All-
My wife, another couple, and I are going to Italy for two weeks in mid/late April. Our itinerary so far is this:
April 14-Sa -Land in Rome 8 am
-Take train to Venice- leaves around 11
-Arrive in Venice @ 3:30pm
-Tour Venice
April 15-Su -Tour Venice
April 16-M -Tour Venice
April 17-T -checkout of Venice apt-
-train from Venice to Florence (2hours)
-check into Florence apt (between 3-8pm)
Explore Florence
April 18-W -explore Florence
April 19-R -check out of Florence apt
-train from Florence to Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre (2hours)
-check into apt- (between 2-5pm)
April 20-F -explore Cinque Terre
April 21-Sa -check out of Riomaggiore before 10am
-train from Riomaggiore to Sorrento (7-8 hours?)
Check into Sorrento apt
April 22-Su Explore Amalfi Coast/Sorrento/Pompeii
April 23-M Explore Amalfi Coast/Sorrento/Pompeii
April 24-T check out of Sorrento Apt by 11
Train from Sorrento to Rome
-check into Rome apt- after noon
-Explore Rome
April 25-W Explore Rome
-Papal Audience-early
April 26-R Explore Rome
-Vatican Sistine Express- 7:05 check in
-SCAVI tour 11am
April 27-F - Fly out of Rome @ 11 am
However, the more we started thinking about it, the more we felt like we were spending almost a whole day going from Cinque Terre to Sorrento...and might not have enough time to do justice to Cinque Terre, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome. So the other option we were thinking would be to completely take out the Amalfi Coast portion...and spending the morning of the 21st in Cinque Terre, spend the evening of the 21st in Pisa, and spend the night of the 21st in Siena. Then spend the 22nd exploring Siena, the 23rd possibly renting a car and seeing some sights in Tuscany, and adding the entire day of the 24th onto our Rome segment-giving us 3 days there instead of just 2? We would just leave the southern Italian portion of our trip to another time.
We all really wanted to see the Amalfi Coast and Pompeii....but if you were in our shoes.....which option would you go with?