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ten days in italy

I am studying in Florence (and Rome) for about 3.5 weeks and then I have ten days to travel around. There are so many places that I want to see that I am getting so overwhelmed trying to plan. I would love to see Cinquo Terre, Venice, Naples, plus I am sure there are other wonderful places that I am missing. Do you have any suggestions on how to plan for something like this?! I just don't even know where to begin!

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Go buy/borrow Rick Steve's Italy book. Some suggestions other than the ones you've mentioned: 1) Orvieto & Civita di Bagnoregio 2) Assisi 3) Pompei, Capri, Almafi 4) Ravenna 5) Sienna
6) San Gimignano, Volterra, Montepulciano I think Cinque Terre can be covered in 1 full day, so you can make it a day trip from Florence. Venice needs more time to do it justice, so perhaps a weekend spent there? Naples, I'm not sure as I've never been before but I would think that you can allocate a weekend as well and cover Pompei and Almafi/Capri while you're in that region. But it really depends on what you like. That's why I said to get hold of RS Italy book and go through it to see what might interest you.

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Lisa, While in Florence and Rome, make a point of seeing the sites in those two cities using your nights and weekends. You won;t see everthing in Rome, but you'll get a good feeling and with planning you can take in many sites and museums. So I will assume your 10 days will be spent outside of Florence and Rome and all at the end of your studies. Will you fly homw out of Rome? That may dictate part of your schedule. Day 1: Train to Venice Day 2: Venice Day 3: Venice Day 4: Train to CT Day 5: CT Day 6: CT Day 7: Train to Naples, but continue on to Sorrento to sleep Day 8: Sorrento/Naples Day 9: Sorrento/Naples Dat 10: Return to Rome
Day 11: Depart for US Day 7 will be a long travel day (so will day 4) but if you want to see these places, there's not much you can do to avoid those rides. Do resist teh urge to move every night. Spend two or three nights in each place. If you are not flying out of Rome, you will need to adjust the order of things a bit. For example, if you fly out of Milan, then go to Naples/Sorrento first, then Venice, then the CT, returning to Milan the day before your flight. Ciao!

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Definitely get one or two good guidebooks to start. That will help you avoid the "drinking from a firehose" feeling if you try to collect bits and pieces of information on your own. Rick Steves is an obvious choice. I also like the Eyewitness Travel Guides. Happy travels.

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Lisa, you've got duplicate posts going. You might want to delete one of them.