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Italy South–North

I’m reading this as a driving-only 10-day Italy road trip from south to north; one heads-up: Castello Utveggio is in Palermo, Sicily, so I’ve kept it as the southern launch point and made the first mainland jump by car ferry, not flight/train.

10days
27stops
2367km

The route

Tap a day or a town

You sleep in Messina · Matera · Amalfi · Rome · Siena · Venice · Cortina d'Ampezzo · Malcesine — start in Palermo, end in Varenna.

DAY01

Depart → Messina

351 km · 5h 5m driving · Overnight in Messina
  1. 09:00
    Depart· start
  2. 275 km · 3h 17m
  3. 09:45
    Castello Utveggio
  4. 53 km · 49m
  5. 13:30
    Teatro Antico di Taormina
  6. 24 km · 59m
  7. 17:30
    ⭐ Messina· overnight
Accommodation
Messina ferry-port area
DAY02

Depart → Matera

370 km · 6h 44m driving · long drive · Overnight in Matera Sassi
  1. 08:00
    Depart· start
  3. 10:30
    Lungomare Falcomatà
  4. 370 km · 6h 44m
  5. 16:30
    ⭐ Matera Sassi· overnight
Accommodation
Matera Sassi edge
DAY03

Depart → Amalfi

213 km · 4h 1m driving · Overnight in Amalfi
  1. 09:00
    Depart· start
  3. 09:15
    Belvedere Luigi Guerricchio
  4. 0.7 km · 10m
  5. 11:00
    Casa Grotta nei Sassi
  6. 212 km · 3h 51m
  7. 17:00
    ⭐ Amalfi· overnight
Accommodation
Amalfi or Atrani
DAY04

Depart → Castel Sant'Angelo

276 km · 5h 10m driving · Overnight in Castel Sant'Angelo
  1. 08:30
    Depart· start
  3. 09:15
    Positano
  4. 0.6 km · 10m
  5. 11:30
    Belvedere di Via Cristoforo Colombo
  6. 275 km · 5h
  7. 17:00
    ⭐ Castel Sant'Angelo· overnight
Accommodation
Prati or near Piazza Navona
DAY05

Depart → Siena

231 km · 4h 20m driving · Overnight in Siena
  1. 08:30
    Depart· start
  3. 09:00
    Colosseo
  4. 2.4 km · 10m
  5. 12:00
    Spanish Steps
  6. 229 km · 4h 10m
  7. 17:30
    ⭐ Siena· overnight
Accommodation
Siena historic-edge area
DAY06

Depart → Rialto Bridge

312 km · 5h 49m driving · Overnight in Rialto Bridge
  1. 09:00
    Depart· start
  3. 09:30
    Piazza del Campo
  4. 311 km · 5h 39m
  5. 15:30
    Piazzale Roma
  6. 1.7 km · 10m
  7. 17:00
    ⭐ Rialto Bridge· overnight
Accommodation
Venice Santa Croce/Cannaregio or Mestre with parking
DAY07

Piazza San Marco → Cortina d'Ampezzo

173 km · 3h 8m driving · Overnight in Cortina d'Ampezzo
  1. 08:45
    ⭐ Piazza San Marco· start
  2. 160 km · 2h 54m
  3. 15:00
    Lago di Misurina
  4. 13 km · 14m
  5. 17:30
    Cortina d'Ampezzo· overnight
Accommodation
Cortina d’Ampezzo
DAY08

Depart → Malcesine

273 km · 4h 57m driving · Overnight in Malcesine
  1. 08:00
    Depart· start
  3. 09:30
    Passo Gardena
  4. 126 km · 2h 17m
  5. 13:30
    Lago di Resia
  6. 147 km · 2h 40m
  7. 17:30
    ⭐ Malcesine· overnight
Accommodation
Malcesine or Riva del Garda
DAY09

Depart → Varenna

168 km · 3h 3m driving · Overnight in Varenna
  1. 09:00
    Depart· start
  3. 09:30
    Limone sul Garda
  4. 157 km · 2h 51m
  5. 15:00
    Villa del Balbiano
  6. 11 km · 12m
  7. 17:30
    ⭐ Varenna· overnight
Accommodation
Varenna or nearby Perledo
DAY10

Depart

  1. 09:00
    Depart
Heads Up
  • Day 2: 6h 16m driving — plan rest stops