Italy - Itinerary Help

I think a major question on this itinerary is what the Amalfi Coast is like in February. See if you can search some other posts here, as I seem to recall other posters having experience with this. This is an area pretty geared towards tourism and out of season it may be super dead, with fewer buses, etc. That factor makes Positano feel like a real stretch. Your two nights are really just one full day there anyway. I would just add another night on Naples, use that day to see Pompeii/Herculaneum. Put that other night anywhere you like. You’re doing a lot of moving around on this trip, contracting your itinerary a little would be good.

You can’t do it all on one trip. I’d save Sorrento, Capri and the Amalfi Coast for another trip with better weather and more time to enjoy it.

The AC is pretty much shut down in the winter. You could use that time to explore Naples since you're flying out of there. Two full days in both Florence and Rome really won't give you much time to see or do anything and with the shorter days you'll be hard pressed to get in a lot of site seeing.

Donna

Thank you for your responses! Both seem to believe cutting out Positano is a good choice and after reading your responses and doing some research I think I'll use those days else where to save my self some traveling and give me more time to enjoy other destinations. I believe this will make the trip less stressful and easier to plan. Thank you both!

With 10 days and your entry and exit cities, I would restrict my time to Milan, Florence, Rome, Naples. Amalfi will likely be slow in February. Actually, if you cut Amalfi and can travel back to Germany from a different city, I would cut Naples and maybe add Venice.

Most of the hotels are closed in February in the Amalfi Coast towns and there are no ferries services. Spend your time in either Sorrento or Salerno. Having spent time in both, I would probably recommend Salerno because your trip is short and there is high-speed train service from Rome and to Naples, and Salerno is cheaper than Sorrento. The most scenic part of the AC is between Salerno and Positano. The bus route from Positano to Sorrento is mainly inland. You can take the train from Salerno to Pompeii.