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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
25stops
DAY01
Fiumicino → Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill)
Overnight in Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill)
- 10:00Fiumicino Airport (FCO)· start
- 14:00Trastevere
- 17:00Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill)· overnight
Accommodation
Rome
DAY02
Colosseum → Campidoglio + Capitoline Muse…
Overnight in Campidoglio + Capitoline Museums
- 08:00Colosseum· start
- 11:00Roman Forum + Palatine Hill
- 15:00Campidoglio + Capitoline Museums· overnight
Accommodation
Rome
DAY03
Depart → Montepulciano
Overnight in Montepulciano
- 09:00Depart· start
- 12:09Orvieto
- 15:18Val d'Orcia approach
- 18:00Montepulciano· overnight
DAY04
Montepulciano to Montalcino → San Quirico d'Orcia
Overnight in San Quirico d'Orcia
- 09:00Montepulciano to Montalcino· start
- 13:00Bagno Vignoni
- 16:00San Quirico d'Orcia· overnight
DAY05
Depart → Piazza della Signoria to Pont…
Overnight in Piazza della Signoria to Ponte Vecchio
- 09:00Depart· start
- 13:00Florence
- 15:00Duomo complex
- 18:00Piazza della Signoria to Ponte Vecchio· overnight
Accommodation
Florence
DAY06
Uffizi Gallery → Piazzale Michelangelo
Overnight in Piazzale Michelangelo
- 08:00Uffizi Gallery· start
- 12:00Mercato Centrale
- 15:00Oltrarno
- 17:00Piazzale Michelangelo· overnight
Accommodation
Florence
DAY07
Depart early → Final evening
- 09:00Depart early· start
- 12:00Venice
- 13:30San Marco basics
- 15:45Dorsoduro
- 18:00Final evening
Accommodation
Venice
Food
- torta tenerina · chocolate cake from Ferrara
- cicchetti · Venetian small plates crawl for final evening
Booking timeline
Book these before you go- Day 7Train · Final evening
Heads Up
- 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.
- 🛫 Route includes 0 flight + 1 rail segments. Map shows them as dashed lines (connection only, not real road).