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Italy by Rail

8 daysItaly

An easy-to-customize 8-day first trip through Rome, Florence, and Venice, with high-speed rail handoffs, timed-entry notes, walkable days, and optional side trips.

Map & board
Duration
8 days
Destination
Italy
Travel summary
34 places · 21h 01m travel

Estimated budget

€4,020.00

Planning estimates only. Actual spending is never included.

Day 1

Arrive Rome

Hotel ArtemideStay
Via Nazionale 22, Rome, Italy
17m on foot
Trevi Fountain
Piazza di Trevi, Rome, Italy
10m on foot
Pantheon
Piazza della Rotonda, Rome, Italy
9m on foot
Piazza Navona dinnerDining
Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy
36m travel

Day 2

Ancient Rome

38m on foot
9:00 AM
Colosseum
1h 30mPiazza del Colosseo, Rome, Italy
15m on foot
Roman Forum & Palatine Hill
2h 30mVia della Salara Vecchia 5/6, Rome, Italy
19m on foot
Capitoline Hill
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy
19m on foot
Monti aperitivo & dinnerDining
Rione Monti, Rome, Italy
1h 32m travel

Day 3

Vatican & historic center

About 17m by public transit
8:30 AM
Vatican Museums
3h 00mViale Vaticano, Vatican City
24m on foot
St. Peter's Basilica
Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City
21m on foot
Castel Sant’Angelo
Lungotevere Castello 50, Rome, Italy
32m on foot
Trastevere eveningDining
Trastevere, Rome, Italy
1h 34m travel

Day 4

Rome → Florence

1h 30m by public transit
9:00 AM
Rome Termini → Florence SMNTravel
1h 30mRoma Termini, Rome, Italy
Walk
25hours Hotel Piazza San PaolinoStay
Piazza di San Paolino 1, Florence, Italy
14m on foot
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Italy
35m on foot
Piazzale Michelangelo sunset
Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, Italy
34m on foot
Oltrarno dinnerDining
Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy
2h 53m travel

Day 5

Renaissance Florence

13m on foot
8:15 AM
Uffizi Gallery
2h 30mPiazzale degli Uffizi 6, Florence, Italy
4m on foot
Ponte Vecchio
Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy
21m on foot
Mercato Centrale lunchDining
Piazza del Mercato Centrale, Florence, Italy
9m on foot
3:00 PM
Accademia Gallery & Michelangelo's David
1h 15mVia Ricasoli 58/60, Florence, Italy
11m on foot
5:00 PM
Duomo climb
1h 15mPiazza del Duomo, Florence, Italy
58m travel

Day 6

Florence → Venice

2h 15m by public transit
9:30 AM
Florence SMN → Venice Santa LuciaTravel
2h 15mFirenze Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
About 7h 16m by public transit
Ca’ Pisani Deco HotelStay
Dorsoduro 979A, Venice, Italy
20m on foot
Rialto Bridge & market lanes
Ponte di Rialto, Venice, Italy
9m on foot
St. Mark’s Square after day-trippers leave
Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
16m on foot
Cicchetti crawlDining
Cannaregio, Venice, Italy
10h 15m travel

Day 7

Venice & the lagoon

4m on foot
Rialto Market
Campo de la Pescaria, Venice, Italy
11m on foot
10:00 AM
St. Mark's Basilica
1h 15mPiazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
4m on foot
12:00 PM
Doge's Palace
2h 00mPiazza San Marco 1, Venice, Italy
50m by ferry
Burano
Burano, Venice, Italy
About 49m by ferry
Grand Canal at blue hour
Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
1h 59m travel

Day 8

Departure

Walk
Dorsoduro morning walk
Dorsoduro, Venice, Italy
1h 15m by ferry
Venice Marco Polo AirportTravel
Viale Galileo Galilei 30, Venice, Italy
1h 15m travel

Ideas

not scheduled yet
Tuscany wine-country day trip
Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
Bologna lunch stopDining
Bologna, Italy
Tivoli: Villa d’Este
Piazza Trento 5, Tivoli, Italy

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