Travelers! Rome or Florence? Of the two, which one do you like best?

[CTyankee]

I'll say Florence because of the glorious, magnificent art! I don't like Rome because it is too difficult to get around (at least for me) and it's usually just too frantic a pace. HOWEVER, the Vatican Museum is fabulous and I think anybody's life would be enriched by all of its magnificent architecture.

I was gobsmacked when I walked a route to the churches that held great masterpieces of art. (I did get a cab for the Oltrarno).

[Tom Dyer]

1. I really loved them both.

Rome and The Vatican, but Florence is so beautiful. Il Duomo!
You have to find a way to do both if possible.

Not much of a help…😄

[CTyankee]

2. Besides just being beautiful, that Duomo is a significant achievement in architecture.

Brunelleschi was a genius (they said it couldn't be built so high). He proved them wrong!

[elleng]

3. Can't select!!!

[elleng]

4. and SO love the language! OLTRArno!!!

Trastevere!

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Prefer Florence

And, spent more time there. But, I liked Rome too.
I also very much liked Milan & Naples. (I've been to Italy 40 something times. So, I've seen a lot of the country, though nothing south of Naples. And, my family is from way south.)
Found Pisa charming; Genova friendly & good food, but found the brown water in the harbor weird.)
Also, really like Torino. Como was cool but it didn't "feel" as italian.

[catbyte]

6. I'm partial to Rome.

Florence is beautiful, but if you go to Rome, you can take side trips to Pompeii, Naples, and the breathtaking Amalfi Coast. Sorrento and Positano are amazing.