Well, one week is really not long enough! But, if that is all you have I would suggest you pick 1 city and what we used to call (before moving here) "spoke out" (get it? spokes of a wheel) In other words rent an apartment in one place and get to know that town for say 3 days and then do day trips to the surrounding areas.
Packing/unpacking and moving from town to town wastes an enormous amount of your valuable time. For instance there are wonderful apartments for rent in all towns, the first day you go to the grocery and get breakfast and snack/lunch foods and then treat yourself to dinner somewhere really
nice. Apartments are often cheaper than hotels and can be wonderful...in some cases the owners are there to help you with touristing info and can be invaluable. Planning will be your friend...do you want a big city experience (Rome/Venice/Florence), country experience (try Umbria over Tuscany), mountains or seaside (try Liguria...get both). Narrow you search and plan to return...Italy can be addictive. Good Luck!

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One week is barely enough time to get over the jet lag. As has been suggested, if you've never been to Italy, pick one city and spoke. I would pick Florence in any season but deep summer. It gets hot there. However, for the novice, it's the place to go. The city itself will not get old in a week but it also has Tuscany all around it. Places like Siena and Chianti. I would rent an apartment (alla airb&b) in the center of town, as near as possible to the Cathedral, so that you don't waste anytime in the periferia. I would also rent a car on a daily basis when traveling outside the city. Tour busses could be nice but I don't enjoy spending hours waiting for old Americans and Germans to get their acts together. I'd rather have a good travel book in hand and the freedom to pick a direction. Best to use serendipity for eating. You could seek out those special restaurants on occasion, but most of the time if you see a place that looks good, it probably is good. Just avoid the tourist food places near the tour bus stops.

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