Two weeks. The classic question. Here's the classic answer, rebuilt from scratch by someone who's watched thousands of tourists make the same 5 mistakes: too many cities, not enough time per city, wrong order, wrong transport, wrong expectations. This itinerary fixes all five. It moves south to north (warmer weather first if you're coming in spring), uses only trains (no car headaches in cities), and gives you enough time in each place to eat a second meal at a restaurant you loved the first night.
Plan my 2 weeks →Day 1: Colosseum + Forum + Palatine (book combo €18, 4 hours). Afternoon: Trastevere walk, dinner in the neighborhood. Day 2: Vatican — Museums/Sistine morning (book 8am entry), St. Peter's afternoon. Evening: Piazza Navona + Pantheon. Day 3: Borghese Gallery (book weeks ahead), Via Appia Antica bike ride, sunset from Pincio. Full Rome guide →
Morning train from Rome (€15-25 booked ahead). MANN archaeological museum (€18, Pompeii's best artifacts are here). Lunch: pizza at Da Michele or Sorbillo (€5-8). Walk Spaccanapoli. Continue to Sorrento by evening (Circumvesuviana, 1h).
Day 5: Ferry to Amalfi (€14), bus up to Ravello (€1.40), Villa Cimbrone sunset. Day 6: Ferry to Capri (€20, 20 min), walk to Villa Jovis, chairlift Monte Solaro, back by 6pm. Full Amalfi guide →
Day 7: Uffizi morning (book ahead), Duomo climb afternoon, Oltrarno dinner. Day 8: Accademia/David, Boboli Gardens, San Lorenzo market, sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo. Full Florence guide →
San Gimignano morning (towers + gelato), Siena afternoon (Piazza del Campo + Duomo), Chianti wine tasting on the drive back. Or: Val d'Orcia if you want the landscape over the cities.
Base in Monterosso (best beach) or Vernazza (most photogenic). Hike Monterosso→Vernazza (2h, the best section). Swim. Eat pesto on focaccia. Take the train between all 5 villages. Full Cinque Terre guide →
Day 12: Get lost (deliberately). San Marco, Rialto, Dorsoduro. Day 13: Murano (glass) + Burano (color) by vaporetto. Day 14: Morning: hidden Venice — Ghetto, Fondamenta della Misericordia, Libreria Acqua Alta. Afternoon: vaporetto to Marco Polo airport. Fly home changed. Full Venice guide →
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