2 days in venice and 2/3 days in rome?

Question

i'm planning to take a trip to italy this august. my plan is spend 2 days at venice then 2 (or 3) days in rome. Pls give me suggestion how to spend these days efficiently. I'm healthy and young.

i've noticed that the camping site is cheaper than hostels but the location is quite far. So, due to the limited time that i have can i stay at the camping site or it's not recomended to do so?

Answer 1

I'm not too big on museums so when I was in Venice for about 3 days and found that just walking around and exploring was the best way to enjoy my time. We stayed on Lido Island which was pretty cool (it's where they hold the Venice Film Festival).  I recommend taking a boat over there and walking around it. It's pretty quaint, cute area, not too crowded and on the other side of it is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. Also the Island of Burano was a really unique place to go, probably one of my favorite places I saw in Italy.

In Rome, by far my favorite place to go was the park that surrounds The Villa Borghese. It's huge and there is so much to do. Also, a lot of sights that you would normally go see are pretty nearby (within walking distance). Hope that helps.

Answer 2

I am not sure about the camping thing, but I would suggest in Rome taking the Tram110 bus.  This will take you to all of the major sites in Rome.  It costs 13Euro and you can get on the bus and off the bus all day.  End your day at the Campo di Fiore and party the night away.  The next day walk around Testavere and the Spanish Steps.  In Venice just walk around and get lost.  It is a very small city so just walking you will happen upon a ton of things.

Answer 3

We just got back from a big tour of Italy 2 days ago.  It was AMAZING!  We did not go to Rome, but we loved Venice.

The Island of Murano was awesome - we took a tour of a glass factory there and had pizza at an outdoor cafe.  It was much less crowded than Venice.  We got a free taxi ride there from a guy in the St. Marco square and then had to pay 6 Euro each to get back on boat #42

DO take a gondolla ride - ours was 80 euro and we had a gondolear that gave us info instead of singing - which is just what we wanted.  He was incredible.  You pay per boat ride, not per person.

Do go to St. Marco square, if you go in the morning - very early, you will get to see the raising of the flags and there is hardly anyone out in the morning ( like 7:30,8)  Don't let the long line into the Basilica scare you - it moves quickly.  Go up to the top of the tower too- NO lines in the early morning for that.

Also - DEFINETLY go back to the square after sundown.  There are 3 cafe/restaurants there and at night they have live music - INCERDIBLE!  and you can stand and listen to it for free.  Don't eat there though unless you have TONS of money to spend.

Don't be afraid to get off the beaten path ( you can get an excellent map with connected compass from AAA in the States) the people are very helpful if you get turned around and with the canal to guide you, it is hard to get truely lost.

There is so much neat stuff to see on back "streets".

You can not wear shorts or skirts above the knee inside of churches on Venice.

Those are some of the best things we did and we were only there 3 days.

The best things to see are all around the Rialto bridge area and St. Marco square.  The closer you stay to Rialto, the better.  Also, the farther away you get from St. Marco, the better the prices for meals.

HAVE FUN!  We sure did.