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Florence or Venice? Can you love them both?

I read a magazine article a few years back about how travelers tend to love Venice or Florence, but not both. According to this writer, the two cities appealed to different parts of the brain, thus...

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I love Florence, Venice and Rome - but for different reasons. I would most likely choose Florence as a place to move, because it seems the most livable - daily life is probably much easier - but...

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Beth, sounds like a great plan! I've been to Florence twice, Venice 4 times, and while I liked Florence and the sourrounding area very much (and will return), Venice is in my soul, like Paris is. I...

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I'll have to let you know once I finally haul my arse to Florence but I've been to Venice twice, once for 6 nights and then for 5 nights a few years later. I adore it.

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I've often said that Florence is my least favorite city in Italy. Been twice, that's plenty. But I've been to Venice five times (three times for a week each) and don't think I'd ever get enough.

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I'm on the same page as Patrick. Florence to me was harsh and blaring and in contrast, Venice lulls one. On that trip I visited Florence before Venice which I always advise first timers to do if...

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I think I liked Rome better than either of them! And I loved the Tuscan and Umbrian hill towns and countryside. I'm glad to have seen Florence, and to have enjoyed our stay there, but I don't think I...

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I probably will get flamed here: I don't LOVE either one! I have been to Venice 3 times, and after my last trip, I said to myself (and husband) that I won't be going back there for a long time. I...

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I'm with Diane here, can I pick Rome? I've only been once to those 3 Italian cities. And I enjoyed my visit to Venice and Florence, but I fell in love with Rome. Venice, like y2000k said, felt like a...

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I love them both. Venice for me is haunting, mysterious, secretive. Florence is lively, energetic, joyous. I've been to Venice more often than Florence, but look forward to seeing both places again....

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I've been to Venice over a dozen times and to Florence probably half a dozen- so I must prefer Venice. At least my husband does- that's for sure. Unfortunately, the last three times Florence was very...

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Love Venice (although sometimes it is really hard to ignore those billions of people milling about) because it is so surreal and unique. However, if I was there for more than a few days it would...

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I've not been to Venice but have spent 3 days in Florence (a long time ago). Didn't likethe city. but loved some things about it and some of the things in it. Hated the Uffizi

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Sheila, I'm with you on the Uffizi! I haven't been there in eons, but it was the most user-unfriendly major museum that I had, and have, ever been to. It completely spoiled my appreciation of the art;...

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Elaine that is just fabulous! We had a late afternoon snack at Rivoire on the first day that we arrived in Florence. The link to that website relaly took me back!

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I guess it's difference strokes for different folks. Sure, the Uffizi isn't the most user friendly museum in the world. However, considering the great art that it displays, how can anyone not enjoy...

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I think Howard has a point. I remember way back in the late sixties I took an audio tour of the Uffizi and was mesmerized by the description of the paintings. I left the palace with a new appreciation...

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Ah yes, the Birth of Venus and the other masterpieces by Botticelli. How could anyone regret a visit to a museum that houses those masterpieces??? I was so enthralled with my face-to-face encounter...

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Please note that I don't regret my visit, only that on the whole I didn't enjoy the experience. Which is not to say I won't go back. The art is, as you say, worth the discomfort. But not very often....

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Re: Florence or Venice? Can you love them both?

As someone who hasn't been to either, of course you can love both. Those of you with more than one child, do you love them both? Of course, but each child (like each city) is a different experience.

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I only went to Florence as a day trip almost twenty years ago. I did really enjoy it, but I haven't felt the urge to return. Things I have read make it sound like it has become much more crowded and...

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