Headed to Italy in August, what lenses should I add?

Vic Chapman wrote:

I'm surprised that none of the other photographers who have actually been to Italy has commented yet.

You're more patient than me.

I never can understand these types of posts...  "I'm going to <fill in blank>.  What lenses should I take?"

And the answers are usually all over the map, from focal length to zoom range to quality to weight, etc.  Which I expect.  The point being that each person shoots differently and will need or want different lenses.  I don't find I would necessarily bring any different lens kits whether I was going to Rome, Florence, Venice, Athens, London, Paris, Barcelona, Stockholm, Malta, etc.  It's what I feel like carrying at the time.

To me, these types of questions are simply thinking out loud.  In the end the person knows what lenses they should bring.  The problem is usually what NOT to bring so you don't haul lenses you won't use.

When I look at my travel photography from Europe, Mediterranean, New Zealand, Singapore, the US and other places in Adobe Bridge I find I shoot between 17mm to 120mm in full frame terms.  That's roughly 11mm to 80mm in APS-C.  I have traveled with just the NIkon 24-120 lens.  I usually get a cluster of shots around 24mm (the widest the lens goes and the rest are spread out throughout the range.  Sometimes I'll bring along the 17-35mm.

I traveled to Scandinavia last fall with Fuji bodies and brought the 14mm Samyang with tilt/shift adapter and the Fuji f/2 trio of 23, 35, and 50mm.  Relatively small and light kit.  I'm leaving for a week in Maine tomorrow and will probably bring the Fuji 16-55 f/2.8 and the 55-200 f/3.5-4.8.

If I was advising an APS-C shooter what lenses to bring to Europe I'd tell them to cover the range from 16 to 80mm.  If they can do it bring something wider than 16mm.  If you've still got extra room bring something that goes out to 140 to 200mm (although I find I personally don't use this length much for traveling unless I'm shooting a bit of wildlife.).