Paris to Rome, 14 days

Paris. 4 nights.

Fly, Paris Orly-Pisa.

Train, Pisa- C T village of your choice.
2 nights.

Train, CT- Florence 3 nights.

Train, Florence-Rome. 4 nights.

Have a great trip

Edit. With 15 nights, add 1 to Paris and 1 to Rome

What fun! We did this exact same trip in October and this is what we did:
Flew LAX- Rome- 4 nights (Toured all the major sights including The Vatican which we used Walks of Italy Tour company for)
Train to Cinque Terre- 2 nights
Train to Florence-3 nights (day trip to Tuscany which included Pisa, Sienna and San Gimignano- we used a tour company and it was fabulous!)
Flew Air France Florence to Paris
Paris-7 nights
Fly Paris to LAX

We chose this order due to the weather and wanting the heat while still in Italy which worked out great. We chose the number of days in each place based on what we wanted to see, the days those sites were open and weather.

Hopefully you have purchased a good guide book to help you determine how much time you will need in each place, you may find that Paris will only require 3 days and there is more that interest you in Rome?? The cheaper train tickets will need to booked out far in advance also and your pretty close to your travel dates, hopefully you have already secured your lodging.

It's clearer when you speak about how many "nights" you'll be spending in Europe. Sometimes people incorrectly include a total number of days without realizing the first day is actually an overnight travel day from the USA. So do you have 13 nights in Europe?

Thanks everybody for your help and suggestions!

To answer Tim's question, we have 15 nights. We will get into Paris around 2:30pm on the afternoon of "night 1". We will then leave out of Rome on the morning after "night 15". I hope this helps to clarify!

Via Switzerland...
Day 1-4 Paris
Day 5-6 Lausanne (day trip to Bern)
Day 7-8 Milan
Day 9-10 Cinque Terre
Day 11-12 Florence
Day 13-15 Rome

Or via the south of France...
Day 5-6 Avignon
Day 7-8 Nice

I agree with Gerri's itinerary. You will not be rushed by following it

Gerri has offered an excellent itinerary, including the addition of the nights to Rome and Paris. You will enjoy this pace and have time to savor each location a bit. There are more "must-sees" in Europe than you can see in a lifetime unless you are Rick Steves and come here for 4 months every year.

David in Brisbane has added too many locations for my taste. It is a very rushed pace adding in locations that are not on your list. While Milan can be interesting, it is not "A-List" as your other locations are.

Buon viaggio!

Of course there is no definitive answer, just innumerable suggestions. What is to one person's taste or desire may not be to another's.

While in Paris (my favorite city) you can take an 8:00 am train to Giverny and be back to Paris by 1:00. If you like Monet or gardens or both, this is a magical little excursion. And I would do this over Versailles, ANY DAY.

We did basically the same trip last March. 4 nights in Paris, train to Lucerne (Switzerland) for 2 nights, train across the Alps to Florence for 5 nights, down south of Rome to Salerno for 5 nights.

The whole experience is a must-see. Rail travel is fun, inexpensive and spectacular from a scenery standpoint. We were able to take no more than 4 hour trips at a time, leaving around noon and arriving at our next destination late afternoon. A pleasure.

Check out the sbb.ch Swiss rail site and then Trenitalia for train routes, and maybe plan your destinations accordingly. With European train stations more often than not in the hub of the cities, with reasonable hotels within walking distance, it's easy to do.

Enjoy your planning!