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[quote=Anonymous]I would skip Cinque Terre and either Milan or Venice - if you're flying out of Milan then I would go there, spend another day or 2 and see the Last Supper and actually spend a bit of time there. We did 6 days in Rome (one was a day trip to Pompeii), 5 in Florence (one day to Tuscany, we skipped Pisa bc its a touristy hellhole that I have no desire to return to), 3 nights in Lake Como and then 3 in Milan. Our day trip to Tuscany included Sienna, a visit to a farm/vineyard restaurant, and San Gimignano. It was a great mix and a nice day with much less walking for the kids.

My kids really enjoyed Milan - we live in NYC and Milan feels a lot more like a modern city where people live and work, not a relic of the past. They LOVE history and were super into Rome and Florence but it was nice to show them that Italy has a lot of modern vibrancy as well. I think you'd really want more than 1 day in Venice, which is basically what you have. I was just there for 6 days and couldn't spent another week easily.

We went when my kids were 8-13 and we had an ambitious itinerary not too dissimilar to yours but built in a lot of downtime as well - we booked hotels in Florence and Lake Como with pools so we could let the kids relax a bit. We did't book too much in the way of meals out and just grabbed sandwiches or pizza for meals rather than long meals at night, but we did schedule some lunches for downtime midday. We stayed mostly in small hotels or bed & breakfasts that included breakfast so we ate a lot in the mornings.

Also highly recommend booking private tours as your budget allows, they will give you almost instant access to sites and also know the best ways to visit them to avoid crowds. We had fabulous ones in Rome, Florence and Pompeii. See if you can do the nighttime tour of the Colosseum, it's the only one that allows you to go under the arena. We did the Tuscany day trip with a small group and also booked a pizza and gelato making class on TripAdvisor which my kids felt was a highlight. It was just outside of Rome in the tuscan hills and was super fun but took most of an afternoon and evening.

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