Husband and I, both 65, first trip to Italy, will be flying into Florence on Apr 24, 2025, picking up a car, spending a week in Tuscany, then driving to Amalfi coast May 1 - 5, 2025 and looking for hotel recommendations up to $200 per night if that's possible. Most important to us is 1st: the view and 2nd: we like a quieter town, and distant 3rd: smaller place with engaging hosts (not a deal-breaker if not). I've read many forum posts and know we want to be ON the AC to save time for day trips. I've read a lot about Amalfi town or Atrani or Priano. We're not hikers, we aren't able to climb 100 steps to our room. We are adventurous and plan to drive ourselves around AC so would need a hotel with parking.
Also, instead of returning car all the way back to FLR, we could drop it at Naples or Rome airport and fly home from there. Any recommendations where to drop? I have researched Travel Europe rental cars and am willing to pay the one way drop fee. Would like it to be an easy transfer to catch our flight in either Naples or Rome. Would it be safe to drop car same day as flight or should we transfer night before? Thank you!