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Rome, Florence and Venice for each city 2 days

Old Jan 20th, 2017, 03:52 PM
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Rome, Florence and Venice for each city 2 days

Hi,

i'm yoggis, i am planning to go Rome, Florence and Venice with my wife on April 1, i will spent 2 days for each city.
I need a advise for transport train/bus and hotels price's with Low Budget from Rome to Florence and Florence to Venice, kindly pls do advise.



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Old Jan 20th, 2017, 04:15 PM
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What's your budget?

I would spend the whole time in one city, though. I don't know if you mean 1 night or two nights or 3 nights in each place but in any case , any one of those cities is worth a more than 2 days.
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Old Jan 20th, 2017, 04:41 PM
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Hi yoggi why did you tag Germany, Ireland and Netherlands??
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Old Jan 20th, 2017, 06:54 PM
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For two days in a city, you need three nights. Two nights isn't enough time.
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Old Jan 20th, 2017, 08:47 PM
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Take train from Termini Station in Rome to Santa Maria Novella Station in Florence.
Take train from Santa Maria Novella Station in Florence to Santa Lucia Station in Venice.
That is all very straight forward. There are fast trains and slow, cheaper trains. Pick what is convenient for you. Buy tickets ahead of time to save money.

So, you have 3 nights in each city?
My low budget might be high for you and my high budget might be low for others. What exactly is your low budget in euros for hotels?
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Old Jan 20th, 2017, 11:18 PM
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Are you sure that you can see what you want to see and do in each of these magnificent cities? Have you plotted your transportation (including checking in/out, un/packing, getting to/from your transportation, etc.) and sightseeing on a calendar?

Your trip, your call, but I would hate to spend so much time in transit just for so few moments on the ground.

Good luck!
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Old Jan 21st, 2017, 12:28 AM
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hi marvelousmouse,

I will be staying for 2 nights for each cities.
Budget cant decribe but im looking for hotel room for couple.

I am from malaysia and currently in training at germany and will be back malaysia on may 1st 2017.


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Old Jan 21st, 2017, 12:30 AM
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hi sundriedtopepo,

this is the 1st time for me in the forum, so i read it and they ask me to select at leats 5 country. thats why i select.


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Old Jan 21st, 2017, 12:32 AM
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hi HappyTrvlr,

i have no choices coz of limited off days, so i need to plan for the best places



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Old Jan 21st, 2017, 12:43 AM
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hi kja,

Are you sure that you can see what you want to see and do in each of these magnificent cities? Have you plotted your transportation (including checking in/out, un/packing, getting to/from your transportation, etc.) and sightseeing on a calendar?

Actually i didnt plan yet for the activities i need to do at each cities. Maybe u can suggest what i can do for 2 nights. Transportaion i didnt plan yet.



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Old Jan 21st, 2017, 01:03 AM
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If you haven't planned your transportation, then really, you are giving yourself only a day or so in each of these places -- meaning that you will be spending a very high proportion of your very limited time in transit, rather than actually seeing or doing anything. Think again!

The more places you try to see, the less you ACTUALLY see. One way to bring that idea into focus is to actually plot it out on a calendar.

For what to see and do? Why do you want to go to these places? if you can't answer that, I honestly don't know why you are bothering.

Check ANY decent guidebook. It will tell you your options for what to see or do or how to do it or what it costs or when things or open or whether there are laws that are different than those in your country or how to save money or.... Seriously, just get a guidebook or two (or consult them at a library) and make some INFORMED decisions.

Good luck!
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IMHO, your itinerary is TOO ambitious for the time you have in-country. The trip looks like a marathon at full pace. If you must go to more than one destination, then my suggestion would be a two city trip. A time saving strategy would be to fly open jaws or multi-city: flying into on location and home from another.

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The FIRST thing to do is plan your transportation. Then you'll see that you are not going to be able to go to all three cities, maybe not even two. You will be spending your entire vacation in trains and train stations or in airports and on planes.

There are double rooms in hotels all over the world, but without knowing how much to want to spend, it is an exercise in futility to make a recommendation.
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Most of the people on this forum come to Europe often and can spend considerable time in one place, especially since a good many of them are pensioners and don't have to consider the need to get back to work. I live in Italy, and often friends and relatives from the US come to visit me. Usually they are people who don't get many opportunities to travel far from home and can't afford the time and money to spend the ideal amount of time in one place.

The advice I'm about to offer comes from personal experience helping these visitors to see most of what they want to see in the limited time they have. Of course, you can't see everything, but you have to work with the time you have. Those I've done this sort of trip with have always enjoyed it.

Rome is a much bigger city than the other two, and has more attractions that everyone wants to see. Its main sights are also very crowded. For this reason, I suggest you spend four nights in Rome, and two nights in Venice. You can visit Florence on the day you travel from Rome to Venice.

If you leave Rome early in the morning of the day you leave Rome, you can be in Florence by 10 AM. Leave your bags at the left luggage facility in the train station. You can walk in about 15 minutes to the center of the city, and spend six or seven hours visiting the city before returning to the station, retrieving your luggage and heading to Venice on a late afternoon train. Allow plenty of time to retrieve your luggage, because sometimes there's a long queue.

You can buy your train tickets online at http://www.trenitalia.com/tcom-en using the Italian names of the cities, and choosing the stations I mention in parentheses: Roma (Termini), Firenze (S.M.Novella), and Venezia (S. Lucia). If you buy the tickets well in advance, you can get some very good discounts, but these tickets are for specific trains and can't be changed. If you don't have an idea of the time you want to travel, it's better to buy the tickets at the station when you arrive, remembering that the cost of the ticket will usually be considerably more.

Another piece of advice I have is to plan your visits based on your own personal interests, not on what other people tell you are the best sights. If you had much more time, then you could really plan to see the famous places, but with very little time, you risk missing other things that you might enjoy much more.

Most people say that you absolutely must visit the Vatican Museums in Rome and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. If you don't know or care much about Italian Renaissance art, it would be an enormous amount of time spent just so you could say you saw them.

On the other hand, if you are very interested in Renaissance art, you probably should spend one night at least in Florence, arriving early on the first day and leaving late on the third day, so that you would have nearly two days to visit some museums. You could cut one night from Venice or Rome. If you must leave Venice early in the morning on your last day, it would be better to cut the night from Rome, because if you arrive late in Venice and leave early the next day, you won't see much at all.
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So you have six nights total, right (you said “two nights in each city”).

Forget Rome - it’s too huge, the farthest in distance, the most time-consuming.

Day One you travel from Germany to Venice.

Many budget airlines fly there from many locations in Germany - find them by going to www.veniceairport.it/en/flights/airlines.html and work backwards, see which of those airlines serve an airport near you.

Also use www.skyscanner.net and www.whichbudget.com.

Or take the train - https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml

Note that the station in Venice down by the canals is called Santa Lucia - there is another station up on the mainland (on the fast through-route) called Mestre - a shuttle train leaves frequently to go down to Santa Lucia.

Book three nights in Venice, and three nights in Florence. That gives you two full days in each.

Day 1: Get to Venice
Day 2: In Venice
Day 3: In Venice
Day 4: Venice to Florence - about two hours by train, the main station is called S.M.N. = Santa Maria Novella, see http://trenialia.com
Day 5: In Florence
Day 6: In Florence
Day 7: Leave for Germany
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If you have 6 nights I think you either do Venice and Florence or just Rome. You really do not have enough time to do anything else.
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Two nights in each of Rome, Florence and Venice is rushed but if that's your preference - and you know that you'll only get a taste of each of these cities - then I say go for it. If you won't be back for ages, you might like a sampler itinerary like that - many do and it can be rewarding. I used to think that someone was crazy not to travel more slowly but there's more than one way of travelling. Sure you get a better feel for a place if you stay longer but not all of us have the luxury of time or a repeat visit.

However, I would make sure that you're organised before you leave to make the most of your time and I would choose accommodation not too far from the train station.

Check booking.com for hotels in all price ranges.
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Hi all, thanks alot for the advice. So i will sort it out what to do at ech cities.
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Lots of good thoughts for you youggi.
I thought I would hare our experience which might just summarize a lot of the advice already provided.

Two nights in a city in reality gives you 1.5 days. That really isn't much time so your trip will be rushed and all about a brief glimpse of three cities. If thats your travel style, so be it. Just do it. Logistically, it works by train as previously noted. Thats how we traveled Italy on our twi brief trips this summer.

Thanks to bvlenci for providing the train station names. We had no idea, as we were thinking in English, Rome Florence and Venice. " Roma (Termini), Firenze (S.M.Novella), and Venezia (S. Lucia)"

dreamon and I seem to do research the same way for a new city. I always go to booking dot com. Put in my dates and the city and search from low price to high price. It will give you lots of hotel choices, locations, prices, availability and most important reviews. In my experience any review of 8 or above is going to be a good property.

Location is important. Since you will probably be traveling by train look for a hotel near the train station so you can get into and out of the hotel quickly to start your visit to each city. That is particularly important in Venice. A hotel near the train station or Piazzale Roma the bus and airport shuttle terminal is ideal. We found a hotel that required only two bridges from both these stations. Lugging bags can be pretty tiring.

Lastly google top 10 things to do in Rome, Florence and Venice. You won't have time to do them all but it gives you a great starting point to determine exactly what you would like to see and do.

Here are some images of what you can expect.
Rome 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbr5...7634677664021/
Return to Rome 2015 https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbr...57661593187885
Florence https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbr...57671594102956
Venice https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbr...57671686432425
Have a great time.
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How much interest do you have in Renaissance art, painting and sculpture?
How much interest in Roman archeological sites?

Of course, this is a generalization and just one way for the OP to fit in the three cities.

Central Florence is small and easy to get around and see many museums in a couple of days, if you choose to focus on Florence.
Rome is huge, though the center is walkable, many of the sites are large and require time to walk and see them. Of course, there are a ton of art museums in Rome too.

If the art in Florence is not of major interest, but you still want a peek at the beautiful city center, you could:

Day 1, arrive Venice, 1/2 day and night in Venice
Day 2, Venice, whole day, night
Day 3, Florence, up early catch a fast train from Venice. Stash luggage at the train station. See Duomo, Baptistery, Santa Croce, Ponte Vecchio, David, if there is time - no time for museums. Grab food to take on the train. Catch an early evening (7:00 pm) train to Rome. Night in Rome.
Day 4, Rome, whole day
Day 5, Rome, whole day
Day 6, Rome, whole day

In Venice, stay near Santa Lucia station. There are hotels within 10 minute walk or less. Check in and be on your way to sight seeing. Easier also to get back to the station the morning of day 3, no wait for a crowded vaporetto. You do not need a tour in Venice, just pick what you want to see and do it.

In Florence, book a walking tour for the most efficient use of your limited time.

In Rome, do not stay near the train station. It wastes time going back and forth. Stay in a central area so you can walk right out of hotel or apartment and be sight seeing. Book a tour of anything you feel would be better with a guide.

Book tickets to sights ahead of time to avoid lines. Book tours or guides ahead of time.

If you cut Florence, you could have a leisurely visit to one of the islands (perhaps Burano) in the Venice Lagoon on Day 2, tour Venice on Day 3 and take a late train to Rome, still giving you 3 days in Rome.

Personally, since you have not been before, I would do that rushed day in Florence, without staying overnight, because it gives you a taste of Florence, but still a whole day plus 1/2 day in Venice and 3 whole days in Rome.
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