Hi,

So I will be going to Italy in July for the first time and was wondering if you could give me some input on my itinerary that I have created.... Thanks! any advice is appreciated!

Day 1- Arrive Naples - stay one night
Day 2- train/bus to Amalfi- spend the night
Day 3 –train to Rome (2 nights)
Day 4- Full day in Rome-
Day 5- Train to Florence
Day 6- trip to Pisa/ Cinque Terra
Day 7- Full day in Florence
Day 8- train to Venice
Day 9- Day trip to Verona
Day 10- Full day in Venice
Day 11- home

I hope you are young and full of energy - this would wear me out. These are all such wonderful places, I am not sure you are going to enjoy them as you should. Make a bucket list of Italy and choose three of these places at the max. Florence needs three days..You are on the right forum, there are lots of experts who can help you.

Too many places and too much travel. You won't be seeing much except trains and train stations. Suggest you limit to only three locations.

Personally, I see mostly travel, not enjoying Italy. Spend a night in Amalfi, one day in Rome, one day in Venice - and a day trip to Verona. Are you trying to accumulate places visited, what's the rush? Just Rome and Venice deserve at least 2-3 days each.

1h1234 get online to Trenitalia and research how much time it is going to take you to get from place to place. Unless you really like socializing on trains you are going to be bored.... and you are not going to see much at all. I know, all those destinations look so enticing, but seriously, even if you want to stay really busy, limit yourself to either north or south of Rome. Since you are arriving in Naples, go from there to the Amalfi coast, spend 3 days there at least, (Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii, Vesuvius,Paestum)then head to Rome for at least 3 days, and then choose something like Florence that is only about 3 hours away.
Or fly into Rome instead and go north. Just keep it simple.

Three days Rome
Three days Florence
Three days Venice

I think it's only a couple of hours by train from Rome to Florence and ditto for Florence to Venice.

Rome wouldn't even be worth going to for just 'one full day'. You really need to think about how much there is to see - even three days in each destination above is cutting it fine but is quite doable IMHO.

I do hope you have a wonderful trip but I feel you need to just have a good old think about spending more time in few places.

Welcome to Fodors.

Stormbird's itin makes more sense

Agreed - your current plan allows almost no time for actually seeing the cities you are visiting.

It takes about 1/2 a day each time you change locations with packing up, checking in and out, getting to/from the train station, finding your hotel, actual transit time.

So your current plan means:

Day 1- Arrive Naples - depending on the time, 1/2 day potentially jetlagged
Day 2- train/bus to Amalfi - 1/2 in Amalfi (when do you plan to actually see Naples??)
Day 3 –train to Rome - this means getting from Amalfi back to Naples and then taking the train to Rome then getting your hotel, so most of this day is shot)
Day 4- Full day in Rome
Day 5- Train to Florence - you will likely get to Florence in the early afternoon so 1/2 day here
Day 6- trip to Pisa/ Cinque Terra - day trip
Day 7- Full day in Florence
Day 8- train to Venice - 1/2 day Venice
Day 9- Day trip to Verona
Day 10- Full day in Venice
Day 11- home

So you end up with:

1/2 day jetlagged in Naples
1/2 day in Amalfi
1 and 1/2 days in Rome
1 and 1/2 days in Florence
day trip to Pisa and Cinque Terre
1 and 1/2 days in Venice
1 day in Verona

And almost an equal amount of time in transit or waiting for transit.

For that amount of time pick 2-3 places and give yourself time to see and enjoy where you are rather than running around trying to see more than is reasonably possible. You end of up actually seeing less that way and more of the inside of trains/stations.

Enjoy!

Thank you all so much for your feedback! Definitely going to change this around!! Much appreciated!