Venice or Rome in October?

[MegBusset]

For a three-day break. Never been to either. Want to walk around , see historic sites, galleries, drink coffee etc. possibly as a solo traveller so somewhere I’ll feel safe and not attract unwanted attention.

Bonus points for a central, quiet, safe and good value hotel in either city!

I'm going to Venice for 2 days Oct 26th -27th then catching our cruise around med for 12 days then we departs our ship in Rome Nov 8th. I'm hoping it will still be warm. Flying home November 9th.

@MegBusset

well I would research in the same area of Venice as best place to stay. Quiet and stunning when you want to be away from the tourist areas. It's beautiful.

Rome

@MegBusset I have the annual
leave and budget to do neither - plus a 3 yr old - I was hoping to live vicariously through you 😆 Oh for the days of no nursery fees and annual leave for grandparent visiting when I could happily bop off to Italy on a whim. 😢

Whenever I go to Venice on my own I stay here. It's very simple but clean and welcoming and they have single rooms. It's a convent (but open to everyone) so they have a midnight curfew but Venice is not a late night city anyway.
https://www.casacaburlotto.it

I would say Venice for a solo traveller.
It's a great mooch about city whereas Rome is more hectic and traffic etc. and just bigger!

There are good value places to eat if you look carefully.