- 8 hours NYC to Rome non-stop.
- 30 minutes Fiumicino Airport (Leonard Da Vinci) to Rome Termini Station
- 3 hours Rome to Pisa via rail.
- 2 hours Rome to Bologna
- 2 hours Pisa to Bologna by rail, change at Florence.
- 1 hour Bologna to Verona Porta Nuova train station.
- 90 minutes Bologna to Venice St. Lucia train station.
- Venice to Marco Polo airport by boat (max 1:15)
- 20 minutes Venice Piazzale Roma square to Marco Polo Airport by bus
- 9 1/2 hours non-stop Venice Marco Polo airport to NYC.
Sights
Rome
Everything you learned about in school and saw in movies; art and history and religion.
- The Vatican
- Roman sights
- Art Museums
- Famous monuments
I'm not quite sure about visiting Pisa, but they have the oldest University related Botanical Garden in Europe which might be interesting to visit.
- The Leaning Tower
- Duomo di Pisa
- The Botanical Garden of the University of Pisa (close to the Tower)
- Museum of Human Anatomy, Medical School of Pisa, by appointment
La Cinque Terra
Five villages built on the cliffs of the Mediterranean, only about an hour and a half past Pisa.
The small quaint villages interconnected by regional trains and walking trails are full of Churches, castles (ruins and not), tower houses and narrow medieval streets.
Bologna
A University City with lots of University Museums and fast cars nearby, maybe I'll be able to fit in a track day in a Ferrari.
- Gothic Duomo
- Covered Arcades
- Palazzo Poggi Museum -University of Bologna Museums
- Wax Anatomy Museum - free
- Ducati Factory Tour and Museum
- Lamborghini Museum - an hour outside Bologna
- Ferrari Museum - outside Bologna
- Churches
- Medieval City Center
A return visit, lots we didn't see and it was such fun just wandering around and finding things.
- Museo Correr, Venitian Civilisation Museum (models, maps, weapons)
- Libreria Nazional Marciana
- Museo Diocesano d'Arte Sacre, Romanesque Cloister behind the Doges
- Regional Flags
- Coat of Arms pins
- Interesting liquors
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