October 18 trip Rome/Naples/Florence/Venice

Is this doable?

Well it is possible to get to all those destinations in your time frame. I have doubts you will make much of a dent in your "I want to see it all!" objective.

3 full days in Rome--- Does this mean 4 nights?

2 full days Florence, --- Does this mean 3 nights?

I suggest you skip Pompeii this trip and focus on Rome, Florence, and Venice

Yes, it is safe to stay in Naples.

Thanks for the replies. I'm thinking I might have to skip Pompeii

If your objective in “seeing it all” is only ticking off boxes on a to-do list, then it is theoretically possible. You do not mention how you plan to get from place to place, nor do you account for the fact that travel takes away time from your stays. I’d advise you to lose Pompeii and one other city, stop and enjoy yourself and make memories rather than trying to cram too much into too little time.

I too am going to Rome. Florence and Venice at that time. Decided to give up traveling to Pompeii/Amalfi.
Will be in Rome for 2 full days (3 nights) and looking into free tours by foot. I have had amazing luck with these in other cities. It's a great way to get a lot of information by locals.

I’m with Patricia. Are the days you listed in addition to travel days? Expect to lose most if not all of a day each time you move.

Are you planning for this October? That’s 6 weeks away! Have you made any reservations? Where do you fly to? Where do you fly from going home?

Keep in mind that by trying to “see it all”, you may end up seeing little or nothing. You are taking the “Disney World” approach to Italy, where you scurry from on attraction to another. While seeing the big sites is worthwhile, the real Italy is found in the times between the usual suspects. My radical suggestion is just to stay in Rome if that’s where you fly to. At most see Rome, then choose either Florence or Venice. You can get to either via high speed train, minimizing lost time traveling.

I like Dougmac's suggestion - stay in Rome, with a trip to either Florence or Venice, depending on your interests. You don't want to "see it all" from the inside of a train. There is plenty to see in just Rome alone!

Instead of staying in Naples, stay in Rome and do a day trip to Pompeii - fast train to Naples, then Circumvesuviana commuter train to Pompeii. It'll be a long day, but it's certainly doable. Save the Amalfi Coast for another trip.

DougMac is giving you good advice. You could do it---but I think most would agree you will enjoy so much more and remember more if you choose 2 places. Choose Rome and Venice for your first time trip, or Rome & Florence if you love love love art. Otherwise it will all be blur and you will waste your money. Or do Rome and Amalfi Coast only. For my first trip I did Venice/Rome.

I would use the High Speed or regular train---but would make sure I could find hotel accommodations before buying train tickets.
Here is a great site for info on how to book tickets: https://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Rome.htm

When you go to the official train website, Trenitalia , to book your tickets (if you book ahead you can save money), if the page is not in English, look in the upper right of the website and click on the Italian flag so it changes to a British/US flag for English text.http://www.trenitalia.com/tcom-en

Important Note: There are multiple train terminals in each city. You need to use the Italian words for each Italian city and for the specific train terminal in that city: for the Rome train station "Roma Termini", for Venice "Venezia S. Lucia", or Florence "Firenze S.M. Novella"

Good luck!

Suzanne

It depends how many sites/museums you like to visit in each city. There are long lines for each sight and traveling between cities also take time out of your trip. now look at how much time you would actually have to enjoy each city and plan accordingly. maybe you can do none to one or two sights in each city before moving on to the next. Enjoy your trip

I would save Naples for a future trip. For the short time you have, Rome, Florence and Venice will be plenty. Changing hotels all the time (or B&B's) is stressful and detracts from the experience. My rule of thumb is to try and stay three nights everywhere..longer when possible or worthwhile. Florence for me is a two night stay unless you plan to bus to Sienna while there. Venice and Rome are places where you can easily stay much longer. Good luck.

Gina, backing up to joe's questions + one of my own:

3 full days in Rome--- Does this mean 4 nights?
2 full days Florence --- Does this mean 3 nights?
2 full days Venice ---Does this mean 3 nights?

If the answer is no to all 3 - meaning 3 nights in Rome and 2 nights in the other two - I would drop not just the Pompeii/Amalfi Coast (which I'd drop anyway) but consider axing either Venice or Florence as well. 2 nights = 1.5 days; 3 nights= 2.5 days, and a .5 arrival day could be a jetlagged fog.

So, how many nights will you have on the ground in Italy? Also, what are your main interests? Those can be a determining factor when figuring where to allot more versus fewer of your days, "Seeing it all" isn't possible, and trying to do won't be enjoyable if spending too much of too little time checking in and out of hotels and dealing with transport. It can also take part of day just to acclimate to a different location.

Yes. 4 nights Rome, 3 nights Florence and 3 nights Venice. Thanks for the help. I think we may skip Pompeii.

Agree with sage advice from others: leave Naples, Pompeii for another trip. Concur you could enjoy 5 days in Rome. Definitely book your Vatican-Sistine Chapel tour early. Highly recommend Context Travel (ask for Valeria, if she's available). Same for Colosseum. In Venice, try Context also for Doge's Palace. If you love art, go see the Peggy Guggenheim Museum. The more tours you can book, the better. That, and the Rick Steves' team's guidebooks for each city makes it a breeze.