Anonymous wrote:you could easily spend a whole week in Rome, great that time of year, not many tourists and not hot. rick steves can advise on first time travel to italy better than anyone and has the best guide books on it. you could watch some of his episodes for inspiration. if you really want to be on the water, cinque terre has 5 towns all a tiny train ride apart and you can go to florence/lucca/pisa (for the kids seeing the leaning tower) quickly from there..
I am not the poster advising everyone to avoid Rome for all of 2025 but suggesting there won’t be many tourists in Rome in the weeks leading up to Easter during the jubilee seems a little off?
I think Capri is great for a couple days— have not been there in April but it should be opening up then—question is what to add to it (someplace on the Amalfi Coast, Ischia, visit to Pompeii/Herculaneum?).
I know lots of people think Venice is overcrowded but I think April is a great time to visit to avoid crowds— and it’s definitely the kind of place where just having a nice meal on the water is part of the attraction. Can pair it with lots of cities or the Dolomites. (Someone the other day had a thread on a northern Italian itinerary with some good suggestions.)