Thanks for all of the tips/suggestions. Two of my friends have been to Italy w/short stays. One other has not been there in eons and this will be my first visit so I am treating this trip as a "newby." It is a lot to navigate through. We are vacillating between using a travel agent or leaving it in my "Rick Steve's" guided hands. Siena is on my radar. Two of the women will be leaving Venice earlier than myself and one other friend. Suggestions for an extra day in Venice if we already hit Murano? Ravenna?
Thanks, Terre
Torcello, a small island with a beautiful old church, in the Canal (less than an hour by vaporetto).
I'd be happy to post some suggestions (for whatever if anything they'd worth) but this post seems to be in the context of some other thread without which I'd be guessing about what you are asking
Ravenna takes too long to get to from Venice, imho. You don't say how many days total you will be in Venice.