I very much enjoy reading everyone's comments in this forum, so I'm inviting comments and suggestions on the following 16 night itinerary:
- Fly in to Venice for morning arrival (only spending 2 nights, sigh)
- Rent car and drive through the Dolomites (spending one night in Ortisei), through Bolzano to see the ice man
- Two nights on Lake Como in Bellagio
- Three nights in Cinque Terre (Monterosso)
- Driving with stops in Pisa, Volterra, San Gem (I know that's a lot) on our way to our agriturismo just west of Arezzo for 5 nights
- Day trips to Florence, Siena, Chianti hill towns
- Drop car in Orvieto, and take train to Rome for final 3 nights
Looking forward to some happy traveling!