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Italy trip with London or no?

My husband and I have never been to Italy and planning a trip for about 12 nights around June 8th 2017. My original plan was as follows:
Fly Austin to Venice
Venice 3 nights
Florence 3 Nights
Rome 4 nights
Positano 2 nights
Fly back to Austin from Naples

But my husband was wondering if we should or could shave off 1 night from each Venice and florence and fly to London from Naples after Positano and see the main sights in London and stay there 2 nights and leave London to Austin.
I don't know if it's worth doing this in order to squeeze in London since we have never been there either or stick with original plan. I don;t know when and if we will go again so that's where he's coming from.......thanks for any feedback...

Posted by
2508 posts

Venice and Florence need at least 3 nights each, if not more, and London needs much, much more. You really wouldn't even have two days there what with all the flying and getting to and from airports - I'd say save London for another time.

Posted by
1274 posts

Keep what you have as each place deserves their due, and make yourself a promise that you will be back-to London. Have fun!!

Posted by
7175 posts

In a word, no.

If you dropped Positano and took a night off Rome, allowing 3 nights in London, then perhaps.

Posted by
16890 posts

I would echo the same: three nights gives you only 2 full days in each of these cities, and I think they deserve that if not more. Also, depending on the time of your flight home from Naples, it's possible you will need to spend 1 night in Naples itself. From a public transport perspective, Positano is not the best place to be located the night before an international flight if that flight is early to mid-morning...although if price is not a factor, private car service is a possibility.

London is a great city but it's very large, spread out, and really requires more than 1.5 days ( you'd possibly have even less) to take in the "main" sights. Some of those are also time-consuming, depending on your interest in history.

Also consider that at some points in this itinerary you'll encounter days that big attractions are closed. The less wiggle room you have to work around those, the more hectic the schedule. It's wise whenever possible to have a cushion against closings, unforseen transport delays, etc! :O)

Posted by
80 posts

Another vote for "no." A lot of travelling for what will amount to less than 2 days in London. London is a destination in itself.

Posted by
3383 posts

No, absolutely not, unless you are one who would rather say you've been somewhere than actually seen somewhere.

Posted by
16378 posts

There is one night missing in this picture. The night in Naples before your flight back, high is likely very early in the morning and therefor not convenient from Positano, which is quite a distance away.
An alternative is to fly back from Rome, in which case you would switch the sequence of locations in your itinerary and do Positano after Florence with Rome for last. It might seem a bit backtracking, but you save a night that way.

As suggested above, the only way you can fit London in your number of nights is with the elimination of Positano and the elimination of a night in Rome. In that case it would be advisable that you fly British Airways or their partner American Airlines (I think DFW has a non stop). Basically you would prolong your layover to a few nights rather than just a few hours.

Posted by
17 posts

I agree with other posters it seems too tight to add London. However, if you still want to squeeze it in, Consider going to London first. Looking at airfares I have found time and again flying back to the states from London is a killer in taxes.