My first day in Rome will be arrival date on Wed Oct 7. I am traveling to Sorrento on Oct 11. I want one day for Ancient Rome, one day for Vatican City, and I want to do a day trip by train to Orvieto. I was going to do Vatican City on Thurs Oct 8 , Orvieto on Oct 9- and Ancient Rome on Saturday Oct 10. My thought was I wanted to be in Rome the night before checkout . I am concerned about doing Ancient Rome on a Saturday, and wondering if I should swap it out for Orvieto on a Saturday, and deal with packing up the room after Orvieto. I see opinions that the tourist sites are always crowded, so I wonder if it will be that much worse on Saturday in October. Thanks in advance.
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
17748 posts
Keep it as is. Rome on Saturday isn’t any different than any other weekday. I wouldn’t want to travel away the day before leaving.
However your stay in Rome is very short, only 3 full days, so I’m not sure if I would bother to use a day for Orvieto, I’d devote the full 3 days to Rome, but it’s up to you.
Posted by
OP
New York
13 posts
Roberto, Thank you for your reply. Perhaps I should not over plan this and wait to see when we get to Rome. I, too, am starting to think I am not leaving enough time in Rome. After Sorrento, we are going to Sicily, so I will be able to experience other places that are not "city" . I think that was what I was trying to accomplish in making a day trip from Rome.
Posted by
Charleston & Birmingham
5258 posts
I have been to Rome 4 times and Orvieto once and I would keep the current schedule. To me, one day for ancient Rome and one for Vatican City hit the highlights of Rome. The facade of the church in Orvieto is a Wow.