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Italy Itinerary….more time in Florence or Rome?
My sister and I are going to Italy at the end of March and are unsure of our itinerary:
Monday – Wednesday (2 nights): arrive in Venice around 8AM, depart Wed around noon-ish.
Wednesday – Friday (2 nights): arrive in Florence around 2, depart for Rome around noon-ish on Friday
Friday – Monday (3 nights): arrive Rome around 2, fly back home to NY around noon on Monday.
Our plans aren’t set, but now we are unsure if we should spend 2 nights in Florence and 3 in Rome, or vice versa. In Florence, we plan on renting a car for 1 day to see Pisa (tower), the countryside (general drive through, we aren’t wine buffs), and the designer outlet stores. This is in addition to the touristy stuff in Florence (Duomo, Ponte Vecchio, etc…) In Rome, we definitely plan on seeing the Vatican, Coliseum, Trevi Fountain, Sistine, etc…)
We’ll be getting to each city by train, so our timetables can change. What’s the breakdown of days we should spend in each city?
Whatever you choose to do, you’ll just be able to scratch the surface of Florence and Rome in your time there. Given the relative sizes of the two cities, the obvious answer would be to spend the extra day in Rome. Florence is relatively compact and easy to get around, but there is so much there that you won’t be able to get into many of the galleries, palazzos, museums, etc if you’re spending a day driving around the countryside.
Personally, I would spend the extra day in Florence and see the Uffizi, the galleries in Palazzo Pitti, the interior of Santa Croce, the Orsanmichele, San Miniato al Monte and the view from Piazza Michelangelo but that only reflects my personal interests.
With your schedule, you’ll want to make a reservation for the Vatican Museums so you don’t end up spending a lot of time waiting in lines. This is also the case if you intend to go in the Uffizi or the Accademia to see David.
Note that Easter occurs near the end of March this year. Italy will be crowded, especially Rome. Easter is a heavy travel period. There are extra trains added to the schedule, but some trains that normally do not require reservations do require mandatory reservations in the weeks on either side of Easter. This is particularly true of the Intercity trains.
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