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Italy'S Heart & Soul

This route keeps you in Italy's densest belt of world-class cities without the exhaustion of trying to do everything.

7days
23stops
DAY01

Fiumicino → Pantheon → Piazza Navona → Tr…

Overnight in Pantheon → Piazza Navona → Trevi (evening light)
  1. 09:00
    Fiumicino (FCO) car pickup· start
  3. 10:30
    ⭐ Colosseum & Roman Forum
  5. 14:00
    Campo de' Fiori lunch
  7. 16:00
    Pantheon → Piazza Navona → Trevi (evening light)· overnight
Accommodation
Trastevere
Food
  • Campo de' Fiori lunch · Grab pizza al taglio at Forno Campo de' Fiori, eat it in the piazza watching the market wind down. No sit-down restaurant needed.
DAY02

Depart Rome → Siena evening passeggiata

Overnight in Siena evening passeggiata
  1. 09:00
    Depart Rome· start
  3. 10:30
    ⭐ Orvieto
  5. 15:00
    Drive to Siena area
  7. 17:30
    Siena evening passeggiata· overnight
Accommodation
Siena centro storico
Food
  • Trattoria La Palomba · Lunch for wild boar pasta.
DAY03

Greve in Chianti → Back to Siena

Overnight in Back to Siena
  1. 10:00
    ⭐ Greve in Chianti· start
  3. 14:00
    Radda in Chianti or Castellina
  5. 17:00
    Back to Siena· overnight
Accommodation
Siena centro storico
DAY04

Depart Siena → Ponte Vecchio & Oltrarno

Overnight in Ponte Vecchio & Oltrarno
  1. 09:00
    Depart Siena· start
  3. 12:00
    ⭐ Florence
  5. 17:00
    Ponte Vecchio & Oltrarno· overnight
Accommodation
Oltrarno
DAY05

Morning in Florence → Bologna

Overnight in Bologna
  1. 09:00
    Morning in Florence· start
  3. 12:00
    Drive to Bologna
  5. 14:00
    ⭐ Bologna· overnight
Accommodation
Bologna centro storico near Piazza Maggiore
DAY06

Verona → Back to Verona

Overnight in Back to Verona
  1. 11:00
    ⭐ Verona· start
  3. 15:00
    Wine break in Valpolicella
  5. 18:00
    Back to Verona· overnight
Accommodation
Verona centro storico near the Arena
DAY07

Depart Verona → Return to car

  1. 08:30
    Depart Verona· start
  3. 10:00
    ⭐ Venice
  5. 16:00
    Return to car, drive to FCO
Accommodation
Fiumicino airport area
Food
  • bacaro · cicchetti and an ombra of wine
Heads Up
  • Book Duomo dome, Uffizi, and Colosseum underground online in advance — lines waste hours.
  • Park at tram termini in Florence and use T1.
  • Venice parking is painful; Tronchetto is slightly cheaper than Piazzale Roma.
  • ZTLs (limited traffic zones) in every historic center — don't enter without authorization, cameras are ruthless.