Italy trip 8 days - Rome, Naples, Venice, Milan

You are trying to see too many places

Do you arrive Sun morning in Rome? That first day is jet lag day
You only have 7 nights and have counted Tues night stay twice (Tuesday night? in Rome and then you say Tuesday in Naples)
Or do you have 8 nights?

You’ll spend most of your time transiting between all these far flung places

I would drop Naples/Amalfi
Give Rome 3 nights
Venice 2 nights
Milan 2 nights

If you have 8 nights give the third night to Milan and day trip to Como or give it to Venice
One day is not enough for Venice

A 2 night stay is only 1.5 days of actual sightseeing once you account fir check out/travel/check in: get oriented.
I’d actually do no more than 2 locations on such a short trip
Your choice Rome and Venice-depart from Venice
Or
Rome and Milan

Your itinerary makes me dizzy. By the time you check out of one hotel, take your transport to the next destination and check in, you have will have lost a greater part of the day. It almost seems like you plan to treat your visit to Italy as a trip to an amusement park — see something, check it off the list, see another, check it off, etc…. Nobody can see Venice or any other of your destinations in one day. While you may see a few things, you will not experience them in the same way you would if you took more time. I would cut your itinerary in half and see only two cities rather than four, with the plan of returning again at some future point.

I think you are trying to do way too much on this length of a trip. I've been to 3 of the 4 cities you list (not Venice). I strongly suggest you keep to no more than 2 of your cities - either Rome and Naples, Venice and Milan, or Rome and Venice. You will be spending a lot of time in transit between 4 cities. This can be tiring and does not allow you to just experience a place and relax. Admittedly, I prefer slow travel and would probably just base myself in only one of these cities and plan a couple of day trips from them.

Thanks for the quick recs! I agree it's a little haphazard, should we drop Naples or lake como/Milan?

We are flying out of Milan though.

For Rome, I am getting there Sunday Morning, so Rome will be Sun/Mon and full day Tuesday.

Rome-Venice-Milan would work with this time frame.
March is not the ideal time for the Amalfi Coast.

Welcome to the forum, mirmahnoor -
I'll get right to the point? With just 8 nights to work with (Sunday to Sunday) you simply do not have enough time for Rome, Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Venice, Milan and Lake Como. Not and do any of them justice. You're going to spend more time dealing with transit, checking in and out of hotels and dealing with your luggage that "experiencing" Italy at all. Add any little detail that doesn't go like clockwork and you'll lose even more time.

The first thing I'd do is cut your itinerary by half if not more, for instance:
Sunday: fly into Rome (jet-lagged partial day not good for much but walking outside)
Monday: Rome - sleep Rome
Tuesday: Rome - sleep Rome
Wed: train to Venice - sleep Venice (partial day)
Thursday: Venice - sleep Venice
Friday: train to Varenna (Lake Como) - sleep Varenna (partial day)
Saturday: Lake Como - sleep Varenna
Sunday: train to Milan- sleep Milan (partial day)
Monday: fly home from Malpensa: book a later-day flight

This itinerary is busier than I'd personally care for - 4 nights/3 full days is what I usually recommend to get a head around Rome - but might work for you. You could also cut out the entire northern part (Venice, Como and Milan) and do:

Sunday: fly into Rome and transfer to the Amalfi Coast (Sorrento, maybe) Jet-lagged partial
Monday: Amalfi Coast - sleep Sorrento
Tuesday: Amalfi Coast - sleep Sorrento.
Wed: train to Naples - sleep Naples (partial day)
Thursday: Naples - sleep Naples (or take a later day train to Rome)
Friday: train to Rome, sleep Rome (partial day)
Saturday: Rome - sleep Rome
Sunday :Rome- sleep Rome
Monday: fly home from Rome/Fiumicino

It's possible you could fly out of Naples versus returning to Rome, in which case I'd put Rome on the front end.
Italian National Museums are closed on Mondays; Vatican on Sundays; other attractions may have 1 day a week closures.
Ferries around much of the Amalfi will not be running at the end of March (buses will) and Lake Como could be damp and chilly. Anyway, just my 2-cents!

Editing to add: while I was typing, you stated above that you were flying out of Milan, meaning your flights both ways (Into Rome; out of Milan) are booked?

Agree with others that this is way too fast, and I tend to travel much faster than most. Generally, people who love Venice stayed at least a couple of days there, so give it some time. It’s such an unusual city.

Before I give a recommendation on number of days per location, decide & share what you might like to do at these locations. For instance, are you wanting to participate in a food tour, see the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Borghese Gallery, Vatican or Ostia Antica in Rome? Do you want to stop in Florence for 2-3 hours on the way to Venice to see the Florence Cathedral/Baptistry and the Ponte Vecchio?

Look up the amount of time to travel by train at www.Trenitalia.com.

Rome is Roma
Venice is Venezia
Florence is Firenze (if you decide to pause there)
Naples is Napoli

Drop Naples and see it in a trip to Southern Italy where you can give it more time.. We didn’t go south of Rome until our 8th trip to Italy. Give Rome four or five full days.

Besides going to Venice in the 1970’s, our recent trip to Italy we went from Saturday to Sunday. We stayed only in Rome. We didn’t even get to the day trips we were talking about. We did move slower since we were 6 adults

Fly in to Rome Sunday, Stay in Rome for two nights(Mon, Tue)

Can you clarify? Are you arriving on Sunday? If so, wouldn't 2 nights in Rome be Sun -Mon nights ( not Mon,Tue)?

Is flying into Rome and out from Milan 'set in stone'?

Trying to include anywhere south of Rome in the limited time you have is not reasonable/practical.

With some clarity on what time you actually have, and where you have to fly from, would allow folks here to propose a manageable itinerary.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions, I am going to re-do my travel itinerary and for clarification I am flying into Rome Sunday and flying out of Milan next Monday around afternoon, so we have a total of 8 nights.

I am open to the idea of coming back for a southern Italy trip but have few questions, it worth going to the coast end of march due to weather or should I stick to Rome and northern Italy side?
Is Lake Como worth going start of April or it's not rrecommendeddue to weather?

If you're flying into Rome and out of Milan, three destinations would be max for me. For reference, the fast train from Rome to Milan is 3- 3.5 hours approximately. You could spend four nights (Sun-Wed nights) in Rome, travel to Milan on Thursday, and spend four nights (Thu-Sun) in Milan, with plenty of time to take a day trip or spend the one or two nights in Como (it's less than an hour away by train fin Milan). I don't know how the weather is in March. This would give you the most time to sightsee and least time on trains.

In May, we've planned a similar itinerary to your original one. We've got 20 nights and I still feel rushed. Naples to Milan is a lot of ground to cover. Venice needs much more than one day.

I went to Lake Como in March and loved it. Of course, it wasn’t swimming season but it was still beautiful and warm outside. The lake doesn't freeze and the ferry funs all year.

Thanks for the suggestions, I have cut down on cities.
I will be going to Rome/Naples vs Florence/ Venice, 8 nights.

For my next question, if you have to choose between Florence and Naples, which city will you choose? Is Pisa doable as a day trip from Florence? I understand I can always come back to Naples and do a southern Italy trip but want a suggestion based on which city has more to offer? P.s, we don’t want to visit to vineyards.

Way too much travel.

With 8 days, pick to places and do them. You could spend all 8 days and Rome.

I say skip Naples area and do Rome properly, then at most one more place. Venice your can see in two full days.

Look at the train schedules and see how long it takes to go from point A to point B. With your current itinerary, you would spend a third of your trip on the train.

I would chose Florence over Naples
Yes you can easily day trip from Florence to Pisa

Wondering if you are still departing from Milan? That will be quite a haul from Naples and wastes one day in transit
Florence is so much closer to Milan, makes more sense to me

Ditto: Florence over Naples for this trip.
As already mentioned, Pisa is an easy day trip from there, although I wouldn't short your time in Florence to do it.
Florence is sort of museum/art & architecture (Renaissance) heavy; something I loved about it but I know is not to everyone's taste.

Good call to save Naples and the Amalfi coast for a future trip when you can give that region the time it deserves. :O)
If you are flying out of Milan (Malpensa?), stay in the city the night before. You really don't want be in Florence on the same day you're flying out; could be you've already planned for that.