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Italy'S Golden Triangle
- Full route: Rome (3 nights) → Val d'Orcia/Pienza/Montepulciano (2 nights) → Florence (2 nights) → Venice (1 night) - Car strategy: Pick up FCO, drop Florence edge garage. No car in Rome, no car in Florence, no car in Venice — sanity preserved. - Booking ahead: Colosseum timed entry, Uffizi, maybe one Brunello tasting. Everything else is walk-up friendly in shoulder season, dicey in July/August. - ZTL warning: The restricted traffic zones in Italian city centers are camera-enforced and brutal. Your hotel can register you for temporary access in some cases, but better to park outside and walk.
7days
26stops
Day 1: Arrival in Rome
3 stops
Fiumicino Airport (FCO)
10:00
Trastevere
14:00
Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill)
17:00
Day 2: Ancient Rome, unhurried
3 stops
Colosseum
08:00
Roman Forum + Palatine Hill
11:00
Campidoglio + Capitoline Museums
15:00
Day 3: Rome to Tuscany's edge
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Orvieto
12:09
Val d'Orcia approach
15:18
Montepulciano
18:00
Day 4: Val d'Orcia deep dive
3 stops
Montepulciano to Montalcino
09:00
Bagno Vignoni
13:00
San Quirico d'Orcia
16:00
Day 5: Tuscany to Florence via Chianti
4 stops
Depart
09:00
Florence
13:00
Duomo complex
15:00
Piazza della Signoria to Ponte Vecchio
18:00
Day 6: Florence, concentrated
4 stops
Uffizi Gallery
08:00
Mercato Centrale
12:00
Oltrarno
15:00
Piazzale Michelangelo
17:00
Day 7: Florence to Venice
5 stops
Depart early
09:00
Venice
12:00
San Marco basics
13:30
Dorsoduro
15:45
Final evening
18:00
Heads Up
- 1. The restricted traffic zones in Italian city centers are camera-enforced and brutal. Your hotel can register you for temporary access in some cases, but better to park outside and walk.
- 2. 🛫 Route includes 0 flight + 1 rail segments. Map shows them as dashed lines (connection only, not real road).