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are you just going to rome or traveling a bit?  a few summers ago i went to italy and did cinque terre, florence, rome & capri... here are some of my suggestions for florence & rome:

While in Florence you need to go to the Uffizi (art museum)- i would definitely recommend the guided tour- the guides are sooooo konwledgable and you get to the cut the line which is sometimes 2 hours long to get into the museum, the Boboli gardens, and visit the Duomo (try to climb it too). Also make sure you hit up the markets, the ponte vecchio, the numerous plazas especially the Michelangelo which gives you a great view of the city. There is an amazing restaurant in Florence called Acqua al 2… near the Duomo I think.  Also, Grom is an AMAZING gelato place in Florence, you can't miss it!  Also, kinda cheesy but if you are on the Ponte Vecchio (the main bridge in Florence), couples put locks on the rails to ’secure their love’ (or something), but anyways - it could be really fun/romantic to bring your own lock and add it to the mass!!

address: Via della Vigna Vecchia 40r, Florence
http://www.acquaal2.it/2008/index.html

Then we did 2 nights & 3 days in Rome. The parts of Rome I liked the best were eating at restaurants by the beautiful fountains and people watching on the Spanish Steps. If you are going to go to the Colosseum make sure you get the audio tour, it is very much worth it! There’s a fantastic little bar in Rome called Il Pane e Le Rose - it’s less than a mile from Vatican City. They often have live music, and it has an incredible atmosphere. It’s in a basement and very cavernous. The Pantheon is also really cool and right around the corner from it is an AWESOME gelato place called giolitti!

We were in Italy last September.  The weather in Rome was Hot! I didn't take any shorts or skirts with me because I had read you couldn't show your knees inside the Vatican.  Which is true.  But I wish I would have just brought something to wear for that day only and then shorts the rest of the time.

We downloaded on our IPods walking audio tours.  That was the best thing we could have done.  We got a lot of information that we probably wouldn't have otherwise.

We did a day trip to Pompeii.  We both were disappointed in that because most of the aritfacts are in musuems now.  But it was neat to say you've been there.

We did a day trip to Pisa.  My favorite part of our trip.  We climbed to the top of the tower!  Got lots of cute pictures trying to push the tower over.  It was a very quaint little town where you could just stroll along and pop in and out of shops.  Rome is very busy.  Think NY.  Lots of little cars/bikes everywhere. 

My brother and his wife did the cruise/Italy tour.  Their favorite thing was the Isle of Capri.  There is a blue grotto there that is gorgeous.  They talked about it lots.

I loved our trip to Italy and can't wait to go back and do Milan, Venice and Florence!