CLEguy

If you have to stay within your date bounds, my advice would be to kill the W tag night and do 3 in Florence, keeping the 4 Rome nights at the end. If that's not possible, what you suggest would work, though it's ultimately a personal preference vis a vis how much time you want to spend in Rome vs Florence. It's hard to go wrong in either city.

Jenn0625

We have a similar trip booked for early October and staying at all 3 as well. The only reason we picked the St Regis over the Gritti Venice was because we are hoping to use SNAs. I had heard that getting the suite upgrades approved at the Gritti are difficult, and they seem to be more generous with upgrades at StR Venice. I would love to be mistaken though!

buckeye91

Spend more time in Florence and and 1 less night in Rome

CLEguy

Good luck.

As an aside, what is the proper pluralization of St. Regis? I'm drawn to "St. Regii."

UKTraveller4Fun

I have to say personally I would just get to Florence and do 3 nights there, extra effort on that first day but will allow you to settle more than be on the move within 24 hours of arriving, plus it will give you an extra night at one the best hotels around! If that isnt flexible I must say I would do 3 in Florence and 3 on Rome.

OTPorBust

Only commenting on time, this is a very very very short trip unless you have a, been there before, and b, part of a bigger trip. This short with time zone issues and moving so much………just my two cents

yurtripper

Regis is the genitive singular of Rex. The nominative plural is Reges and the genitive plural is Regum. It's the third declension so the inflection you allude to would not apply.

BTW, there's no particular reason why words of Latin origin should not follow English morphology (as is true for all other foreign imports), once they are incorporated into the language. The reason this happens for some Latin words is because of its historical prestige, and also because of various ill-fated attempts to impose a Latin structure over English grammar (like the old saw about never ending a sentence with a preposition).

pepperoncini

De-lurking to comment.

My husband and I are leaving on Tuesday for 20 nights in Italy on our honeymoon, including three nights at each of St. Regis Florence, St. Regis Rome, and Gritti Palace. I was uncertain about Venice, and this thread has been very reassuring! I will remember to report back when we return.

We have three nights at the end of the trip that are still up in the air (we had intended to stop in Paris on the way home to visit some friends, but with Covid uncertainty we decided to simplify). The Gritti is not available for those days - and the pricing on the St. Regis Venice is prohibitive - but the Danieli and JW Marriott are available. Any opinions on whether we should stay in Venice or spend a few nights elsewhere before returning to fly from Venice? Neither of us have ever been to Venice or spent time north of Emilia-Romagna, so I am at a bit of a loss.

buckeye91

Have been to Venice several times. 2 nights max IMO is all you need unless you are a wine person and spend a day in the valpolicella area near Verona which is a wonderful experience.

When we were at the St Regis Florence last week, I purposely did 5 nights to get the one night free as I was on a points stay. The SNAs cleared. The hotel was fairly empty.

abk

I used to travel to Verona every year for 15 or so years. Sometimes flying into Milan and others Venice. It is a wonderful city with great food, nice people and a beautiful setting. You would have to research which is the best place to stay as I always met a group of people and just stayed where they were staying. That will put you in the middle of Amarone country which is still my favorite wine. Last time I was in Venice there I stayed at the Europa and Regina ( now the St Regis) but over the years spent time at the Danieli which I really enjoyed.

3rdworldresident

Must do Florence.

never been to Rome after renovation, but seems very nice.

i would personally skip StR Venice and choose the Gritti instead.

JayeJ

I'd recommend at least 3 nights in Venice -- we stayed for 5 during one trip and there is plenty to see, especially if you get away from St. Mark's square where most tourists congregate. It's magical when the day-trippers leave. You can visit other islands such as Burano where they have the colorful houses and make lace, for example, walk around the Jewish section, see the Peggy Guggenheim museum... make appointments for the Doge's Palace and the Basilica. I can't wait to get back there and few places are more romantic.

Edited to add: Especially if this is your first visit to Venice, take a water taxi to your hotel. There's no better way to arrive the first time.

WalruSara

We stayed at the JW Marriott on our honeymoon. It was disappointing all the way around. It’s also inconvenient in many ways.

I loved the Danieli. We were upgraded to a lovely lagoon view room. My husband still talks about breakfast with a view.

We really enjoyed Emilia-Romagna but hotels aren’t the same caliber (if that’s important to you). The food is truly outstanding.

WalruSara

I adore the St Regis Florence so much. We’ve been every year for the last 5 and it’s just consistently great. The staff is incredible. I was really disappointed they hadn’t reopened when we were there in June.

We stopped by the Westin rooftop bar and they said that they were alternating shifts with the StR staff throughout the hotel. That made me happy. Westin staff was lovely, but I’m partial to the St. Regis.