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Rome or Florence

Both plans are three days, built the same way: one area per day, walking distances between real coordinates, ticket rules from official sites. The difference is pace and what you book first.

Open Rome or Florence for the full walking days.

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	Rome	Florence
Plan	3 Days in Rome	3 Days in Florence
Sights in the plan	16	11
On foot between sights	6.0 km	2.7 km
How the days are grouped	Three days, three parts of the city	The cathedral, Renaissance art and the Oltrarno

Rome

Rome's big sights sit in three clusters, and the plan follows them so you walk between neighbours instead of crossing the city: the Vatican and Castel Sant'Angelo, the Colosseum and the ancient forums, then the piazzas and fountains of the centro storico. Book the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum before you go; everything else is a walk.

Colosseum: book a timed slot. The standard 24-hour ticket gives one Colosseum entry (first and second tiers, up to 75 minutes) plus one entry to the Roman Forum, the Palatine and the Imperial Forums.
Vatican Museums: Monday to Saturday 9:00–18:00, last entry 16:00. Closed on Sundays except the last Sunday of the month, open 9:00–14:00 with free entry. Buy tickets from the official ticket office.
Pantheon: €7 from 1 July 2026, up from €5. Rome residents and under-18s go free, and EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay €2.

Florence

The Accademia and cathedral form the first day, the Uffizi anchors the second, and the south-bank palace, gardens and viewpoints have the third. Choose which parts of the Duomo complex to visit so the afternoon stays manageable. Reserve the major visits before travelling and rearrange whole days to fit museum calendars.

The cathedral itself is free. The other Duomo monuments require the appropriate pass; the dome’s entry time is the slot selected when purchasing a Brunelleschi Pass.
The Uffizi normally closes on Mondays. Arrange its day around the published calendar and check special openings separately.
The Uffizi’s five-day combined ticket covers the Uffizi, Pitti Palace and Boboli. The Uffizi is the first museum to visit under that ticket, so the order of days two and three matters if you choose it.

A fourth day

A fourth day, or not

Is 3 days enough for Rome?

Three days cover the city's three big clusters at a comfortable pace: the Vatican, ancient Rome and the Baroque centre. Trastevere, the Aventine and the Borghese Gallery need a fourth day.

Is 3 days enough for Florence?

Three full days cover the main cathedral and art visits plus the south bank. A fourth day lets you add the Medici Chapels, San Marco or the Bardini gardens without rushing.

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