Hello, I am planning to visit Italy this summer...it is 10 days/9 nights...and i have some cities in mind which i would like to visit 😊 they are: Rome, Vatican City, Pisa, Florence, Milan and Venice
My initial plan is like this:
Rome - 3 nights (include Vatican City)
Florence - 3 nights (would stopby Pisa while travelling from Rome to Florence)
Milan - 1 night
Venice - 2 nights
How is my initial plan? Am I spending too much times in Florence and less time in Rome? What other cities would all of you recommend for me to visit within these 10 days other than the six cities above?
One more thing, may I know the travelling time between the cities? like how many hours will it take to Milan from florence?
Looking forward for your replies and thank you in advance!! 😊
Reply to this I recommend more time in rome and maybe cut a night in venice. Not a huge fan of Venice, I think there is much more to see somewhere else and that you will more things to see elsewhere.
Cinque terre is great by the way.
Reply to this I went Venice (4) - Florence (3) - Rome (8), and to be honest I hated Florence and loved both Venice and Rome. I know, every time I tell people that I didn't like Florence they gasp and turn purple with rage. If I had to do it again I'd split the days up and skip Florence entirely. In 8 days, I felt like I hadn't even begun to scratch the surface of Rome, and could have spent a year there. Actually, it made the list of cities I would happily move to if I could.
If you are traveling by train, keep in mind that there's really no such thing as stopping by Pisa on the way -- no train going from Rome goes through both Pisa and Florence. You go to one city and take a bus tour or local commuter train to the other.
Another great city that doesn't get a lot of attention is Bologna, which you will go through by train if you come from Rome to Venice. It actually has a couple of towers of the same age with greater degree of lean than the famous one in Pisa. It's well worth getting off the train and taking a half-day there, especially for lunch (it's the birthplace of tortellini, or so they claim).
For travel time, the best place to look is trenitalia.com, find the time, and add an hour or three (every train I took was about 30% longer than the posted time, usually because of leaving late).
Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to visit Milan, which I hope to rectify some day. Happy traveling!
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