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Yes , I have been in Italy on several occasions , In fact , I would rather see Rome (antiquities , Colliseum , Forum , etc., the catacombs out along the Appian Way and the Vatican museum , lots of other things , too), or Venice (canals and San Marco square) , or Florence (art and architecture) than Paris , in that order . But it has been twenty years since I was last there . I have your email address and will send particulars . Food is excellent, maybe the best cooking is in Bologna in the north .
One place not to miss in my view , is Villa d’Este which you can get to by bus from Rome (1/2 hour trip ?) . It is a former cardinal’s palace in Tivoli , with a garden full of sculptures fed by artesian wells up in the hills . See it late afternoon close to sunset . After sunset it is lit up dramatically , so you want to see it in both types of light .
I visited before the influx of ‘immigrants’ from across the Mediterranean , so things may have changed drastically .