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Italy'S Best: North to Center
Seven days, four bases, zero rushing. This route strings together Italy's heavy hitters at a pace that lets you actually taste the espresso.
7days
23stops
DAY01
Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) → Navigli District
Overnight in Navigli District
- 10:00Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP)· start
- 12:30⭐ Duomo di Milano
- 16:00Navigli District· overnight
Accommodation
Milan Centro Storico
DAY02
Depart Milan → Varenna
Overnight in Varenna
- 09:30Depart Milan· start
- 11:00Bellagio
- 14:00⭐ Villa del Balbianello
- 17:00Varenna· overnight
Accommodation
Milan Centro Storico
DAY03
Depart Milan → Resume to Venice
Overnight in Resume to Venice
- 09:00Depart Milan· start
- 12:30⭐ Verona
- 16:00Resume to Venice· overnight
Accommodation
Mestre or Piazzale Roma area
Food
- tortellini in brodo · somewhere on Via Mazzini
DAY04
Bus to Piazzale Roma → Dorsoduro wander
Overnight in Dorsoduro wander
- 08:30Bus to Piazzale Roma, walk· start
- 09:00⭐ Basilica di San Marco
- 12:00Rialto Market & cicchetti crawl
- 15:00Dorsoduro wander· overnight
Accommodation
Mestre or Piazzale Roma area
DAY05
Bologna → Florence
Overnight in Florence
- 11:30⭐ Bologna· start
- 18:00Florence· overnight
Accommodation
Florence Santa Maria Novella station area
DAY06
Galleria degli Uffizi → Piazzale Michelangelo sunset
Overnight in Piazzale Michelangelo sunset
- 08:00⭐ Galleria degli Uffizi· start
- 12:30Mercato Centrale upstairs
- 15:00Piazza della Signoria & Ponte Vecchio
- 17:00Piazzale Michelangelo sunset· overnight
Accommodation
Florence Santa Maria Novella station area
DAY07
Depart Florence → Colosseum
- 08:00Depart Florence· start
- 11:00⭐ Orvieto
- 15:00Final push to Rome
- 17:30⭐ Colosseum
Accommodation
Rome Termini/Esquilino area
Heads Up
- Longest single leg is 280km, all manageable
- Italian autostrade need toll cash/cards; keep small bills
- ZTL zones in Florence and Rome will bankrupt you—park outside, walk in