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Storage at Termini isn't in lockers, it's a manned baggage office. Deposito Bagagli KiPoint Roma Termini (kibag.it)

Regarding the law, here it is in the original and translated: 3. Lo straniero che, a richiesta degli ufficiali e agenti di pubblica sicurezza, non ottempera, senza giustificato motivo, all'ordine di esibizione del passaporto o di altro documento di identificazione e del permesso di soggiorno o di altro documento attestante la regolare presenza nel territorio dello Stato è punito con l'arresto fino ad un ann o e con l'ammenda fino ad euro 2.000. 3. Any foreigner who, at the request of public security officials and agents, fails, without justifiable reason, to comply with the order to produce a passport or other identification document and a residence permit or other document certifying regular presence in the territory of the State shall be punished with imprisonment for up to one year and a fine of up to 2,000 euros. The law itself is here, Article 6, paragraph 3: DECRETO LEGISLATIVO 25 luglio 1998, n. 286 - Normattiva

First, it is the law in Italy that you have your passport on your person. Ignore it if you want to, but that's the law. As for ID at a site, your drivers license will be fine. This is the official web site for the Colosseum: Parco Archeologico del Colosseo – Online Tickets

Do not follow google maps to get to Castel Sant'Elmo, they've got it all wrong. It's an easy walk (eight-tenths of a mile) from your hotel to the funicolare centrale at Piazzetta Duca d'Aosta (the Augusta stop). You take it to the top station, Fuga. It's at this point that google maps screws you all up and has you climbing when you don't have to. As you exit the funicolare station you go to your right, then turn right onto Via Domenico Cimarosa. Walk to the first corner and turn left onto Via Raffaele Morghen. Walk past the big Carrefour supermarket and you'll see on the right an escalator. Take this and at the top cross the street and take the next escalator. You'll be facing another funicolare station, to the left of this station you'll see a brown sign with white lettering pointing you toward the castle. The walk at the top is one-half mile. Once you're up there, consider checking out the certosa di San Martino. They have an eclectic collection of items including some amazing presepe, the nativity scenes that Naples is famous for.

I don't know, but I'd guess it has something to do with a very small pool and a large hotel, needing to control usage. From your hotel to Castel Nuovo, the one at the port, is just under one mile on foot. The other large castle is Sant'Elmo, up on the hill. For that one you'd take the funicolare up the hill.

Forget the beach; while there are some places to get wet that are technically in Naples, no one who lives on the east coast of the US would call them a beach. There are castles, the royal apartments, some amazing museums and churches, all within walking distance of your hotel. Have you considered checking out the Veiled Christ at Sansevero? Sansevero Chapel Museum (museosansevero.it)

Contact your hotel in Venice and ask them about the process.

The bookstore in front of the Comune stop is one of the ticket outlets, Libreria Paoline, Via Veneto 33. A few doors down the street at #15 the bar also sells tickets. It's really not that hard to find them, and there's no conspiracy to hide them from you.

There is no need, nor really any purpose, in buying regional tickets in advance. They cannot sell out. If you want a seat on a regional, the best best is to get on at the start of the line at Rome Termini. As above, the Port Mobility shuttle between the ship and the train station is a tourist bus so you can buy the tickets from the driver; the advice above is important, do have exact change. For a 7 PM (19:00) departure your all-aboad time will be 18:30. You must allow at least 30 minutes to get from the train station to the ship, just in case you have to hoof it, so you'd look for trains that arrive no later than 18:00 (6 pm). The best advice is to take the next-to-the-last train that will get you back on time, so you have a fallback option. If you wait and take the last one and something goes wrong... (but of course you should always know how you'd get to your next port when you DIY anyway). Backing into the timing, the last train possible would be one arriving to Civitavecchia at 18:00, which is the 16:57 Frecce (arrives 17:44). However, there is a regional backup that arrives at 18:05, close enough to 18:00 for me to consider it a back up, but then I'm pretty comfortable with risk and I know how to get myself to the next stop if my plan fails. If the 16:57 were a regional train I would not take the risk, but as it is a Frecce and the on-time performance of the Frecce trains is more important to the authorities, I would risk it.

If you're headed north (as you would going from Messina to Naples) it will be on the port side. Late at night you won't see anything at all, you won't be close enough.

If you're going to travel by car you'd do better with a car service rather than a taxi. Taxis are the better option for local trips, for a longer trip like Civitavecchia to Rome a car service is the better option.

The ship pulls into the port at 5 AM, that does not mean they start disembarking passengers. I think the earliest you could possibly make, keeping in mind that you also have to get yourself and your luggage from the ship to the train station, would be the 7:02 regional from Civitavecchia, connecting to the 8:35 Frecce from Termini, arriving to Venice at 12:34, but even this is a risk. The safer option is the 7:58 regional from Civitavecchia, which after connecting at Termini puts you in Venice at 13:34 (1:34 PM). The comfortable option, especially with luggage, is to wait for the first Frecce of the day from Civitavecchia at 9:16, which puts you in Venice at 15:34. Yes, you give up two or three hours in Venice, but that first hour (from Civitavecchia to Termini) on a regionale is pretty much guaranteed to be miserable on a crowded train, likely with no seats available and no place to put your bags except at your feet.

According to the park website, the Via dell'Amore is scheduled for reopening in July 2024. We shall see. Footpaths in Cinque Terre

The tickets become "live" when you stamp them upon boarding the bus. Be sure to do this! Only stamp the one for the trip you are on, that starts the clock for its validity. I don't know specifically about the La Spezia paper tickets, in other places an unstamped paper ticket is usually good for about a year.

Here is the link for purchasing the pass on line: Buy now Cinque Terre Card - Cinque Terre National Park Tickets (mypass.cc) Note that there are two different cards, be sure to get the one that includes the trains.