Reply To: Romantic place for honeymoon in Europe, August

[keith]

Venice is nice, but it does smell a bit and is a bit of a tourist rip off. I think Rome is better value, if you haven’t done it before. The Vatican museum (book the special evening entry) is amazing and the quantity of roman buildings and things like the catacombs are really interesting. 2-3 days there would be fine, and then escape to the country!

Of course if you want to buy posh glass, go in a gondola and look out over the lagoon with Procecco in ones hand – Venice is the place. If you take the road from Venice up to the mountains your could consider stopping in Padua to see the Scrovegni Chapel (Giotto).