Multi-centre · Europe
10 Night Rome, Florence & Venice
The three cities everyone wants, joined by a train line that makes them genuinely easy. Rome to Florence is ninety minutes; Florence to Venice is two hours. No airports in between.
The three cities everyone wants, joined by a train line that makes them genuinely easy. Rome to Florence is ninety minutes; Florence to Venice is two hours. No airports in between.
North-bound works better, and the rail is faster than flying once you count airports.
Rome to Florence on the Frecciarossa is ninety minutes city-centre to city-centre. Florence to Venice is about two hours. Flying either leg would take longer once you add transfers and check-in, and cost more. Going north also means you finish in Venice, which is the one people most want to linger in and the easiest to fly home from. Doing it in reverse works, but you'll spend the Rome days tired.
10 nights, with fast trains between each city — no internal flights, no airport transfers.
1Four nights — three works alone, but not with two more cities to come. The ancient city and the Vatican are separate days.
Where you stay: Centro Storico or Monti puts you walking distance from most of it.
Getting there: About 2h 45m direct from the UK to Fiumicino (FCO).
2Small enough to walk end to end in twenty minutes, and dense with more art than anywhere its size.
Where you stay: Inside the historic centre; anywhere else and you're crossing the river repeatedly.
Getting there: Frecciarossa from Roma Termini, about 1h 30m.
3Three nights, and the third is the one that makes it worth it — the day-trippers leave at six.
Where you stay: Central Venice costs more and saves you the water-bus commute; Mestre is cheaper and not the same trip.
Getting there: Train to Venezia Santa Lucia, about 2h 05m. The station is on the Grand Canal.
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Guide prices per person, two sharing, outside school holidays. The hotel standard is the biggest single variable.
| Standard | What that means | Guide price pp |
|---|---|---|
| 3-star | Comfortable central hotels, breakfast included, standard rail | from £1,349 |
| 4-star | Better locations and rooms, first-class rail between cities | from £1,749 |
| Boutique | Small character hotels in the historic centres, first-class rail | from £2,299 |
The upgrade worth paying for here is location, not stars. A three-star inside Florence's historic centre beats a four-star twenty minutes out, every time, because this trip is walked rather than driven. In Venice the same applies twice over — the difference between central and Mestre is an hour of your day, each way.
April to June and September to October. July and August are hot and full.
Spring and early autumn are the answer: warm enough to sit outside, cool enough to walk all day, and the queues are survivable. July and August in Rome and Florence regularly exceed 35°C, and Venice adds humidity and crowds to that. November to March is genuinely pleasant in Rome, quiet in Florence, and Venice in winter fog is atmospheric and cheap — with the caveat of acqua alta, when high tides flood St Mark's Square. Christmas and Easter fill everything.
We'll book the rail in advance where it's cheapest, put you central in each city, and write the payment plan out in full.
Ancient Rome and the Vatican are each a full day, and you'll want one day that isn't a monument. Three nights works for a Rome-only break, but inside a three-city trip you lose time to the rail legs, so the fourth night earns itself.
Yes. The Uffizi, the Accademia, the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum all use timed entry and sell out weeks ahead in season. We'll flag what to book and when.
Marginally. The journeys are short and second class on a Frecciarossa is already good. Spend it on hotel location instead.
Yes, though it changes the shape — Amalfi is south of Rome, so you'd go there first and finish in Florence. We build that version too.
Similar shapes, and the ones people most often weigh up alongside it.
Same approach, different shape. All reshapeable around your dates.
11 nights · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct, Dec · from £1,149pp
8 nights · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · from £849pp
8 nights · Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · from £899pp
11 nights · May–Jun, Sep · from £1,149pp
10 nights · May–Jun, Sep–Oct · from £1,449pp
10 nights · Mar–May, Sep–Nov · from £849pp
