Originally Posted by
jerseygirl
Was also planning October but will need to delay till November
Recommendations? Want to go to Venice and Rome, what smaller towns? Orvieto still nice?
Whether you can see Venice, Rome, and smaller towns depend on how much time you have.
Depending on your interests, in general, the later in the season you go, the better. Off season, for example, I had a layover in Rome with someone who wanted to see the Sistine Chapel. We cabbed it over there and walked straight into the Chapel and were pretty much alone for as long as we wanted to be. I've also been there in July and August when the lines snake around several city blocks, with people waiting in suffocating heat, and you are packed in and shuffled about like sardines, with no time to enjoy it.
In Venice the seasonal differences are even more profound than in Rome.