Trip to itay in march????

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Teri

With only eight days, you will probably not get to see more than Venice, Florence and Rome.

Things to see in Venice: (2-3 Days)
- Take a gondola ride of the Grand Canal (they are cheaper in the morning)
- Map out a walking tour or just get lost (make sure you know how to find your way back to your hotel because the streets wind everywhere)
- Piazza San Marco (Venice's most famous square)
- Basilica San Marco
- Academy Gallery (art museum)
- Palazzo Grassi (mansion and art exhibit - great if you like Picasso)

Things to see in Florence: (2 days)
- Galleria dell'Accademia to see the statue of David
- Duomo - Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
- Museum of the History of Science
- Take a bike or walking tour of the city

Things to see in Rome: (3-4 days)

Day 1:
- Collosseum (it's not open at night so plan accordingly)
- Roman Forum (near Collosseum)

Day 2:
- Pantheon
- Trevi Fountain
-Spanish Steps

Day 3:
- Vatican Museum
- St. Peter's Basilica

Day 4 (if you have time):
- Hadrian's Villa and Villa d'Este which our outside of Rome (you can drive of look for a tour bus)

Go from Venice to Florence to Rome or vice versa. Florence and Venice are in the northern part of Italy and Rome is a good 4-5hr drive to the south. If you don't plan on renting a car and driving (Italians are crazy drivers and is tough, especially in the cities themselves), take a train between the cities.

zanzara_assassina

10 days to visit italy are few.
you could visit the center of italy, for example toscana is a wonderful region: firenze, pisa, siena,...where you can visit all the medieval villages, and it's not far from roma (there you can visit the colosseo, foro romano, and a lot of ruins :-) ).
Or you can visit the south: napoli, caserta and it's reggia,...
You could visit sicilia too: it's great!
Venice is far from there... if you'd like to visit it, you could do that route: roma, firenze or other, bologna, venezia, verona, milano.

Lauren

I think Teri's answer is great, but I would like to add:

In Venice take a boat to the island of Murano to see where glass is blown.

In Florence, visit the Uffizi and the Boboli Gardens.

nickisbox

one thing to help you plan will be to know what you enjoy seeing. not everyone wants to see endless museums. pick up some guide books or look online at different itineraries. also, if you have the extra money, you can save a bit of time waiting in line by paying the guided tour people. it does cost a bit more than the regular entrance fee, but sometimes it is worth it.

maybe even consider splitting your group up so everyone gets to see what they want and not waste time. get the subway pass for rome, it will help in getting around quickly, especially if the weather is not that great.

as for seeing stuff, my favorite things in florence were the duomo (climb all the way to the top!) and the boboli gardens. for rome, st. peters, Colosseum, the Cappucchin (sp?)crypt, the roman forum, and just roaming the city.

be warned, in march it is not the really pretty time of year, too early for the flowers. but the weather is okay and the crowds considerably less, so its a fair trade in my opinion. pack layers of clothing and stuff for rain. we had a bit of rain, snow, cold, and mild warm when we went two years ago in march.

have fun!

gone4aserf

yeah venice im goin after canada nxt mounth then hittn europe for 6mths stayn 4 the german beer fest :)then amsterdam for raves 2 weeks ...and greese for hot chicks and to thow out....when i run out ov money goin home lol

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