We traveled to Italy in June, 2008. My wife and I were accompanied by my brother for the trip. We spent a total of 12 days in Venice, Florence and Rome Italy. While in Venice, we made a day trip to the Dolomite Mountains, and spent most of another day touring the islands in Venice's lagoon.
Over the course of the 12-day vacation, the three of us shot almost 10,000 photographs, capturing everything from the tourist attractions to random street scenes to night photography to the restaurants we dined at - our photo library was an amazing journal of our Italy vacation. You will find a large portion of that photo library on this site. I've organized the photos by city and tourist attraction so you can easily recognize what you're looking at in each photo.
Italy Travel Photographs
Venice Italy travel photographs - Venice Italy photographs include St. Marks Square, walking through Venice, the top of the bell tower, Murano, Burano, Torcello, evening at the Rialto Bridge and miscellaneous photos of our apartment and the restaurants we visited. Also includes a day trip to the Dolomites Mountains.
Florence Italy travel photographs - Florence Italy photographs include the Bargello, the Duomo and the Duomo Museum, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo area, Santa Croce Church, Santa Maria Novella Church and Farmacia perfume store as well as pictures of our apartment, the restaurants where we ate and random street scenes.
Rome Italy travel photographs - Rome Italy photographs include Capital Hill, Castel Sant Angelo, Church of Santa Sussana, Coliseum, Borghese Park, the Rome National Museum, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Roman Forum, Santa Maria degli Angeli, Santa Maria del Popolo, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, St Peter in Chains Church, Mamertine prison , Trevi Fountain and the Vatican. Also includes some pictures of our apartment, our restaurants and random street scenes.
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Italy trip report (general notes) - Many of our observations applied to more than one city, or to visiting Italy in general. This was particularly true with regards to planning and booking the trip and the items we brought with us on our vacation. Rather than duplicate those comments in the Venice, Florence and Rome trip reports, I've included a separate page for these general comments here.
Venice Italy trip report - We spent four days in Venice. One of those days was devoted to a day trip to the Dolomites Mountains. Another day was spent touring the Venice Lagoon. Read this trip report to learn about our apartment, the restaurants we dined at, where to buy awesome Venice masks, and more. Want to know the WORST time of day to take a gondola ride? Read the Venice trip report to find out.
Florence Italy trip report - We spent three days in Florence, not including travel days. We stayed in Florence all three days, wandering the city to enjoy all the tourist sites. In this trip report I break down the various tourist attractions in Florence, review our apartment and offer restaurant reviews. If you're going anywhere near Florence, you HAVE to read the review of Il Latini restaurant.
Rome Italy trip report - As with Florence, we stayed within the city limits all five days we were in Rome. (You think there's enough to do for five days in Rome? LOL) In this trip report I discuss the various tourist sites, provide extensive discussion on the tour of the Vatican, review the apartment and various restaurants. The difference between Angels Tours and Angels and Demons Tours is huge. Read the trip report to understand why. And wait until you hear about this awesome little mom and pop trattoria near the Vatican . . .