Examples of day trips we have done from the base town that we stayed in. You can add an interesting town to your itinerary from any base town you stay in. Day trips should be within a reasonable driving distance. With planning, you can see 2 or 3 towns in the same day. For example, Murano and Burano is easily done in one day from Venice as is Pienza and Montepulciano from Montalcino. We have found Greve in Chianti and Montalcino to be great bases for exploring central Italy by car.
Any town you wish to explore, do research and find all the sights to see. For instance Siena has a beautiful must see duomo (pay the few Euros to see it), shopping, lunch, the main square etc. In Cortona see Saint Marguerita in the alter of the church at the top of Cortona! You can add other towns that may be of interest and from these highlighted bases, you can get to most of Italy!
From Venice
- By Water bus
- Murano
- Burano
From La Morra
- Alba
- Barolo
- Barberesco
- Nieve
- Novello
- Canelli
- Cheresco
- Dogliani
- Seralunga
- Monteforte d’Alba
- Diano d’Alba
- Saluzzo
- Bra
From Montalcino
- Pienza
- Montepulciano
- Sienna
- Pitigliano (Little Jerusalem)
- Sovana
- Sorano
From Greve in Chianti
- San Casciano in Val di Pesa
- Gubbio
- Colle val de Elsa
- Certaldo
- Panzano
- San Gimignano
- Monterigioni
- Radda in chianti
- Voltera
- Castellina in Chianti
- Monterfioralle (Amerigo Vespuci)
- Florence (40 min drive)
- Barberino val d’Elsa
- Vinci(birthplace Leonardo)
- Cortona
- Assisi (St Francis)
From Orvietto
- Spoleto
- Assisi (St Francis)
- Spelo
- Pitigliano
- Todi
- Sovana
- Montefalco
- Sorano
From Positano
- Sorrento
- Capri
- Ravello
- Amalfi
- Pompei
From Verona
- Lake Garda
From Bologna
- Parma
- Modeno
From Ragusa
- Noto
- Siracusa
- Ragusa al Mar
- Scicli
From Agrigento
- Conicatti
From Taormina
- Castelmola
From Santa Marguerita Ligure
Do not stay in Portofino. Portofino is small with nothing to do and is more expensive then neighboring towns. Take the boat to see Portofino, spend a morning and get out. There is more to do and see in Santa Marguerita and its cheaper. Plenty of nice places to eat too. Access to cinque terre by train also.
- Portofino
- Camogli
- Cinque Terre
From Cinqua Terre
- Santa Marguerita Ligure
- Portofino
- Camogli
- Lerici
From Molfetta, Puglia
- Alberobello
- San Giovanni Rotundo (Padre Pio)
- Monte San Angelo (Michael the archangel appeared here 4 times)
- Ostuni
- Matera
- Polignano al Mare
- Bari
- Monopoli
- Lecce
- Locorotondo
- Cisternino
From Rome
- Lake Bracciano
- 3 villages:
(Bracciano, Trevignano Romano, Anguillara Sabazia)
From Scilla, Calabria
- Tropea
- Pizzo
- Reggio Calabria
From Scalea, Calabria
- Maratea
