We are planning a 2-week trip to Italy in May of 2025. We want to focus on Rome and then go south. Question: Is this enough time to see Rome, Naples AND Sicily or should we leave out Sicily?
Posted by
Gainesville, Florida
8 posts
Our group is going to Southern Italy and Sicily late April/early May 2025 for 2 weeks. Since we have all been to Rome a couple of times, we are flying into Naples, spending the night (only one night, enough to get a real pizza). The next day, our driver picks us up and we are stopping in Herculaneum on the way south and are in a villa for a week in Positano. Side trips from there include Pompei, Amalfi, Sorrento, Capri and Pasteum. From there, we are moving to Sicily for another week (Palermo, Borghi, Valle dei Templi, Mt. Etna, Taormina and Siracusa and then flying home out of Catania.
So, in my opinion you would have to leave off EITHER Rome or Sicily. I don't think you can do justice to them to squeeze them in your trip. Rome deserves at least 4-5 days if not a week and the same for Sicily.
Whichever one you leave off, if you decide to do that, just gives you a great reason to return to Italy. Good luck!
Posted by
Brooklyn, NY
4295 posts
I would leave off Sicily and maybe combine it with a trip to Malta. We spent 10 days in Sicily in 2022 and it wasn’t enough.
Posted by
Ashburn VA
834 posts
I love Sicily, but I'd suggest that you leave it off this trip. Fourteen days is a good number for Rome and Naples, and I'd lean heavy on Rome, although others may differ. I think that Sicily needs at least two weeks, unless you're concentrating on only the east or west sides of the island. Malta is also wonderful, and you can get a ferry there from Pozzallo, on the southern coast, or Catania. Maybe next trip?