Jenn

In article <>,
(Ksu93dlv) wrote:

    > I know it's kind of novel for this newsgroup, but I actually have a question
    > related to European travel. I'm sorry to interrupt all the off-topic debates
    > going on here, but if anyone can help me I'd appreciate it.
    >
    > I'm putting together a trip to Italy for the Spring and it looks like I'll
    > have
    > no more than about ten days total (including 2 for flying to and from the
    > US).
    > I dont' want to cram too much into our trip, but at the same time I don't
    > want
    > to limit myself to just one city. Rome sounds like a must-see (though I know
    > there are a lot of must-sees in Italy). Venice is the other city we would
    > really like to see. Would it be too much if we tried adding a third city,
    > perhaps one between Venice and Rome?


I wouldn't -- but then we didn't even do Rome until our 3rd or 4th trip

Get a good book and really look it over and decide which experiences you
most want -- if it is Rome and Venice then do 3 nights[ 2 days] in
Venice and 5 nights [4 days] in Rome -- and plan a day trip or two near
Rome to vary the experience e.g. we have rented a car for a day and done
the Etruscan tomb sites north of Rome -- or you could do a very long
tour to Pompeii -- or visit Villa Adriana [site of heaven in the recent
HBO version of Angels in America] etc.

Less is more -- and Rome is a town with such varied delights that 5
nights is way too short.