Yes - unless these are repeat visits you need more time in all of them.

As it stands you have 2 days in London and Paris 1 in Venice and Florence and 2 in Rome. Yuo are spending almost as much time getting from one place to another as you are actually seeing or doing anything. In the time you have I would do 3 hotels - no more - and see a little of the cities you are stopping in.

If you're satisfied with a quick look at all these cities then the itinerary is fine. If you want to experience these cities then you have over planned.

As much as I love Venice you should omit it, Florence, Pisa and keep London, Paris, Rome.

Why Canterbury?

only rome is revisit. thanks for the input. i will rethink...

canterbury. read from others that it's a good place for day trip from london.

Canterbury is worth a day - as are several dozen other places - but you can;t see even the basics in London in less than 5 or 6 days.

<<canterbury. read from others that it's a good place for day trip from london>>

There are lots of those. But with so little time in London, day trips should be lower on the to-do list.

Assuming you're going to be there in the spring or summer, Versailles will be packed. It was stuffed on a wet, gray, unattractive day in May when we were there in '07 and we arrived in mid-afternoon with only a couple of hours to wander around before we would drive off to the Loire Valley. Any decent day will be worse.

yes Canterbury is very interesting but if you've not been to London before, you'll probably want that third full day for doing things there, rather than spending the time going to Canterbury and back.

Actually florence would be the one I'd drop on this trip - you'll find more flights into venice from Paris than into Florence, and Venice will make a terrific contrast to all the other places you are seeing.

so you could do this:

Day 1: arriving London
Day 2: London
Day 3: London
Day 4: London
Day 5: eurostar to Paris [try to book as soon as tickets are released, 90 days before travel]
Day 6: Paris
Day 7: Paris
Day 8: (Versailles/Giverney?)
Day 9: Paris
Day 10: fly to Venice
Day 11: Venice
Day 12: Venice
Day 13: train to Rome
Day 14: Rome
Day 15: Rome
Day 16: Rome
Day 17: flying home

the trip will be in may. is it better to start from rome? reversing the itinerary?

Hi JO,

I'd rather spend time in Venice and Florence than in Rome.

I would
fly into Venice - 3 nights,
train to Florence - 3 nights
train or fly to Paris - 5 (4) nights
train to London - 3 (4) nights
fly home

Do you really want to spend a day and night in Pisa? You could make it a daytrip from Florence if you wish to go.

Enjoy your visit.