My Italy Trip with family covering Rome and Venice – July/Aug 2025
Diva Verma (aged 12yrs)
Below is a small blog from my recent visit to Rome and Venice in July and August 2025. We spent a week covering the ancient sites, streets, shopping and food to get a full experience!
Day 1:
Today we visited the Colosseum which was full of hundreds of years of Roman history. It was extremely beautiful but extremely crowded. It looked unreal and something that I’ve only seen in pictures. I was so lucky to see it in real life. After that we got some lunch at a nearby local Italian restaurant it was amazing and the food was delicious the staff were extremely kind too.
We then wandered round the streets looking at some local shops and browsing. The highlight of the day though was the golf cart tour it was very fun and interesting. The tour guide was quite helpful and he gave a very nice tour of all the monuments , we visited lots of beautiful sights. We also went inside the Pantheon a dome which has a circular opening at the top which allows sunlight and rain water to enter in the building! It was an amazing experience. We then made our way back to our hotel and ate dinner it was yummy ●
Day 2:
Today we started of our day by going to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. It felt like going back in history looking at all the ruins and the views were stunning .
The museum had so much history in it and it felt like stepping back in time. Afterwards we went to the Galleria Alberto Sordi a small shopping mall with only a few shops but the architecture was gorgeous!! Then we walked around the city streets and bought a lemon sorbet that was inside a lemon! It was so sour and sweet at the same time , then we bought a tiramisu cake and it was the best one I’ve had!! We ended the day doing some shopping and then having dinner in a restaurant. The food was delicious. After dinner we returned to the hotel!! ●
Day 3:
Today we started the morning off by having breakfast in the hotel buffet and the going to the swimming pool for a few hours which was really nice and relaxing! We then got out of the pool and sunbathed and then we went back to our room to have some lunch which was delicious as usual. Then after a while we got ready to go see the Trevi Fountain which was stunning and felt so peaceful. Then we walked to Piazza Navona a lively square which was charming.
After we headed to the Spanish Steps which was gorgeous it felt magical!! We also headed into a few shops. To end the day we went to a restaurant for dinner and enjoyed our day. ●
Day 4:
Today we started the morning heading to the train station and got on a train to Venice! The journey was approximately 3 hours. Before we got the train we bought some pizza which was delicious. When we reached Venice we got a taxi which we expected to take us to our hotel but the taxi had dropped us to a boat station instead! And we were stranded with so much luggage but then we realised we had to get a boat to our hotel!!
After we arrived we checked in and put our luggage in our room and got ready to go out for dinner. Dinner was delicious as expected. We then roamed the streets of Venice and the city is surrounded by water, it was beautiful. We then headed back to the hotel and chilled!!●
Day 5:
Today we started the morning by going down to breakfast in our hotel. Then we walked our way to a city square in Venice as they don’t have any taxis. First we explored a place called Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana it was very historic. We also saw Saint Marks Basilica from the outside which was stunning. And we also saw Saint Marks Campanile which was also very beautiful and interesting. Then we had lunch in the city square at a restaurant which was surrounded by noise which was surprisingly comforting. We then went inside Saint Marks basilica and it was unreal it looked like ai and we took some pictures it was really calming too. After we walked around the city doing some shopping and ended our day by having dinner near the water. ●
Day: 6
Today we started off our day by having breakfast early because we had a boat to catch. After breakfast we walked towards a boat stop like a bus to catch a water bus to another stop. We had to wait a while but finally the water bus came. We then got another boat and this boat was a water tour which showed us two islands called Murano and Burano. We first visited Murano where we watched a guy make glass which was really cool he made a vase which exploded! But then he made a really cool horse. After we looked at the glass shop and bought some stuff. Then we went back to the boat and went to Murano which was a long ride but there we just explored the city and got ice cream we only had 1 hour in the island but that was enough because it was really hot!! Then we made our way back to the boat and came back to the main city. After we got lunch and went to the main shopping streets which was super fun!! We walked a lot and did lots of shopping and then got dinner. We then just walked around the city and had a Nutella pizza for dessert it was nice but interesting. Then we came back to the hotel and relaxed ●
Day 7:
We had breakfast at the hotel, finished packing and checked out. From Academia, Venice we took a water taxi to the airport which was a nice experience (with our luggage) and quite comfortable as we got dropped off straight to the airport through the waterways. Once we were checked in we had lunch at the airport before we waived goodbye to Venice!