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Itinerary advice

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Hey, have been reading the forum the past 6 weeks and I am very overloaded with info.

My wife and I are will be flying Delta out of JFK Aug 25 and coming back Sep 4

The plan is 3 nights in Florence, Venice, and Rome.

We are flying Into Milan and flying back out of Rome.

We land in Milan on Monday August 26 at oh 7:30 AM.
The plan as of now is to take a train from Milan to Florence
We want to be in Venice over our anniversary which is August 30 so we plan on taking a train from Florence to Venice (Aug 29-31).

Then Venice to Rome via train (Sept 1-4)

Our primary interest for this trip will be to see the primary tourist sites and eat great food.

I am all ears on places to stay, places to eat, where to buy tours, maneuvering between trains etc etc.

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I just got back from Italy a couple of weeks ago and it was my first time visiting. We ended up doing AirBNB and selecting "Super hosts" so the places we stayed in Rome, Venice, and Florence were all perfectly located and were great prices.

Food wise it is hard to go wrong with any sit down restaurant. I did have some places I searched for ahead of time but every place we tried that was a true restaurant we loved.

The high speed trains do make the different cities far easier than in the USA. The only hard one would be your ride from Venice to Rome. The fastest train that is still almost 4 1/2 hours so it is a big chunk of your day.

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I suggest getting on booking rooms as soon as possible, I use booking.com. Also for the high speed train from Venice to Rome, make sure you book in advance. Trains a very easy in Italy. I have traveled to Italy twice in the past three years with the Rick Steves Italy guide, highly recommended.

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We love Loggiata Dei Serviti in Florence.
http://loggiato-dei-serviti.florence-hotels-it.com/en/

Rick's Florence Guidebook has lots of excellent recommendations for restaurants. The Mercado is a particularly interesting marketplace of food shops, markets and inexpensive restaurants.

Although the Uffizi Gallery (everything famous, almost) and the Accademica Gallery (David) are the best known in Florence, the Duomo museum and the Bargello have great art too without as many crowds.
https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html is the place to start figuring out train travel. Note that you will need the proper Italian spelling of cities.
https://www.google.it/maps/@45.2760075,11.2736639,7z

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