Help on Itinerary

3 nights in Siena seems like a lot. On my recent visit, I had seen enough after most of one day. What do you plan to do for that long? Use it as a base to travel throughout Tuscany? People do say it's great at night; I was there during the day but if it were my trip I would probably only spend one night there and the rest in Florence (and I am not a museum person either, I skipped the Uffizi) - my 5 nights there weren't enough. 4 nights in Venice was a good amount for me - it is a great place to just "experience." If it were my itinerary, I'd probably do: Como - 2 nights, Venice - 4, Siena - 1, Florence - 3 , Cinque Terre - 3 (or 2 and add another to Florence or Siena), Milan - 1. But that's just me, you have to tailor it to your interests. But on a first trip to Italy I think not spending at least a couple nights in Florence would be a shame, I just loved it there! You'll get as many different answers as people reply. Take it all in and then do what will make YOU happy :)

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, we were thinking we'd use Siena as our home base and go see Florence, and maybe another hill town but also we were hoping to be there around for the Palio and experience that (I know that sounds crazy, but when in Rome, what the heck!)