Egypt is kinda sketch but the rest are typically aight..
If you go to Pisa the French Rivera is only about 1.5-2 hours north and the cinque terre is about the same south. Both are fantastic, easy going places. However, I’d say Nice feels more dangerous/grimy than a place like Berlin even as the influx of African migrants. This is actually quite visible and isn’t somthing that’s just mentioned for the sake of fearmongering.
Cinque terre is sick af
Pisa is nothing but the leaning tower, and that’s 2 hours (4 if you wait to go up maybe)
So there’s a lot of time to fill outside of that