We are going the second week of March 2006.
2 days in Florence
1 day in Modena/Maranello
1 day Tuscan valley travel to Rome
3 days in Rome

Leave May 30, flying into Milan for 3 days; then on to Florence to stay in an apartment in Tuscany for 2 weeks....I cannot wait! Kathy

Counting the days until May 18th!
4 nights Rome
3 nights Florence
3 nights Venice
1 night on night train
2 nights Paris

Buon viaggio!

Ravenna, Umbria and Rome in October.

Sept 7 - 30:

Venice (9/8 - 9/12)
Florence (9/12 - 9/15)
Siena (9/15-9/16)
Villa in Val d'Orcia (9/16 - 9/23)
Rome (9/23 - 9/30)

I will post separately on this, but thanks so much to the many helpful Fodorites, and to bobthenavigator and StuDudley in particular for helping with the itinerary (both directly in response to my posts and indirectly in their responses to other posters).

May 2006
fly into Genoa-o/n pitstop 5/9
Cinque Terra-2 nts
Florence-4 nts
Rome-6 nts
Venice-2 nts
all air/hotels booked/confirmed
.....I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're cruising from Galveston (Transatlantic) with stops in Madeira, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Alicante, Barcelona, Cannes, Genoa, Elba (Portoferraio), Livorno and Civitavecchia and then bumming around Italy for three weeks. Probably Sicily, Positano, Umbria, Tuscany and Lake Como. We have a hotel reservation in Rome the last three nights, the rest will fall into place. Hopefully we can hook up with Monica P. if our schedules coincide.

Travelling by car throughout Italy in June 2006. Arrive in Lake Como from Lucerne and then to Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Pisa via Sienna, Volterra etc and then along Italian Riviera including Cinque Terre, Portifino etc. Approx. 11 days travelling.

Hello May Italy travelers. I posted a fodorite get together message http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34716171

Daisy, you might be in Florence and Venice the same time as me. I already have 5 people I'm meeting on Saturday the 13th in Florence. Treesa will let me know if she'll be able to meet up with me. Email me if interested: mjpileggi @adelphia.net

My itinerary:

11th arrive Florence (4 nites)
15th arrive Bologna (6 nights)
21st arrive Venice (4 nights)
Fly home on the 25th.

Monica ((F))

Family trip with myself (25), my brother (22), Mom, step-dad, step-sister (17), May 25 - June 5. We are going to Rome, Florence, and Sicily. I have been to Italy two times, once with my brother once on a summer long trip with a bestfriend, but this is our first family trip together (we are italian), so we are totally stoked (to bring back a word from the 80s). It is a last hurrah before I get married in August.

I'm flying to Rome March 22 to meet my daughter, who is studying in Rome this semester.
Siena--3 nights
Cinque Terre--2 nights
Venice--2 or 3 nights
We'll take the train back to Rome. I'm considering renting a car in Orvieto so that we can explore Tuscany and return it in La Spezia.

I skimmed over the 100+ previous messages, and did not see many people going in August. Am I the only dummy to book in August?

We'll fly into Munich, visit family and friends in Germany and Austria, then stay with friends for 4-5 days along Lago Maggiore. We then plan to drive south to Tuscany for 3-4 days,
Verona for a day, then back to Munich.

So excited to be leaving for Venice on the 26th (less than nine days!) for a christening.

Returning in mid-June for three weeks in Rome, Florence and Venice with my husband and his brother & wife. We're not too keen on doing the trip in summer months, but the BIL is a teacher so we have to wait to take off after school lets out.

Excuse me if I havn't read the previous 173 posts. At any rate, DW and I will be in Florence 5/26-5-29 and Venice 5/29-6/3.

Italian newbie! DH and I, along with our best friends, are headed out Oct. 7th-22nd.

Venice
Cinque Terre?
Florence
Tuscany
Rome

first trip to europe!!
may 16-june 5

paris
loire valley
venice
tuscany
rome

yay!!!

I’ve decided to focus on Rome. I’m going to stay there for 10 to 12 days in early May. I will make two side trips, one being a day in Orvieto. I’m not sure if it is wise financially for me to go. I don’t care. I’m going. Period.

Wow! A lot of trips to Italy!

Aug 26 - Sept 9

Venice
Florence
Tuscany
Cinque Terre

We're planning our first-ever trip to Italy April 11-23. We'll spend 3 days in Rome (in an apartment near Piazza Navona), then take a train to Florence where we'll actually only spend one night. From there, we'll rent a car and spend the next week at a villa near Pescia (just north of Florence). We plan to make several day trips from there down into Tuscany, but most importantly, back up to the Cinque Terra. My daughter says it is NOT to be missed!

Then, finally, back to Rome on Saturday evening for 2 nights and flying back home (Texas) on Monday. Everything's booked except those last 2 nights in Rome, so any help there will be appreciated. Can't stay in the same apartment because they require a 3-night minimum. We need to stay under $200/night. Thanks!

I guess the question really is,Who isn't going to Italy this year!