Italy in 10 Days — 10 days
From Milan to Palermo — the grand journey. Day-by-day itinerary: Milan; Lake Como; Milan → Bologna; Florence.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Milan
- 09:00 — Arrival at Milan MXP
- 14:00 — Milan Cathedral + Galleria Vittorio Emanuele — Milan
- Walk to Santa Maria delle Grazie — Milan → Santa Maria delle Grazie
- 17:00 — Leonardo's Last Supper (book up to 3 months ahead!) — Santa Maria delle Grazie
- 21:00 — Hotel in Brera, Milan
Day 2 — Lake Como
- 09:00 — Train Milan → Como (40 min)
- 11:00 — Lake Como ferry — Bellagio — Lake Como
- Walk into Bellagio — Lake Como → Bellagio
- 14:00 — Bellagio — a charming village — Bellagio
- 18:00 — Back to Milan
- 21:00 — Hotel in Milan
Day 3 — Milan → Bologna
- 10:00 — Frecciarossa Milan → Bologna (1h)
- 12:00 — Bologna — the Fat, the Red, the Learned — Bologna
- 13:30 — Tortellini in brodo + Lambrusco
- 17:00 — Train → Florence (35 min)
- 19:00 — Hotel in Florence
Day 4 — Florence
- 08:30 — Uffizi Gallery — Botticelli
- 13:00 — Ponte Vecchio + Palazzo Pitti
- 17:00 — Piazzale Michelangelo at sunset
- 20:00 — Bistecca alla fiorentina
Day 5 — Tuscany → Rome
- 09:00 — Siena — Piazza del Campo
- 14:00 — Train → Rome (1h30)
- 16:30 — Colosseum + Palatine Hill
- 21:00 — Hotel in central Rome
Day 6 — Rome
- 08:30 — Vatican — Sistine Chapel + St Peter's
- 14:00 — Borghese + Trevi Fountain + Pantheon
- 20:00 — Trastevere — pizza al taglio + tiramisu
Day 7 — Naples & Pompeii
- 09:00 — Frecciarossa Rome → Naples (1h10)
- 11:00 — Pompeii — the city buried by Vesuvius — Pompeii
- Train to Naples — Pompeii → Naples
- 16:00 — Naples' Quartieri Spagnoli + Spaccanapoli — Naples
- 20:00 — Original pizza margherita at a historic Naples pizzeria
- 22:00 — Hotel in Naples
Day 8 — Flight to Palermo
- 10:00 — Flight Naples → Palermo (1h)
- 13:00 — Ballarò + Vucciria markets, Palermo — Palermo
- 17:00 — Palermo Cathedral + Palatine Chapel — Palermo
- 21:00 — Hotel in Palermo
Day 9 — Agrigento & the Valley of the Temples
- 09:00 — Bus → Agrigento (2h)
- 12:00 — UNESCO Valley of the Temples — Agrigento
- 17:00 — Back to Palermo
- 20:00 — Arancini + Sicilian cannoli
- 22:00 — Hotel in Palermo
Day 10 — Palermo & Departure
- 09:00 — Mondello — Palermo's beach — Mondello
- 12:30 — Sfincione (Sicilian pizza) by the port
- 14:00 — Taxi → Falcone-Borsellino Airport PMO
- 17:30 — Return flight from Palermo