Italy · 10 days · Untravel editors
The first-timer triangle by high-speed rail — the icons booked ahead, the trattorias that aren't tourist traps, the trains caught cheap. Ten days gives each city room to breathe.
10 days and 16 stops — Rome, Florence and Venice, with two moves between them. It opens with arrive, evening stroll. Every stop carries the note that put it on the list. Read it all here, no app and no account.
The 10-day Italy itinerary, day by day
Day 01 · Rome
Arrive, evening stroll
Pantheon
An evening walk: Pantheon (~€5), Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain — the free icons, best at night.
Da Enzo al 29
Cacio e pepe in Trastevere — tiny, legendary, queue early.
Day 02 · Rome
Ancient Rome
Colosseum
Colosseum + Roman Forum + Palatine on the combined timed ticket (€18, booked ahead, morning slot) — the Forum and Palatine are included, give them the time.
Flavio al Velavevodetto
Afternoon in Testaccio, the working-class food district. Dinner here.
Day 03 · Rome
The Vatican
Vatican Museums
+ the Sistine Chapel (€25 with the booking fee, early slot — walk briskly to the Sistine first).
St Peter's Basilica
Free entry after the museums; then an afternoon aperitivo and an easy Trastevere dinner.
Day 04 · Rome
Your Rome
Galleria Borghese
Borghese Gallery (book ahead) and its gardens, or a slow Trastevere/Monti wander. Last Roman dinner.
Transfer · day 4 → 5231 km apart
Day 05 · Florence
Arrive into the Renaissance
Ponte Vecchio
High-speed train ~1.5h (booked weeks ago for ~€20). Settle, an evening across the bridge, aperitivo, bistecca at Trattoria Sostanza.
Day 06 · Florence
The masterpieces
Galleria dell'Accademia
David early + the Uffizi (reserved slots). Pace them. Lunch at Trattoria Mario (cash, lunch, no bookings).
Piazzale Michelangelo
Sunset over the city.
Day 07 · Florence
Dome + a Tuscan option
Duomo di Firenze
The dome climb (timed), then a slow Oltrarno afternoon or a half-day to Siena.
Mercato Centrale
Lampredotto — the Florentine tripe-panino street classic — for lunch in the market hall.
Transfer · day 7 → 8204 km apart
Day 08 · Venice
Arrive into the canals
Cantine del Vino già Schiavi
High-speed train ~2h. Settle in Dorsoduro or Cannaregio. Evening cicchetti crawl — già Schiavi (tuna polpette, baccalà) and Cantina Do Mori (oldest bacaro, since 1462). Eat standing, wine by the glass.
Day 09 · Venice
St Mark's + the islands
St Mark's Basilica
+ the Doge's Palace (combined pass) early, before the cruise crowds.
Burano
Afternoon vaporetto to Murano + Burano (glass + the rainbow houses). A gondola if you must — ~€90 per boat (up to 5), not per person.
Day 10 · Venice
Out
Cannaregio
A last quiet morning (the real, lived-in Venice away from San Marco), then onward by train or out via Venice (VCE).
