Suggestions for the places to visit Rome,Venice & FLorence in 8 days including public transportaion?

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Suggestions for the places to visit Rome,Venice & FLorence in 8 days including public transportaion?

Answer 1

Tours are a great way to go for visiting amazing places as these in a short time- but you always pay for convience.

Venice was my favorite port during my trip through Italy. It's a beautiful place. Be sure to visit St. Mark's Basillica. There's an art gallery you might be interested in. Also, St. Mark's Square. Its right near the cruise port and full of tourists- but its a must see! It's completly full of pigions, and its so funny. But there are also these very cool stands where local artists sell their work. We bought a mask- it looks like something out of a movie. The street near the water off of St. Mark's square usually has these people who dress up in crazy costumes. Some stand like statues, but some talk to you and take pictures with you. One asked me to sign a guest book type thing. They're a great picture-taking opertunity.  Venice also has the BEST prices for Marano Glass. Take time to walk through the narrow streets and window shop, its amazing and so beautiful. Deafinatly worth your time. The Grand Canal is also great. Gondala rides are a must-do, but can get expensive. Heres a little tip- you can always find someone training to "sail" Gondalas and you can pay just 1 or 2 euros and they will take you across or down the canal. Its not fancy, but still a lot of fun. If you want a longer or more fancy trip, rides can go past 100 Euros.

Rome has way to much to do to explain it all here. Google searches come up with amazing results if your looking for a tour or just a list of things to do. Be sure to allow days and days here- you could never see it all in less than weeks.

Florence has many musuems and old churches to visit- a web search might help here to look up specific ones. Its full of art.

Tripadvisor.com is VERY helpful for lists of things to do. Have fun on your trip and be prepared to take lots of pictures.

Answer 2

That's a lot to get done.  I have seen a lot of people mention tours, I highly disagree.  Venice is a really small city, you can see it in one day.  Of course you won't get all the nuances that you would get if you spent more than one day there, but you can definitely get the vibe and have a good time.  If you arrive in Florence you can explore part of that day, must see Rome at night.  I did the gondola ride at night, waste of money.  Just walk everywhere.  

The next day jump on the train to Florence, make sure you take the Eurostar it's a lot faster.  Check in your hotel room and just walk around again.  Make sure you go to ZaZa that night and get the trio of meat and soup.  It's so good.  The next day at the termini there are these jump on jump off busses.  You get 2 days for about 20Euro.  They have an audio tour in tons of languages and you get on and off at the sites you want to see.  I think it hits about every big one.  Be aware that walk to the top of the Duomo is no joke.  The next day you can use your second day to go out to Feosole (I think that's how you spell it) and spend some time in the country.  It's really beautiful up there.  That night make sure you have dinner near the Ponto Vecchio, I know it's cliche, but it really is beautiful.  I don't remember the name of the one I went to but it's noted on most of the maps.  They have jazz and great art.  

The next day take the Eurostar to Rome.  Be prepared for a totally different experience in Rome.  My first trip I thought it was a lot like NYC but with old buildings.  When you arrive just walk around.  It's nice to get the lay of the land in your neighborhood.  Again at the Termini they have those jump on jump off busses that tour Rome.  This was less than 15Euro, but only for one day.  You can hit all the major sites again.  Make sure you get up early enough to hit the Campo di Fiore.  It's amazing and you can get enough stuff to have a delish cheap picknic at one of the fountains.  The next day spend the whole day in Trestavere.  It was one of the most amazing little neighborhoods.  And if you can find it, there's this amazing flea market where you can find some great inexpensive Italian silk scarves.

Answer 3

Hello,

Three cities is a lot to see in 8 days.   You might want to consider leaving one out and seeing it on your next trip.  

In Rome, you should see all the main sights including the churches, colosseum, forums, palatine hill, circus maximus, pantheon, piazza navona, castel san Angelo, vatican museums, St. Peter's basillica, piazza del popolo, Borghese Gallery, spanish steps and the capitolini hill.  As for transportation, walking while in Rome is the way to go.  It is a very small, walkable city.  There is a metro system with two lines and also a very good bus system.  These are inexpensive to use.  

Getting from Rome to Florence or Venice is really easy.  Just go to the termini station in Rome and buy a ticket on any of the numerous train that go to both cities daily.  the tickets are cheap and the trains leave about every hour.  

In Venice you will have to walk or ride on a vaporetto or water bus.  This is very cheap and most busses go up the grand canal.  this city is also very small and walking is the best way to get about.  The main sights to see include the Rialto bridge , St, Marks square, the basillica san Marco, the doges palace, the bell tower, and just strolling around this unique city.

You can check out train fares at trenitalia.com.  When you go to Venice make sure you go to the S. Lucia station and not Mestre.  Mestre is on the mainland and you would have to transfer to another train that is going to the island and the S. Lucia station.  The trip from Rome is about 50 euros each way in 2nd class and 75 each way in 1rst class.  The trip takes about 4 hours by train.

Donna

Answer 4

If you do these cities on your own you will lose a lot of time getting from one place to another.  why not go with a tour company, Cosmos, Globus, trafalgar?

In Rome the coliseum  and the roman forum are spectacular and the Vatican and Sistine Chapel are breath taking.

Florence is known for their leather, softest leather you will ever find.  Also the open museum is really nice. and the statue of David.

Venice is the best in my opinion.  The most romantic city in the world, Piazza San Marco, many little stores in the alleys of Venice.  The Rialto bridge and the area around the bridge.  Go into the back streets ands see what Italy is really like.  The people of Italy are some of the warmest people in the world with the best food!

Have a wonderful trip