The Final 10 Days in Italy Itinerary

If treasure chest was a rustic, Italy is one filled with historical past, tradition, style and deliciousness. Rome resonates with tales of gladiators and emperors. Venice is filled with romantic canals and quirky bridges. Florence buzzes with Renaissance structure and world-famous artwork. And each spot on this 10 Days in Italy Itinerary is like opening a brand new treasure chest!

Pour in a pleasing Mediterranean local weather, a steaming sizzling pizza or a plate of pasta and the scent of a freshly brewed espresso and you’ve got a profitable recipe for a 10-day vacation. Are you able to see all of it in 10 days? Completely not! Nevertheless it’s lengthy sufficient to get a long-lasting impression of Italy that’ll make you wish to come again for extra. Time and again!

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10 Days in Italy Itinerary FAQ

Italy is a simple nation to journey by. Good roads between main cities (though driving in Italy could be a little bit of an ‘expertise’. I’ll inform you about {that a} bit later!), superb practice connections between cities and pleasant people who find themselves prepared to assist whenever you’re caught. That doesn’t imply you don’t want to organize to your journey although.

Listed below are some issues it’s best to know earlier than you head off to Italy:

The place ought to I fly out and in of?

The 2 major airports to internationally fly out and in of Italy are Milan Malpensa or Rome Fiumicino. This 10 Days in Italy itinerary begins and ends in Rome, so Fiumicino it’s!

One of the simplest ways to get from the airport to town heart of Rome? Take the Leonardo Categorical! It’s a direct shuttle practice that runs each quarter-hour. It takes you to town in just below 32 minutes and prices round $19. A taxi takes not less than 50 minutes and is dearer.

How do I get round Italy?

I discussed earlier that driving is ‘a little bit of an expertise’. Driving in Italy is commonly chaotic, unpredictable and busy. Are Italians unhealthy drivers? I don’t assume so. Everyone is used to the sort of driving, so it’s fantastic, nevertheless it’s in all probability very completely different to your day by day drive at house. 

However why not take the practice? The practice community in Italy is nice! Taking the practice is handy, will get you proper into town (parking in Italian cities is…artistic) and comparatively low-cost. On this 10 Days in Italy Itinerary you’ll go to standard locations, which is very easy to do by practice. So my recommendation is to go for that, until you actually have a very good cause to drive.

What’s the greatest time to go to Italy?

9:00am on a Tuesday morning! Oh, you imply seasons and stuff? In that case, the reply is a bit much less particular.

Spring and autumn are in all probability the very best time to go to for many vacationers. That is when temperatures are between 60℉ and 70℉, so fairly nice. One other large benefit is that cities usually are not full of different vacationers. In fact will probably be busy, as a result of Italy is a well-liked vacation spot, however nothing just like the crowds that go to in summer season.

Do you not like ready in line for every thing? Do you want your images with as little strangers as potential? Winter is your season to go to Italy! It doesn’t actually get freezing chilly within the Mediterranean both, with gentle temperatures between 30℉ and 50℉. In case you avoid the mountains, in fact!

Don’t write off summer season although! I personally love Italy in summer season. It might probably get very busy at vacationer locations, however to me that’s Italy at its greatest: lovely websites loved by a number of individuals. It fills the squares and streets with a buzzing ambiance. In case you’re into images, you might have observed the standard hazy gentle in Italy. I’ve solely seen that in summer season. Sure, summer season in Italy is sizzling and crowded, however I’m all for it.

10 Days in Italy Itinerary

Now you realize just about every thing you have to put together to your journey, let’s see what you are able to do in 10 days in Italy. We’ve got created an thrilling itinerary that permits you to expertise the highlights of Italy. Not all of them, however I suppose you’d simply have to come back again for extra. 

Day 1: Arrival in Rome

• Immediately you’ll arrive in Italy’s magnificent capital, also called the Everlasting Metropolis.

Don’t run off to the Colosseum or Vatican Metropolis but! Let’s take it simple at present, as you’ve solely simply arrived. Rome is a stunning metropolis to discover on foot, so let’s go for a stroll to get your whereabouts.

The Spanish steps are an excellent first cease in your stroll. Have a espresso (espresso if you wish to do just like the Italians; milky espresso is just for breakfast) and one of many many pastries at Trecaffe Due Macelli on Through Dei Due Macelli 107. Can’t select? I believe you’ll be able to by no means go unsuitable with a cornetto al pistacchio, a cone-shaped croissant stuffed with pistachio cream.

Stroll on to the well-known Trevi Fountain. The favored exercise right here is to face along with your again in direction of the fountain, then throw in a coin along with your proper hand over your left shoulder. The legend goes that in case you throw one coin, it means you’ll return to Rome. In case you throw two cash, you’ll fall in love with an Italian. In case you throw three cash, you’ll marry that particular person. I attempted it and one thing superb occurred! I left with much less cash than I got here with.

Proceed your leisurely stroll in direction of the Pantheon, on to the Discussion board and the Colosseum. Don’t go in, however simply admire them from the surface. You’ll quickly determine that Rome is like an open-air museum. This stroll takes lower than an hour in case you stroll it in a single go, however you’ll be able to simply spend just a few hours admiring town and taking images. It’s so spectacular.

You have to be hungry by now! In case you ask any Roman (that’s a resident of Rome, not a legionnaire) the place you may get some good meals, the reply would be the Trastevere neighborhood. This space is known for its many bars and eating places, and I find it irresistible on the finish of the afternoon when the realm fills up and it creates a bustling ambiance. Suppose individuals consuming and ingesting exterior, cobblestone squares and slender streets, grapevines hanging over your head.

Stroll throughout the river Tiber to get to Trastevere. Have dinner at Osteria Nonnarella, for genuine Roman delicacies that tastes prefer it’s made by an Italian grandma (perhaps it’s, who is aware of?).

The place to Keep in Rome

When in Rome…it’s greatest to be in the midst of all of it. I actually preferred Resort Fellini, which gives 3-star consolation and is simply a stone’s throw away from the Trevi Fountain. All the primary websites are solely a brief stroll away from this nice lodge!

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Day 2: Rome

• Immediately you’ll go to iconic websites just like the Colosseum, Roman Discussion board and Palatine Hill.

Get up slowly with a breakfast buffet and a very good cup of espresso (cappuccinos are allowed this time of day) at your lodge. Immediately you’re going to see some cool iconic sights up-close.

The Colosseum is a type of websites that deeply impressed me. In fact, the construction is iconic and it’s superb to see it nonetheless dominating the skyline of Rome, nevertheless it was the ambiance that actually received me. Being within the stands, wanting down on the sector, you’ll be able to nearly really feel the gladiators preventing beneath, the clamoring of the spectators, the roaring of the lions. Brutal in fact, however very evocative.

I like this tour of the Colosseum, the Roman Discussion board and Palatine Hill. It makes your go to to the Colosseum much more attention-grabbing and provides you unique entry to the sector flooring – you get to enter the sector the identical means the gladiators did! Plus, you’ll be able to skip the road, which could be very a lot wanted when you see how lengthy the traces for the Colosseum are.

After the Colosseum, your information will take you to the Roman Discussion board. I wrote earlier that Rome is an open-air museum and this may’t be extra true for the Discussion board. This was once the hub for politics and socialising in historical Rome. Stroll round this space, introduced alive by your information by tales and details, to get a vivid concept of what it was wish to stay in Rome all through the centuries.

The tour concludes at Palatine Hill. That is an important of seven hills in and round Rome. This place has been inhabited since 1,000 BC and is believed to be the middle from which Rome grew into town it’s now. You’ll see some lovely ruins of majestic palaces, and the views of town are spectacular from right here.

Time for lunch, after a busy morning! Take pleasure in a pleasant pizza at Pizzeria Acqua & Farina.

The Appian Method is a well-known historical major street simply exterior town heart. This street runs from Rome to Brindisi within the ‘heel’ of Italy. It was used to produce the Roman military with provides. The stretch alongside Rome is just below 10 miles lengthy. Alongside the way in which you see historical basilicas and catacombs you’ll be able to go to. 

You possibly can stroll or cycle the Appian Method, however you’ve had a busy morning, so I’ll go simple on you. This golf cart tour is extra stress-free and extra enjoyable. This tour takes round 2.5 hours and also you’ll get to see extra of the Appian means than simply strolling alone and it additionally features a 30-minute strolling tour of the Catacombs of Rome. Che bello!

Head to Trastevere once more for dinner at Tonarello, a comfortable Italian restaurant. You’ve received to attempt the pasta with meatballs right here. Alternatively, in case you nonetheless have sufficient power, I like to recommend a Trastevere Meals Tour as a substitute. An area foodie takes you spherical all the very best locations on this fashionable space, with a whole lot of stops to attempt native meals and wines. 

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Day 3: Rome

• Immediately you’ll discover St. Peters’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums.

After one other pretty breakfast buffet in your lodge, it’s time to go to a brand new nation. Wait, what? That is the ten Days in Italy Itinerary, proper? 

Vatican Metropolis is formally an impartial nation, proper in the midst of Rome. It’s the residence of the Pope, and most different residents are monks and nuns from all around the world. Vatican Metropolis is a highly regarded place to go to – so standard that in my first go to to Rome I walked over to the Vatican, noticed the traces and circled instantly. I’d have needed to wait in line between one to 2 hours to get in.

Again then, skip-the-line tickets weren’t a factor, so that you received’t have that downside now. Until you wish to wait in line in fact, as a type of bizarre achievement factor. Vatican Metropolis is just not very large, however there’s a lot to see. St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums that are filled with well-known artwork. Add the plenty of tourists to that, and you may simply spend an entire day there, together with queuing up.

A guided tour of the Vatican enables you to skip the road and see all of the highlights this micro-state has to supply, led by a educated information. This fashion you see the highlights in about 2.5 to three hours. Don’t neglect to take a look on the traces whenever you stroll previous. It’s price it for that alone!

Afterwards, have lunch at The Loft, simply exterior Vatican Metropolis. This superior Italian brewpub is a superb spot for a beer and a lightweight lunch. A sharing platter with native meats, cheeses, tomatoes and olives hits the spot.

Any meal in Italy – besides breakfast – can take hours. A number of programs, a glass of wine in between every. chat and a very good views. Take your time, have a glass of wine, attempt some gentle bites, unwind…or completely be like me and be again exterior inside half-hour.

Immediately’s itinerary ends a bit later than ordinary, so there’s nothing deliberate this afternoon. Wish to discover streets, squares and alleys to see what yow will discover? Go for it! Wish to go searching for some Italian style? That is the place! Pondering of going again to the lodge for a nap? Go all out, however set your alarm for dinner! (Belief me, I’ve been there earlier than, waking up at midnight confused, pondering I’ve been asleep for 2 days!)

Dinner at Pasta e Vino Osteria in – guess the place? – Trastevere. This restaurant’s title tells you precisely what to anticipate right here. That is the place you go for a hearty bowl of pasta and a glass of nice wine, though the steaks are fairly spectacular too!

At 8:30pm, it’s time for an superior night exercise. The paranormal evening strolling tour takes you thru the key backstreets of Rome, previous locations haunted by paranormal exercise, the place ugly executions have taken place. Will you see something? Who is aware of! The information is nice and is aware of tips on how to inform a spooky story. Shivers down my backbone (and it wasn’t even chilly)!

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Day 4: Arrival in Florence

• Immediately you’ll journey from Rome to Florence and discover town!

This morning, after breakfast within the lodge and testing, take a practice from Rome to Florence. The practice departs from Roma Termini station and takes you on to Firenze Santa Maria Novella station. The journey takes round an hour and a half.

Examine into your room for 2 nights. After you’ve made your self at house, it’s time to discover this metropolis the Italians nicknamed ‘La Bella’ (The Stunning). Florence could be very walkable, so let’s get on the market.

However…lunch first. Let’s begin your Florence journey with a sandwich from I’ Girone De’ Ghiotti. A sandwich? I do know, however these are nice. Suppose freshly baked focaccia, contemporary chilly meats, the very best tomatoes and greens…fingers down the very best sandwiches of Florence. 

Spend the afternoon strolling by town. Take your time and soak all of it up. Go to Piazza della Signoria, which isn’t simply your common sq.. It’s like an open-air exhibition with some very well-known sculptures. A replica of Michelangelo’s David, for instance, or ‘“Perseus with the Head of Medusa” by Cellini. Even the fountain is a mixture of beautiful sculptures.

You’ve noticed a replica, nevertheless it’s time to see the unique “David” sculpture by Michelangelo. You’ll discover him inside Galleria dell’Accademia. There’s positively a buzz right here amongst the guests. David is type of a giant factor, nearly like a celeb. The remainder of the gallery is house to lesser-known works by Michelangelo, some even unfinished. It’s like visiting his workshop again within the day.

Galleria dell’Academia will get fairly busy, so skip-the-line tickets are really useful!

Stroll previous the Cathedral of Florence, the Duomo di Firenze, which is spectacular to say the least! The central dome is gigantic. It’s the largest construction ever constructed by brick. Ever! Most main cities in Italy have a cathedral, however the white marble and darkish inexperienced home windows make this one stand out! You possibly can even climb to the highest for an incredible view. And sore calves the day after!

Attempt to plan your stroll so that you just’ll attain Ponte Vecchio (Previous Bridge) at round sundown. This well-known bridge was inbuilt 1345, so sure, it’s a fairly outdated bridge certainly. By way of the centuries, the bridge has at all times been house to merchants and shopkeepers, which continues to be the case now. 

Why sundown? Effectively, I believe the bridge is particularly lovely on a sunny day, about an hour earlier than the solar goes down. The sunshine will get this tender, yellow glow, which makes the bridge look beautiful.

Have dinner at La Buchetta (be sure to e-book a desk beforehand). This old-school Italian bistro serves traditional pasta dishes, ravioli and steak dishes. Steak Florentine, anybody? I had superb gnocchi right here, garnished with edible flowers, and tiramisu for dessert. It was in all probability the very best meal I ever had in Italy. There, I stated it! 

The place to Keep in Florence

Town heart of Florence is so compact you could simply stroll all over the place. Residenza Benizzi is close to Ponte Vecchio, which is each handy and beautiful! The fashionable rooms are very trendy and tremendous comfy, some with views of the Cathedral. The lodge serves an excellent breakfast too!

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Day 5: Florence

• Immediately you’ll be amazed by the creative and historic delights of Florence by visiting the Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti.

Take pleasure in breakfast at your lodge. Breakfast is gentle, with espresso and single-portion snacks you’ll be able to take out or eat there. 

Florence is town of Renaissance artwork, so I suppose you realize what’s coming. Spend the morning visiting the Uffizi. This is likely one of the most well-known galleries on the planet and a must-visit in Florence. Now, the Uffizi is not only your common gallery. It’s large! I’m speaking about 100 rooms and greater than 2,200 work. Yeah, you possibly can spend all day right here. Don’t although, we’ve extra to see!

I made an inventory of works you should see within the Uffizi (and even that can take all morning!):

• “Primavera” by Sandro Botticelli
• “The Delivery of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli
• “Madonna of the Goldfinch” by Raphael
• “Annunciation” by Leonardo da Vinci
• “Madonna with the Lengthy Neck” by Parmigianino
• “Venus of Urbino” by Titian
• “Doni Tondo” by Michelangelo
• “Medusa” by Caravaggio
• “Laocoön and His Sons” by Baccio Bandinelli

Are you after some genuine Florentine delicacies for lunch? I do know simply the place! Mangiafuoco Bracerie serves scrumptious genuine meals. Strive the pappa al pomodoro, which is a soup made with Tuscan ribbed tomatoes. The soup is so thick it’s nearly like a tomato porridge. Sounds bizarre, tastes superb!

This afternoon you’ll go to Palazzo Pitti, one of the vital iconic buildings of Florence. This palace began out as a home, constructed by Luca Pitti, who lived right here and died earlier than it was finalized. Dynasties that adopted all lived right here and had the home expanded, till it turned the palace it’s now. It homes just a few museums which show silverware, jewellery and porcelain collections, in addition to Renaissance work and trendy artwork.

Boboli Gardens are – properly – the gardens of the palace. These superbly landscaped grounds cowl 111 acres, so you’ll be able to stroll right here for hours, questioning what it have to be wish to have lived right here. And what it will be wish to get misplaced in your personal backyard!

The palace and gardens are highly regarded points of interest, so it’s a good suggestion to get skip-the-line tickets right here, or e-book a guided tour of the palace and gardens in case you like to listen to extra in regards to the households that lived in Palazzo Pitti, their historical past and their lives. The tales make your go to a richer expertise.

Have dinner at Angel Roofbar & Eating. This thrilling restaurant is positioned on the roof terrace of Resort Calimala. The rooftop has three ranges. There’s a restaurant, two bars and a 360° panoramic patio. The southern Mediterranean meals is totally scrumptious.

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Day 6: Arrival in Venice

• Immediately you’ll journey to this one-of-a-kind metropolis and take a beautiful gondola experience.

Begin the day early with breakfast at your lodge in Florence, then it’s time to pack and go away. After check-out, take a morning practice from Firenze Santa Maria Novella station to Venezia Santa Lucia station. This can be a direct service that takes you through Bologna and Padova to Venice, so that you don’t want to vary. It’s a 5-hour journey, so it’s a good suggestion to seize some lunch and snacks to eat on the practice.

Arriving in Venice is a surreal expertise that I’ll always remember. You arrive on the station, get off the practice, stroll by the corridor in direction of the exit. To date so good…however then whenever you come out, there are simply boats all over the place as a substitute of vehicles. Sure, I had seen photos of Venice and I do know it has canals as a substitute of roads. However really seeing it was so not like every other metropolis, that nothing might’ve ready me for this.

Examine-in on the lodge the place you’ll keep for 2 nights. Clean up and get on the market to discover this metropolis locals nicknamed Serenissima (The Serene).

Have you learnt what I actually love to do in Venice? Simply wandering round! Put your map down, don’t use Google Maps, however simply stroll wherever you are feeling like going. Neglect in regards to the well-known locations for now. This fashion you’ll be able to actually discover some hidden gems in Venice, whether or not it’s a restaurant, a picturesque road or canal, or an ideal spot for an image. The romantic canals are nice for exploring!

Stroll round so long as you want, however go away an hour or so for probably the most cliche factor you are able to do on this metropolis. Take into consideration Venice and also you see a pair sitting in a gondola, cuddled up. The gondolier slowly pushes the boat by the romantic canals, whereas singing “O sole mio”. The couple’s faces slowly transferring in direction of one another, slurping the identical strand of spaghetti, till they…Wait, was that in Venice? 

Anyway, you get the purpose. That is so cliche it’s a must to do it! You’ll by no means forgive your self in case you’ve been to Venice and also you didn’t get to experience the canals in a gondola. Whether or not you might be there as a pair, with buddies, or using solo (mio), simply go for it. 

Gondola rides are so standard there was fierce competitors amongst gondoliers. Due to this fact an official tariff is now in place. A 30-minute experience prices round $88. In case you’d just like the gondolier to sing or play an instrument (are you able to play the grand piano please?), it’ll value further.

In case you don’t thoughts sharing a gondola with others, you’ll be able to e-book a gondola experience right here for a really cheap $45 – typically even much less if it’s on provide. The variety of individuals per gondola is small, so it’s nonetheless a reasonably non-public expertise.

Do boat rides make you hungry too? Head to Bacaro Quebrado for dinner. This tavern-style restaurant serves phenomenal traditional pasta dishes. I really like al fresco eating, and this restaurant has out of doors seating. You mainly sit proper on the street, watching individuals stroll by.

The place to Keep in Venice

Town of Venice is constructed on 118 small islands (however there are a great deal of different islands within the Lagoon of Venice), surrounded by canals. They’re linked by 438 bridges. Fairly spectacular! Town is split into six districts. For this brief keep, I’d advise to remain across the Grand Canal. The Rosa Salva Resort is a superb place to remain. Trendy design rooms in an outdated constructing and tremendous comfy beds. Employees is pleasant and it’s solely a brief stroll away from Piazza San Marco.

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Day 7: Venice

• Immediately we’ll go to Piazza San Marco and the Doge Palace.

Have a standard Italian breakfast at Rosa Salva this morning, which is actually a pastry and a small cappuccino or espresso. The café with the identical title is simply exterior your lodge, and occurs to be among the finest pastry outlets in Venice. Fortunate you!

In Venice, all roads – properly, canals – result in Piazza San Marco. Not actually, however even in case you simply stroll round you’ll finally find yourself on the centrally positioned St Mark’s Sq.. It’s price a go to!

Strolling round this sq. at all times appears like going again in time. I don’t know whether or not it’s the spectacular buildings just like the Doge’s Palace or the Byzantine structure of St Mark’s Basilica, or if it’s simply the big clear area in an in any other case built-up metropolis. Both means, spend a while simply being on the piazza, soaking all of it in.

Seeing the Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Basilica is greatest completed with a guided tour. You get a enjoyable and attention-grabbing expertise, educated guides and also you get to skip the road. The grandeur of each buildings is really spectacular. The tour begins at 10am at Riva Degli Schiavoni and takes about three hours, which flies by because it’s so attention-grabbing.

It’s tempting to discover a restaurant on Piazza San Marco, however I’d discover one thing a bit farther away. Most locations cost extraordinary costs for meals and drinks, typically by charging excessive coperta, which means “cowl” cost, which is the price charged in Italian eating places simply to sit down on the desk. Usually it’s €2 or €3 per particular person, however on this sq. it appears the sky’s the restrict.

Solely a few minutes’ stroll away from Piazza San Marco is Pako’s Pizza and Pasta, which is a hole-the-wall restaurant for takeout pizza and Italian quick meals. And it’s good too! Fast is sweet on this case, as a result of your subsequent tour begins at 2:00 pm and leaves from Piazza San Marco.

Fortunately it’s a ship experience, so nothing too energetic after strolling by the majestic buildings of Piazza San Marco. This tour visits two of the islands of Venice: Burano and Murano and takes 4 hours in complete.

Burano Island is known for its colourful homes and lace manufacturing, whereas Murano is thought for Murano Glass in fact. Are you able to go to two islands in 4 hours? Sure, nevertheless it’s smart to e-book a tour in case you simply have a day, because the timing simply works. 

You possibly can go to the islands by yourself as properly, taking a vaporetto, which is sort of a water bus if that is smart. No, it hasn’t received wheels. It’s an everyday public transport boat service. Strains 4.1, 4.2, 12 and 13 go to Murano. Line 12 takes you from Murano to Burano.

Visiting the islands by public transport takes a bit longer and will get busy, so that you may need to attend for the following vaporetto. In case you don’t really feel like reserving a tour and slightly go by yourself, I’d advise to only go to one island. Between the 2, Murano can be my selection. The glass-blowing is cool to see and there are extra vaporetto companies again to Venice.

Again in Venice, have dinner at RistoPub Rossini. This restaurant has an excellent vibe and actually good burgers and steaks. I do know, I do know, it’s type of unsuitable to not eat Italian meals in Italy, however the burgers (and beers!) are a pleasant change from pasta and pizza.

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Day 8: Arrival Amalfi Coast – Positano

• Immediately you’ll journey from Venice to Positano, on the Amalfi Coast.

Have breakfast at Pasticceria Rosa Salva. Why change a very good factor, proper? Plus, there are at all times new pastries to attempt.

An early begin at present, as you’ll journey loads. Aim is to get to Positano on the world-famous Amalfi Coast. You actually can’t come to Italy with out seeing this beautiful shoreline. In case you consider the map of Italy as a protracted boot, then Positano is the place you’d lace them up – properly, relying on how tall the boot is in fact. Or be sophisticated and take a look at a map in case you like. 

A protracted journey, nevertheless it’ll be price it. It’s about 5 and a half hours from Venice to Naples by practice, after which it’s a must to take a ferry that can take you to Positano in round 1.5 hours. It will likely be a restful journey although, with a direct practice service to Naples that prices round $100.

If you wish to velocity issues up, you possibly can choose to fly from Venice to Naples. The flight time is an hour and twenty minutes. Ryanair flies right here for ver low costs, however you have to pay further for giant cabin luggage or to check-in baggage.

To get from Naples to Positano, I desire to take the ferry. It prices round $37 and takes round 90 minutes. It sits in between taking the bus, which takes 2.5 hours however is barely cheaper, and taking a taxi, which takes an hour however prices between £250 and £300. All of it relies on your preferences and the way many individuals you’re with.

Take it simple upon arrival. Examine in to your lodge and revel in being on one of the vital lovely coasts in Italy, even perhaps in Europe. The Amalfi Coast is known for its pebbled seashores, deep blue water and colourful cities nestled in inexperienced hills and cliffs. All of the cities on the Amalfi Coast are lovely, however Positano is totally beautiful and it has every thing you want. After which there’s the meals! Suppose superb Italian delicacies, however with contemporary sea-food. It’s breathtaking to be right here!

If you wish to have a while to loosen up by the ocean, I can actually advocate strolling all the way down to Marina Grande Seashore. It’s probably the most well-known seaside in Positano. That is the place you have to take your Instagram picture, with Positano nestled on the hill within the background. Don’t neglect it’s a must to stroll up once more. There’s a cause they name this ‘the vertical city’. 

Tonight is the right night for a sluggish dinner, with southern Italian meals and a very good glass of wine. The type of five-course dinner that takes hours, like solely the Italians can take pleasure in. Ristorante Da Constantino is a superb place for it. Perched on high of a hill, you’ll be able to take pleasure in conventional Italian seafood dishes with superb views of the ocean.

The place to Keep in Positano

Though Positano is just not too large of a city, it’s a must to bear in mind it’s constructed on a cliff. It’s good to be close to the city centre, so that you don’t should stroll too far (again up). Villa Palumbo is a superb place to remain. It gives easy however comfy and properly adorned rooms with balconies with a view. A beautiful breakfast is served to your room within the morning, so you’ll be able to take pleasure in it on the balcony!

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Day 9: Positano

• Immediately you’ll take a full day boat tour of the Amalfi Coast!

Begin with a stunning dolce vita breakfast in your balcony.

Immediately you’ll go on a full day boat tour alongside the Amalfi Coast. Why? As a result of staying in Positano, or any of the opposite cities is superb, however you’ll be able to solely totally recognize this beautiful coast it from the water. Plus, there’s nothing extra ‘dolce vita’ than cruising the Amalfi Coast in a small boat, sipping wine and consuming snacks. It’s one of the best ways to expertise the Amalfi Coast in at some point, whereas being sorted and having every thing taken care of!

This boat tour begins and ends in Sorrento, which is about half an hour by taxi from Positano. In the course of the tour you’ll sail alongside the Amalfi Coast, with lovely stops for a swim within the crystal-clear sea. You additionally cease in Amalfi and…Positano. The boat and the guides are superb. They make you are feeling fully comfortable and know loads in regards to the Amalfi Coast. Prosecco and snacks are included too. You may have time for lunch at one of many stops and the guides can advocate some unbelievable eating places.

I can hear you pondering: why not keep in Sorrento and begin the tour from there? Most excursions begin from Sorrento, as a result of it’s a higher linked city when it comes to transport. It’s a stunning city and in case you’d stayed on this space for – let’s say – per week, I’d completely advocate you to make use of Sorrento as your base to discover the Amalfi Coast, Vesuvius and Pompeii. However for 2 nights, nothing can beat staying in Positano, proper within the coronary heart of the Amalfi Coast. It’s a lot smaller, intimate and staying right here appears like a particular deal with.

The boat tour leaves Sorrento at 9:30 AM, so plan your bus or taxi accordingly. Another choice is to ask the organizers if they will choose you up in Positano (at an additional cost). 

When you’re again in Positano, have dinner at Restaurant Il Tridente. I don’t know if the view or the meals is healthier, however that’s a very good factor when in Positano! Want to have a fast discover of Sorrento? I can advocate Restaurant La Locanda del Gusto, for scrumptious southern home-style Italian meals.

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Day 10: Positano – Rome

• Immediately you’ll journey again to Rome to catch your flight house.

This can be your final breakfast of your journey, so let’s go for one thing particular. I can’t allow you to go away Positano – or Italy even – and not using a breakfast at Posides. That’s how good it’s!

Immediately is the final day of this superb 10 days in Italy itinerary. Relying in your flight again house, be sure to go away on time. Touring again to Rome Fiumicino Airport takes about 4-5 hours(ah, the bliss of being in a shocking however distant place). That doesn’t imply will probably be boring. There are alternative ways to get again, however I discovered that taking a ferry to Salerno, then a practice on to Rome labored very well. Taking the ferry to Salerno, then the practice to Rome is straightforward, most cost-effective and takes about 4.5 hours. 

• Please notice whenever you select to take the ferry to Salerno, to take the one to Piazza Concordia, which is true by the practice station. Molo Manfredi is the opposite ferry port, which is miles from the station.

That’s it, your 10-days in Italy itinerary! That is the right itinerary – or not less than a tenet – to see Italy’s highlights in 10 days.

Day 10 Abstract

• Breakfast in your non-public balcony
• Journey from Positano to Rome Fiumicino Airport to your flight again

About Our Contributor: David Breeker loves visiting Italy. The combo of artwork, historical past, meals and vibe makes Italy one among his favourite international locations that he retains coming again to. 

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