So many books show itineraries starting in Rome, then going down to Naples before heading up to Florence. Why can't I start in Naples instead of backtracking?
Posted by
CA
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If your flights work for you time wise and your pocketbook, go for it. But, you might want to consider flying into Venice and out of Rome if flying back to the US. Venice has O’dark thirty flights.
Posted by
San Diego, California
5786 posts
Naples is a smaller airport, so fewer flights and prices can be higher. Set up Google Flight
Alerts and research the prices to various airports. Good luck!
Posted by
Irving
3320 posts
What Diane is saying is if you depart from Venice your only option may be to depart on an early morning flight requiring you to take a costly early morning water taxi to the airport. When checking airfare, fly in and out of Venice and Naples but also check Naples and Venice. If the flight from Venice requires you to be at the airport before 6a it may best to fly into Venice instead of out of Venice.
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
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If you can (and if the price is right), fly into Venice (the airport is not near the city center) and return from either Naples or Rome.
Rome is by far the largest airport in Italy, so it has the most options, so returning from Rome might be more convenient price-wise.
So the perfect itinerary would be: Home-Venice-Florence-Cinque Terre-Naples-Rome-Home or, if flights are available and reasonably priced out of Naples, Venice-Florence-Cinque Terre-Rome-Naples.