Don't you wish you were on the Spanish Steps in Rome?
Or in St. Marc's Square in Venice?
Perhaps overlooking Florence from a rooftop hotel?
I sure do. We had a great vacation. The weather was spectacular for January. It was sunny the whole stay. The Italians were incredibly nice, the food was outstanding, and the hotels we stayed at were excellent. (Check out www.luxurylink.com, one of my favorite websites for great hotel packages...we frequently use it when it is just us traveling)
I loved Florence. It was a great city to walk around. You didn't need to take transportation anywhere if you didn't want to. We spent seven days there, and did several day trips from there including a trip to Rome and a trip to Siena. We went to Venice for three days. Venice was nice, but it was off season, and you could tell it was very geared only to tourism. It was worth seeing once, but if I went back, I would definitely spend more time in central Italy....the people were friendlier and I just loved everything about it so much more.
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Florence was our favorite city hands down. We also fell in love with the Cinque Terra region, especially Vernazza.
We're jealous... Oh yeah, no denying it.
Wow, it looks gorgeous! I went to Italy on sabbatical in 98 and my favorite places were Venice and Cinque Terra. I loved the museums and gorgeous things in Florence, but the city itself wasn't my favorite.
Glad you had an awesome trip!
jealous..but so glad that you had a great time.
Thanks for posting the photos-they are beautiful-except there's none of you two. Great excuse about not wanting to ask someone to take a pic ;)
I think I probably would have liked Venice better in the spring..it just was dead in January because the city practically closes down after January 6th for three weeks. (and like I said...it just thrives on tourism) Who knows? All in all..cool trip!
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