your dream come true
मैं आज पकौड़ी बनाया बहुत अच्छा था खाने में
@KatieLMcBroom Lovely to hear from you again!!! And sooooo envious of your upcoming trip!! I was supposed to travel across Italy in 2020… but such is life. I have been to Sicily but that’s farther away so I can’t be of much help. But I can tag a few Italians that I know of and maybe they can provide some useful recommendations and tips 
@nicspelgatti @GabrieleDAmbrosio @Matt95Bassett @RiccyB @Giuseppe75 @FlavioDA @manulele81 @raffaele_guidolin @davidhyno
Oh, and have a fabulous time!! And when you’ve returned and have time to spare, do share your travels with us!! 
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Thanks @AdrianLunsong for tagging me, lately I have been a bit absent from the community for work reasons and I am very sorry … I will try to be more involved in the coming months. It is a pleasure to read @KatieLMcBroom words and learn about her upcoming trip to Italy! I live in an other part of Italy (Sardinia) but I have been to all 3 cities you mentioned and well, what can I tell you … they are all fantastic, especially Venice that has literally kidnapped my heart, it is such a romantic and unique place! I could make you an endless list of places to visit but I want to give you a much more important advice for your trip: enjoy every single moment, drink good wine, relax, take your time and perceive the poetry and history of Italy. This is worth more than 1000 places visited because it will always remain an indelible memory, so don’t rush, have fun! The most touristic and well-known places are certainly worth visiting, but it is in the outskirts and hidden suburbs that you will appreciate our country the most. The strengths of Rome are undoubtedly its ancient history and the many monuments together with super tasty food. Venice for me is by far the most picturesque and romantic as well as unique being on the water. Florence (again based on my experience) is a cross between Rome and Venice, its inhabitants are super nice, you’ll like it!
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Ciao @KatieLMcBroom vedo che hai già avuto molti consigli qui. Hai scelto tre città ricche di arte per il tuo viaggio in Italia, spero tu possa goderti questa vacanza visitando posti incredibili e gustando le specialità dei luoghi. Vorrei consigliarti due posti veramente speciali da vedere a Roma:
Belvedere del Gianicolo, una enorme terrazza da dove puoi vedere tutta Roma, ci puoi andare di sera, la vista da qui è veramente molto bella
Gran Priorato dell’ordine dei cavalieri di malta, sull’omonima piazza all’Aventino, dove dal buco della serratura del portone si può vedere, in una prospettiva di galleria formata da un viale di piante, la cupola di S. Pietro. Molto particolare.
Per mangiare ti consiglio almeno una volta di andare a Trastevere, ci sono molti ristoranti - trattorie che cucinano le vere specialità romane. Qui trovi le famose patate cacio (formaggio) e pepe e i carciofi alla Giudia, i bucatini all’amatriciana e la carbonara. La pasta per eccellenza sono i tonnarelli, di solito fatti al cacio a pepe, ne rimarrai entusiasta. Ma la lista è lunga!
Spero di esserti stata utile. Goditi la tua vacanza!
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Hi @KatieLMcBroom
I subscribe the suggestion of @PattyBlack (that I greet), if you go to Gran Priorato dell’ordine dei cavalieri di Malta, have also a little stop to giardino degli Aranci, there is a very beautiful view.
I suggest you some places where to try some Italian specialty:
for many people (and I also agree) in Rome this is the the best coffe:
Sant’Eustachio Il Caffè (near to Pantheon), remember to ask for sugar (or without sugar) BEFORE the coffe is made! I suggest without or with a very poor quantity because this coffe is sweeter than the others.
When you will walk in the center, between Pantheon and Piazza Colonna, take a break for an ice cream (“gelato” in Italian) at Giolitti. One of the best ice cream in Rome. When you are at the desk to take the ice cream, ask for cream (it is already included in the price and it is very good).
For lunch or dinner, I suggest Sora Margherita. It is a very little but also very characteristics restaurant. You have to try “carciofo alla giudea”, for me the best in Rome.
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Hi @AdrianLunsong
thank you to tag me. In the flow my contribution.
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Wow, @ErmesT , and these are only things to do and see in one region of Italy! Venice truly is just the tip of the iceberg, as you said.
Just recently @plavarda mentioned in one of his posts that, quote, “I understand that planning a visit to Italy is not easy, too many artistic and archaeological beauties to see, not to mention the naturalistic ones,” and I couldn’t agree more!
Can’t wait to visit your beautiful country again one day. 
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Paolo ( @plavarda ) is absolutely right, @DeniGu
During the last wine meetup (2019) I wanted to focus, as usual, on small towns and beautiful villages. Places that foreign tourists usually don’t have time to visit, but which can be surprising. They cost much less, are rich in history, tradition and tasty local foods.
In 2019 some Local Guides ( @NatalkaR , @uavalentine and @JaneBurunina ) have chosen to stop a few more days to visit Venice and to discover Vicenza accompanied by @davidhyno , before immersing themselves in the Middle Ages in Treviso and its flavors, from Radicchio to Prosecco.
In 2018 @TorM (a true enthusiast of these things) contacted me because he wanted to discover Umbria, and I think that visit still carries her in his heart.
And for this reason, even if I like to write about Venice, especially the one that tourists don’t often have the time to see (is it true, @Ainnie ?) I also like to tell about villages, walled cities, history. There are Unesco heritage sites, such as those I have talked about in recent weeks, which are absolutely unknown to most tourists.
Well, Deni, you know that, when you want to come, for sure you will find some Local Guide in Italy happy to help
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Dearest @KatieLMcBroom As you know, travel to Italy has always been the cultural and artistic initiation of young European aristocrats starting from the 17th century. The “Grand Tour”, as it was called and from this name derives the beloved word of our days TOURISM. Rome for archeology and art, Venice above all for the architectural works of Palladio and consequently also my city Vicenza which is his city, Florence, Urbino, Pisa, Lake Como, Naples, Herculaneum, Pompeii, the Campi Flegrei, Sicily with its baroque, and the Greek temples, Puglia with Castel del Monte, but I’m forgetting thousands and thousands of other less known places, as he says @ErmesT , I know that with this list I have forgotten unimaginable places. How is it possible to make a guide of Italy, it is not possible. In Italy you have to go and get lost, literally not knowing where you are and forget about the guides, raise your head, look, get information in the countries you pass. In any place where you can go there is certainly one or more masterpieces, even in the most remote district and if by chance there wasn’t, well look around! All of Italy deserves to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dear @DeniGu I think the hardest job to do in Italy is the Minister of Culture and Tourism, too many things to keep and make known!
Dare to waste time in Italy, it will be the most well spent time of your life!
PS: The “Grand Tour” it was made by: Goethe, Stendhal, Keats, Shelley, Scott, Pasternak and many others remained in Italy for years!
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“Get lost, raise your head” @plavarda , it is the perfect way to discover a city. Especially raise your head, to avoid to miss one part of te beauty.
This is valid everywhere, but you will miss a lot, @KatieLMcBroom , if you don’t do this.
I wrote a post about that: They are watching you - A photo-walk in Venice looking up
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Its 100% true @ErmesT tourists just roam around Canal Grande and San Marco the commercial hubs they hardly see these hidden spots. Let’s explore them together in future 
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@ErmesT Thank you very much for tagging me with such useful information.
Unfortunately due to the volatile situation, we have postponed our trip. In fact the airline cancelled part of our connecting flight (!). But I look forward to meeting up soon in Italy!! Sigh, this trip has been postponed 2 years now.
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Hi @KatieLMcBroom !
If you still have time, or you have one more day at your disposal, in addition to all the suggestions of my Italian friends, I can only recommend my city, Vicenza (called the city of Palladio - famous architect -) which is very little far from Venice.
Here you have my “Vicenza in one day” list on Maps which shows the main monuments and the most interesting places to visit in one day.
You can still do a virtual tour by following this path on Google Earth: Vicenza in one day - virtual tour
Have a nice trip here in Italy,
David
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