Florence → Venice → Rome

Venice

A big day — a morning train to Venice, the city in a day, then an evening train to the Rome airport.

🇮🇹 ItalyFriday, August 20, 2027

— in VeniceDaytime high 82–84°F · evening / night low 75–77°F.

Just the two of you today

Tonight's hotel

Aug 20–21, 2027 · 1 night

Hilton Rome Airport

Confirmation: #8163427950

Covered shoulders and knees for St. Mark's Basilica — strictly enforced; carry a scarf.

9:15 am — Arrive Venezia Santa Lucia; store your bag at the station
9:15–12:00 — a Grand Canal vaporetto ride (buy at the ticket booth — the notes say do not book it online), the Rialto Bridge and area, the Rialto market if open, and the side streets
12:00–1:00 — St. Mark's Square, St. Mark's Basilica, the Campanile (exterior), the Doge's Palace (exterior), the Bridge of Sighs. St. Mark's Basilica needs a timed entry.
1:00–2:00 — a cicchetti lunch (good areas: San Polo, Cannaregio, around Rialto but off the main path)
2:00–3:30 — pick one: (A) the Doge's Palace; (B) San Giorgio Maggiore — a short boat ride for the best views back toward Venice; (C) no museum, just walk
3:30–5:00 — walk back through Venice, the side canals, gelato, souvenir shopping, toward Santa Lucia station

Route: Venezia Santa Lucia → Roma Termini
Times: Depart 17:26 · Arrive 21:30 (4h 4m, direct)
Service: Frecciarossa 9433 · 1st class · car 2, seats 10A & 10B
Connection: Roma Termini → Fiumicino Aeroporto (FCO) on the Leonardo Express, depart 21:50 · arrive 22:22 — any vacant 1st-class seat. 20 minutes between trains at Termini.
Confirmation: ItaliaRail order MKTV6QSD2XHPW

Stay: 1 night, Aug 20–21, at Fiumicino airport
Address: Via Arturo Ferrarin 2, Fiumicino, Rome 00054, Italy · Phone +39 06 65258
Room: King Hilton Guestroom
Confirmation #: 8163427950 (booked April 26, 2027)
Check-in / out: Check-in 3:00 pm Fri Aug 20; check-out 12:00 pm Sat Aug 21
Total: €293.51 (€288.61 room + €4.90 tax). Self-parking €33/night. Smoke-free hotel.
Hilton Honors: Clark is a Gold member, #482913760 (27,514 points).

Venice is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon, linked by some 400 bridges — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and once a great maritime republic.
The Grand Canal is the city's main waterway; the Rialto Bridge is its oldest and most famous crossing.
The Doge's Palace was the seat of Venetian government, joined to the old prison by the Bridge of Sighs.
'Cicchetti' are Venetian small plates eaten standing at a bacaro (wine bar) — the local way to do lunch.

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🇮🇹 Italy

Weather: Daytime high 82–84°F · evening / night low 75–77°F.
Note 1: Currency: the euro (€). Do not do a large currency exchange before the trip.
Note 2: Bring a no-foreign-transaction-fee credit card, use it for most purchases, and pull a small amount of euros from a bank ATM after arrival — about €100–€200 total cash.