Twenty Places to Begin Your Italian Day Trips
Each city page explains where a minibus may stop, how long the drives to nearby sights take and which visits to reserve before you go.
North, centre and south
Milan, Turin, Como and Verona open the way to the lakes, the Langhe and Valpolicella, while Venice and Bologna make easy bases for Padua, Ferrara and the Prosecco hills. Genoa and La Spezia face the Ligurian coast. Florence, Siena, Pisa and Lucca share Tuscany between them. Rome and Assisi sit in the centre; Naples and Sorrento lead to Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast; Bari and Matera reach Alberobello; Palermo and Taormina cover Sicily.
Every centre has its own rules
No two towns treat tourist buses alike. Pisa sends every bus to the Pietrasantina check point first, while Lucca and Assisi keep them outside the walls. Each page says what applies there, as the city publishes it.
What travellers ask us
What if our trip starts somewhere else?
Send the address anyway. A starting point near one of these cities, or on the way between two, is no problem.
Can one trip join several cities?
Yes. A few days from Florence through Siena to Assisi, for example, fits in a single request.
Are the drive times exact?
They are times for a bus in light traffic, measured from a central point in each city. Allow more at busy hours and in summer.
Choose a starting point
- Rome — Lazio · nearest airport Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport
- Milan — Lombardia · nearest airport Milan Malpensa Airport
- Venice — Veneto · nearest airport Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Florence — Toscana · nearest airport Florence Airport
- Naples — Campania · nearest airport Naples International Airport
- Pisa — Toscana · nearest airport Pisa International Airport
- Siena — Toscana · nearest airport Florence Airport
- Verona — Veneto · nearest airport Verona Villafranca "Valerio Catullo"
- Bologna — Emilia-Romagna · nearest airport Bologna Airport
- Turin — Piemonte · nearest airport Torino Caselle "Sandro Pertini"
- Como — Lombardia · nearest airport Milan Malpensa Airport
- Sorrento — Campania · nearest airport Naples International Airport
- La Spezia — Liguria · nearest airport Pisa International Airport
- Assisi — Umbria · nearest airport Perugia "San Francesco d'Assisi"
- Lucca — Toscana · nearest airport Pisa International Airport
- Palermo — Sicilia · nearest airport Palermo Airport
- Taormina — Sicilia · nearest airport Catania Airport
- Matera — Basilicata · nearest airport Bari Airport
- Genoa — Liguria · nearest airport Genova "Cristoforo Colombo"
- Bari — Puglia · nearest airport Bari Airport
Where will your trip begin?
Pick a city, or send the whole route and we will have it costed.
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