NYC to Paris, Venice, Rome, & Cruise

Hello r/travel

I posted a framework for a honeymoon itinerary about 3 years ago, but never got the chance to actually give the details for those who may need advice. Below was the plan and it all went smoothly. Lots of action, lots of walking.

**Paris 05/23 - 26**

Metro stops at 2am

Download citymapper

$20 roundtrip RER C train to Versailles for 2

$49 20 rides within Zone 1

Get 10 ride pass Navigo Easy x2

Rer C to Versailles roundtrip x4

**05/23**

12:30am - Depart JFK

1:35pm - Arrive in Paris (CDG)

3pm - Arrive Airbnb

3:45pm - Brunch - Le Relais du 15ème

6pm - Catacombs de Paris

8pm - Night river dinner cruise

11:30pm - Eiffell tower

**05/24**

10:30am - Breakfast

12pm - Jules Verne (lunch, Eiffell 2nd floor included)

3:30-7pm - Louvre

7:20pm - À la Mère de Famille

7:40pm - Fou de Pâtisserie

8pm - Dinner - Rue Montorgueil L'Escargot

10pm - club? Bonnie club

**05/25**

8:30am - Breakfast

10am - Versailles chateau Rive Gauche

6pm - Montmartre Food tour +

Basilique Sacre-Coeur

8pm - Le Poulbot (best duck confit & creme brulee)

11pm - Moulin Rouge (get there 10:15pm, first come first serve)

**05/26**

Arc de Triumphe

Champs-Élysées

Place de la Concorde

5pm - dinner - Exotica (or in area)

6:30pm - Leave for airport

9:40pm - Flight to Venice

https://www.parisjazzclub.net/en/87552/concert/2024/05/24/gypsy-jam-de-lapostrophe

Passes:

https://parisjetaime.com/eng/tickets/transport-versailles-m9001087

https://parisjetaime.com/eng/tickets/book-of-10-t-tickets-ratp-m9001086

https://www.escargotmontorgueil.com/

https://www.paris.fr/lieux/square-louise-michel-1762

https://www.billetterie-parismusees.paris.fr/content#

**Venice 05/26 - 29**

2 day vaporetto ticket - $38 PP

Aperol spritz - must have

Watch Rick Steve videos

23:50 | 0:20 | 1:10

Restaurants:

Osteria ai promessi sposi

Osteria al squero

CoVino - booked out

Estro

Alle testiere - booked out

Oliva nero - 9pm reservation (latest)

**05/26**

11:20pm - Arrive in Venice

12am - redeem ACTV + airport bus

**05/27**

1am - Arrive Airbnb

9am - wake up

9:45am - Breakfast - Acqua e Mais

10:45am - Vaporetto to Torcello

11:45am- Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta

12:30pm - Ponte del Diavolo

12:45pm- Vaporetto to Burano

1:15pm - Bepis Houses!!!

1:25pm - Tre Ponti

1:35pm - Brunch - Trattoria al Gatto Nero

3pm - Vaporetto to Murano

3:45pm - The Glass Cathedral

4pm - Glass presentation

5pm - Duomo di Murano Santi Maria e Donato

6:15pm - Vaporetto to Venice

9pm - Dinner - Osteria ai promessi sposi

9:45pm - Gondola ride (optional)

**05/28**

9:30am - Wake up

10:30am - Breakfast - Bar All'Arco

11:30am - Fish/Fruit Market

12:05pm - Rialto Bridge / Souvenir shop

12:45pm - Rooftop Terrace

1:30pm - Basilica S.Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

2:45pm - Scuola Grande Di San Rocco

4pm - Brunch - Al Vecio Forno

5:35pm St. Marks Basilica (after dark)

7:30pm Doge's Palace

9:15pm Dinner - Bacaretto Cicchetto

**05/29**

6:15am - Wakeup

7am - breakfast - Quanto Basta

8:05am - Venezia S. Lucia rail to Roma Termini

https://avm.avmspa.it/en/content/vaporetto

https://www.dfs.com/en/venice/mobile/service/rooftop-terrace

**Rome 05/29 - 06/02**

**05/29**

12:05PM Arrive in Roma Termini

1PM - Arrive Airbnb

1:30PM - Lunch - I Buoni Amici Roma

2:30pm - back to hotel

Jewish Ghetto :

4:30pm - Tempio Maggiore (synagogue museum)

6pm - Tiber Island

6:30pm - Teatro Marcello

6:50pm - Portico of Octavia

7:15pm - Beppe and His Cheeses (tasting)

8pm - Fontana Delle Tartarughe (Turtle Fountain)

8:20pm - Largo Di Torre Argentina (cat sanctuary / death of Julius Caesar)

8:45pm - Dinner - Grano Trattoria

**05/30**

8:30am - wake up

9am - breakfast - Ristorcaffè Vecchia Roma

10:45am - Colosseum underground tour

Palentine hill

Forum

2:15pm - Piazza Venezia

3:15pm - Lunch - Hostaria de' Pastini

5:30pm - Bhorgese Galleria + Villa (9pm close)

9pm - Dinner - Hostaria Po

**05/31**

9:30am - Vatican, Sistine Chapel

11:45am - St. Peters Basilica

1:30pm - lunch - Osteria Nuvolari

3:00 - Castel Sant'Angelo

6:15 - Santa Maria Trestavere

7:30pm - Zia Restaurant (Michelin)

9:30pm - gelato

**06/01**

7:00am - Trevi Fountain

7:45am - Spanish steps

8:30am - Via dei Condotti

10am - Breakfast - Negresco Bocca di Leone

11:15am - Galleria Alberto Sordi Mall / Zara

1pm - Column of Marco Aurelio

1:45pm - Break home

3:30pm - Pantheon

4:20pm - Sant' Eustachio Caffè

5:45pm- San Luigi dei Francesi

6:15pm - Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella

6:35pm - Piazza Navona

7:15pm - Dinner - Saltimbocca ristorante

**06/02**

9:00AM - Breakfast - Sangio' L'Antico Forno

10:30AM - Civitavecchia

3PM - Board Cruise Ship

https://m.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani-mobile/en.html

https://ticketing.colosseo.it/eventi/full-experience-sotterranei-e-arena-visita-guidata/?t=2024-05-07T10%3A00%3A00Z

https://www.reddit.com/r/rome/s/ToITvu76jJ

https://www.reddit.com/r/rome/s/kyQEmn5YPm

https://portale.museiitaliani.it/b2c/buyTicketless/33f77159-0acd-40c4-8524-701f33aae108

https://romaflex.atac.roma.it/default.aspx?lng=ENG

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/lazio/roma/fontana-di-trevi.html

**Cruise - Royal Carribean Odyssey of the Seas**

https://www.viator.com/tours/Selcuk/Ephesus-Sightseeing-All-Inclusive-Tour/d25618-18736P19

\* Ask tour operator to skip The Basilica of Saint John, and go to the Experience museum instead

\* Bring euros, for port transfers and tours

NAPLES:

Pizzaria Antoca Brandi call 081 416928 to order for pickup cf

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I can give a lot of suggestions regarding flights, how to book some exlusive tours, for instance the toughest tour to book of the whole trip was the underground colosseum, it opens exactly 30 days ahead at 2:15am est and sells out in less than 60 seconds... Always boom only official tours, theyre way cheaper, more prominent, but bots buy them out instantly to resell 3x

**Montmarte food tour **

- La Crêperie mon ami

- Café des Deux Moulins (Amelie filmed here)

- Les Choupettes de ChouChou

- Boucherie Jacky Gaudin

- Le Grenier à Pain Abbesses Bodian

- Le vrai Paris

- La Butte Fromagère

- Au Marché de la Butte (another Amelie filming location)

- The Wall of "I love you" / Le mur des je t'aime

- Titi Graille (oysters+wine)