Our Itinerary, thoughts please!

Looks very reasonable. Far better than many of the first itinerary posted here.

Looks good.

Maybe you want to do something lighter on the last day in Rome otherwise you will have no time to see Orvieto. The Vatican requires hours and then you have to make it back to the hotel to pick up the luggage and then to the station.

The only rental company in Orvieto is Hertz. When you return it in Florence you don't need to go all the way to the airport. Hertz has an office on Via del Sansovino, 53. That is conveniently located between the A1 freeway exit (Exit: FIRENZE SCANDICCI) and the city center. It's closer to Vokterra than the airport and the taxi ride to the city center is shorter and cheaper. That location is however closed on Sat afternoon and Saturdays (only the airport location is open on weekends)

Well done! You might want to look at staying in Central Milan. More atmospheric and unless you flight is ridiculously early, you'd have time to get to Malpensa via train from Cadorna Station.

Thanks everyone! Appreciate your comments very much! And will make a few adjustments to plan! This is our first trip to Italy, so trying hard to fit everything in.

Looks perfect to me. Best first time itinerary I've ever seen. I would change nothing.

Thanks Donna! Our next step is to practise packing everything we want to take into our Rolling Carry-on bags just purchased. Should be an interesting endeavor!

Looks good to me. The only thing I would recommend is a day for Cinque Terre, sometime after Orvieto, before Venice.

I like it, take Roberto's advice about the Vatican.

I think he meant that the rental office in town is closed on Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday.

Thanks Julie and Zoe!
Yes, we realized the Hertz office is closed on Sunday and that is why we have to return to the airport location. We are arriving in Florence on the Sunday.