re: Roman Holiday - planning an Italian vacation - Help and suggestions

We really loved the food tour we did the first day. Go to several different places and get a list of restaurants to try while we were there. Trastevere would also be a great area to stay. Da Enzo was our favorite restaurant, it was the first stop on the tour.

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I would spend extra and try to get an after hours tour of the Vatican. The tour we had was shoulder to shoulder, with the Sistine Chapel having hundreds of people inside. It would be much better with a smaller crowd.

We used city wonders for walking tours, and they were great. Guides were very knowledgeable and their english was good. Bring your own headphones, the cheap ones they give you aren't very good.

We also did Florence, and it was great. I would highly recommend visiting there as well. It's much smaller than Rome, and we had trouble getting cabs, so make sure to stay within walking distance of Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. We were about 1.5 miles away, and had to walk back in the rain one night.

The Amalfi coast was beautiful and would recommend it to anyone if you aren't set in your locations yet.