves us from looking for food midday when we should be sightseeing.

First thing you do when you get to a city is check in (nearby hotel, remember?), and get your admission tickets prepped for the next day and then go look around.

Hit the station for tickets on your way back to the hotel the night before you leave, so you can check out, hit the ATM then board the train. Get only enough cash to last you at your next destination, so you carry less and pickpockets will avoid following you on to a train.

The long range train network works way better than in the States, and faster than rental cars. And since you'll not have much time, it's easier to hoof it around town or take the bus or subways to get around - no need to look for parking and cheaper too. Like you'd be able to drive in Venice . . .

Like I said, not a good itinerary if you are looking to experience Italy, but with enough planning on what you want/don't want to see, you might be able to swing a decent tour. Timing is everything here.

I'd really thing you should consider dropping a city, though. This is a grueling tour I laid out.

Good luck!

Gaston O

I would divide it 2 nights each...

Then travel by EuroStar train between cities to travel faster...

Some advice...for Venice...Stay in Mestre (at the edge of the lagoon...15 min away or Lido another island close to St. Marks square) It would be cheaper.

In Florence... walk a lot...

In Rome...Spend 2 nights but 2 1/2 or 3 days, specially if you want to visit museums and the Vatican

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Stodney

Italian boy learning english might be a little mis-informed....it takes about 2 hours to get from Rome to Florence on the Eurostar train. I do recommend going to only two cities. I would do rome and florence....venice is over-rated and there is much more to do and see in the two southern italian cities

KeS

Hi,

I would suggest you select one of your 3 destinations and use all 6 nights there.

It's so immensely much to see in each of those that if you try squeezing all 3 in your time schedule you'd just lose a lot.

You can start planning at this site:
http://www.Italyexposed.com

I hope you find something there to start with.

Italian Boy Learning English

You have cheap time.
To visit Rome you need 4 or + days.
To visit Florence you need 2 or + days.
To visit Venice you need 2 or + days.
You'II use 4/6 hours to move from Rome to Florence and 4/6 hours to move from Florence to Venice.
Then you need 9 or + days to visit (running) thin cities.
I counsel you visit only 2 cities Rome and Florence or Florence and Venice.

LoveSun

My husband and I want to do the same thing, but we will be spending 9 nights total. We found this trip on www.europeandestinations.com. Did you book your trip online? We will hopefully be spending 3 nights in each city. We would like to navigate by rental car, although the gas is outrageous, but we like sight seeing on our own.

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Itenary for Venice - Florence - Rome?