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It is possible of course....but it is far from 'enough time to relax' ;-)

You already have 5 destinations in 7 full days (discounting flight days)....even without trying to squeeze in Pompei as well.

I suggest you read the sticky at the top of this page on itineraries.......

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BTW going to lots of different places doesn't actually mean you 'see as much as possible'...it just means that you see a lot of train stations.And views from the window ;-)

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drop one destination. it's too rushed.

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On day 6, you spend an hour on the train from Florence to Pisa, get off at Centrale station, spend 20 - 30 minutes walking through the city to the leaning Tower, take some photos, perhaps queue up to walk up the tower if the wait isn't too long - and then what??

As to Pompeii, plan on about 3 hours travel each way from Rome - it is a long and expensive day trip. Now if you were staying in Naples for 3 or 4 days..... - or just plan it for next time

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First priority, get a map. Understand you are traveling a lot to see those cities.

Next priority, change your itinerary. Drop Pisa. Forget Naples. 2 days Rome, next morning train to Siena on 3rdday/overnight Siena, next day train or bus to Florence 2 days, then train to Venice.

Laslty, check the airbnb website for accommodations. You can search by price.

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With your present itinerary, you'll have to postpone that "relaxation time" for the plane trip home. Also, if anyone asks you what any of your destinations besides Rome was like, you'll have to answer, 'I don't honestly know." You'll have time to gather a first impression, but not a second.

The more time you spend in transit, the less you'll actually see--just in different places. Offhand, I can think of 4 museums in Florence with world class art in them. With your current itinerary, you'll be lucky to visit 2 of them--more likely one, if there's anything else in town you want to see that has opening and closing hours.

drop one destination. it's too rushed
Funny, I was going to suggest dropping 3.

Mike9's point about what to do in Pisa after the tower is equally applicable to Siena and it's piazza. Certainly, there are other things to do in both cities. But you won't have time.

Rome is the one destination you're doing some semblance of justice to--though 4 nights is considered a bare minimum to do so.

The majority of visitors to Venice spend one night or less. You're spending two nights, but really only one full day. That means you'll likely be doing the exact same things as everyone else who has only one day in Venice. There are areas of Venice where you can be the only tourist in sight. And areas where you can't avoid being one of hundreds, maybe thousands of tourists. Guess which areas you'll have time to visit.

There seems to be no consensus on how exactly you should scale back your ambitions. But there is a consensus that you should. Last year, I spent 13 nights combined in Rome, Florence and Venice and till didn't see everything I wanted to--in any of them. Even if you stuck to these 3, you'd barely have time to scratch the surface of two of them. Let alone "relax."

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pls read this
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2153476

I agree there's nothing relaxing about your plans.

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Depending on where you're coming from, you have to consider that your first day will be exhausting, as you'll be jet-lagged. Then, besides that, you're going to be spending half your time (and money) getting from one place to another. Having lived in Rome for almost three years, and still not seeing everything, and having also spent a summer in Venice and month in Florence (as well as travelling to a lot of other parts of the country), I would say pick 2 cities and leave the others for another trip! You have to consider that 1) there will be crowds of tourists at the most famous monuments, so waiting on line will eat up your time, 2) you will need to factor getting from one place to another, not to mention finding your way around and 3) part of the experience that is so wonderful is just sitting at a cafe and soaking up the light, the architecture and the "vibe." Not to mention enjoying the food and wine (or cappuccino)!

So my advice: Venice and Florence, Florence and Rome or Venice w/ a short side trip for a day or two to Padua, Verona and/or Vicenza or Treviso...