Italy 9 day Itinerary

Old Jan 19th, 2014, 10:14 AM
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Italy 9 day Itinerary

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if you could please take a look at my pending itinerary, I'll be visiting Italy in the beginning of May with my boyfriend, we are both in our 20s. We will be flying from Toronto to Rome, and flying out from there (something that I am sort of confused about as well). We will be there for 9 nights.

Here is our basic itinerary, please let me know if it is feasible/makes sense, and can be done, in terms of cities.

Friday Day 1: Arrival to Rome, relaxing, exploring, etc.

Saturday Day 2: Rome- Vatican, vatican museum

Sunday Day 3: Rome-colosseum, pantheon, spanish steps, trevi fountain

Monday Day 4: Leave for Salerno

Tuesday Day 5: day trips to either capri or position,

Wednesday Day 6: Leaving Salerno to Florence

Thursday Day 7: Florence - somewhere in these days id like to do day trips to lucca and pisa

Day 8: Florence day trips (Oh and a wine tour)

Day 9: Last day in florence

Day 10: leave florence to rome, going home.

1. Is 3 days in Rome enough? and is 4 days in Florence too much?

2. whats open and closed on the weekends/sundays?

3. Should I fly in/out of another city? the only reason Im doing rome is bc i found a good one way ticket with air transit, but the only other city they offer flights to is venice.

should i consider flying in/out of somewhere else? i just don't want to make things complicated in terms of transportation, train, etc.

Thank you all so much in advance, appreciate all your advice and expertise!!
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Old Jan 19th, 2014, 10:29 AM
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hi
you can do Colosseum, pantheon, spanish steps, trevi fountain all in one day, colosseum and pantheon in the morning and spanish steps and trevi fountain later in the day. I wouldn't spend more than 2.5 days in Rome, spend 3 days in Positano or Amalfi Coast and 3 in Florence as well. Pisa, Siena, San Gigigmano, wine country trip can be done in a day, for 9 days Italy trip, try to maximize by taking a day trips with a guided tour. you can see a lot in short time. enjoy..
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Old Jan 19th, 2014, 10:36 AM
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>>1. Is 3 days in Rome enough?>is 4 days in Florence too much?>2. whats open and closed on the weekends/sundays?>3. Should I fly in/out of another city?
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Old Jan 19th, 2014, 10:47 AM
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I would suggest flying into Rome, and out of Venice. That way you could do:

4 days Rome (take it easy first 2 days from jet lag)
3 days Florence, with day trip to Lucca/Pisa or...
3 days Venice, with day trip to Padua or...

Just my two cents!
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Old Jan 19th, 2014, 10:58 AM
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I'm very confused.

Have you looked at a map?

Where are the 4 days in Florence? You have one day in Florence (Day 9 - you seem to want to use other nights sleeping there for several different day trips)

Also wahy go to Salerno?

Much easier to visit Capri and Positano from Sorrento.

And IMHO you are doing an awful lot of moving around and very little time actually seeing/doing things.

I would fly into Naples and out of Rome - sleep in Sorrento, Florence and Rome - and slow down if you want to see much.
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Old Jan 19th, 2014, 11:15 AM
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Sorrento (Salerno is another place) is the right place for day trips to Capri (by boat) and Positano.
But dont' forget Pompei and the stunning museums of Naples where you will find the best pieces from Pompei.
3 full days at Rome and 2 full days at Florence are the strict minimum for somewhat decent visits of these cities. Count more if you want to explore the surroundings too.

As a general rule, Italian museums are closed on Monday. But there are tons of exceptions. Google for the place you want to see or tell us which museums you mean.

Banks, offices, and many shops are closed on Sundays.
Florence is equidistant to the airports of Rome (FCO), Venice (VCE) and Milan (MXP). All 3 have direct flights to Toronto.
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Naples/Rome open jaw is a brilliant idea. Naples-Sorrento-Florence-Rome.

You can get a bus from the Naples airport to Sorrento, then a train to Naples on Circumvesuviana:

http://www.napoliunplugged.com/naple...uviana-railway

Naples to Florence is a less than a three hour train ride, and Florence back to Rome less than 1,5 hours. Buying tickets on trenitalia use the italian city names.
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