Florence or Venice?
 

Visiting Italy for a romantic second honeymoon? Which is more suitable? Florence or Venice?

Venice!! Hands down. (How much time do you have? Perhaps you could do both...)

We have 10 days, and we have only been to Capri.

I would do both, what a wonderful trip!
Betsy

Hi walker, I see you have more than one post. Have you checked the responses to your other post?

Anyway, with ten days you sure can visit both Florence and Venice. What a beautiful trip that would be for a second honeymoon. BTW, it only takes about 3 hours of less to go by train between Florence and Venice. So you would not lose a lot of time travelling. And if you wanted either way you could visit Bologna or Padua if you so desired for the day.

LoveItaly,
Thanks you for both of your messages. I didn't realize that they are only 3 hrs apart. We will try to do both then.

Okay, if we fly into Rome, visit Florence and Venice, where should we end the trip? Ravello?

3 spots, Rome, Florence and Venice, are quite enough in 10 days, IMO. But if you want to finish up someplace different, consider a small town in southern Tuscany or Umbria. Less travel than to Ravello.

Hi walker, I have a friend who also posts here on Fodors. She and her husband had the most beautiful honeymoon at a villa near the small town of Reggello which is s/e of Florence. That might possibly be a beautiful place for you two to spend say three nights.

With ten days I wouldn't try to do to much however, you don't want to spend half of your time travelling, checking in and out of hotels etc and figure you will lose a good half day everytime you change locations.

I will email this thread to my friend and if she has time hopefully she can tell you where they stayed on their honeymoon. Best regards.

venice hands down, I agree....magical!

I agree that with ten days, I would do both. You cold split your time evenly between the two.

I went this summer to Rome, Florence and Venice for my 'first' honeymoon (lol) - we much preferred Florence over Venice. It's all personal taste. When are you going? We were there at the end of July and we felt like little sardines in a can - when it's too packed with tourists, it's definitely not too romantic. I would suggest not staying in Venice for more than 3 days. Check out a few other places, as per LoveItaly's suggestions...
Have fun!

VENICE. Definitely more romantic.