im planning to go to italy next summer get ther mon morning and plan to stay ttill thurs and then train to venice and will fly home next wed morning and want to a overnight trip in florence like the mon before leaving
so in regards to spg hotels in any body have recommendations for rome and florence

also, in regards to veniceI am a spg gold member (not much) and my main concern is a bigger room becim going with my wife and baby. So in regards to venice the westin basic room says its 181ft which is tiny and i dont think its wise to rely on a upgrade in the busy season of august.So does it make sense to book the griiti which according to spg the basic room is double the size of 350 sq ft or for 2.5k more a 500 sq ft room.

Also, since i will be in venice for 6 days should i take advantage of cash and pts(available) or 5th free with just points.
thank you so so much for your advice