> we will be in the Lazio region (around Scauri and Rome)

Feel free to ask me about this area.

> I have heard great things about Cinque Terre and Tuscany, however, I'm
> looking into any suggestion on where to go, what to see, and what to do.

What about San Marino? It's not so touristy, but one of my favourites. And the area is very nice: Urbino (there's a ziner right there!), Gradara (do you know Dante's Comedy?), ...... till the riviera.

Cinque Terre are very nice, but I think (personal thought!) that it's overrated by Americans: there are places (for instance Amalfi Coast) that deserve more than that! And Umbria has also lots of nice small towns, Tuscany style.

Later Flavio in Rome