40 Days Italian Road trip Time flied, 40 days ago we landed in Geneva International airport and started our journey into Italy and on the 40th day we left our final destination “Val di Funes” in Italy and drove towards…
Day 37, 38 & 39: Dolomites – Val di Funes, Val Gardena
Plan for three days On the first day we would be driving to Val di Funes (Villnöß). There were several routes from Cortina d’Ampezza to Val di Funes, we planned to drive on the shortest route and the journey would…
Day 36: Dolomites – Cortina d’ Ampezzo
Plan for the day We planned to leave our stay in Venice at about 10 am and should reach Venice City Park Srl by about 11 am to pick up our car. From Venice to Cortina was about 150 km…
Day 33, 34 & 35: Venice
Plan for three days Our plan was to drive from San Marino to Venice. The journey was about 280 km and would take three hours. We would be staying in Venice for three nights. During our stay we would be…
Day 32: San Marino
Plan for the day Our plan for the day was to drive 300 km for about 3 hour and 30 minutes to one of the smallest states in Europe, San Marino. We would be staying a night in San Marino.…
Day 31: Termoli & Ortona
Plan for the Day Our plan was to drive a total distance of 350 km in about 4 to 6 hours and that would bring us to Ortona by about 2 to 4 pm. Along the way we would make…
Day 30: Alberobello
Plan for the day Our plan was to drive from our “stay” in Tropea to Alberobello. It would be a terribly long drive of at least four hours and 15 minutes covering a distance of 340 km. For the night…
Day 29: Tropea
Plan for the day Our plan was to drive from Milazzo in Sicily to Tropea. It would be a long drive of 155 km taking at least 3 hours and one ferry ride in between. Tropea was a scenic seaside…
Day 28 & 29: Sicily – Monreale, Cefalu & Milazzo
Plan for the day The plan for the day was to visit Monreale, Cefalu and Milazzo. Monreale was considered as one of Sicily most pretty hilltop towns and Cefalu as one of the most beautiful sea-side town. Milazzo was just…
Day 27: Sicily – Palemero
Plan for the day Our plan was to drive to Palermo, the biggest city in Sicily. The journey would take at least three hours over a distance of 262 km. We should reach Palermo at about 1 or 2 pm…
Day 26: Sicily – Catania & Ortigia
Plan for the day The original plan for the day was to visit the ruins of the “Greek Theatre of Taormina” in the morning before driving to Ortigia. But we had since dropped all plan for visiting Greek ruins which…
Day 25: Sicily – Taormina
Plan for the four days in sicily On the first day we planned to drive to Taormina a town of the city Messina in Sicily. The entire journey would be about 433 km taking at least 5 and half hours.…
Day 23 & 24: Matera
Plan for Two days Our plan was to drive to Matera which should take about 3 hours and 15 minutes over a distance of 254 km. Three hours of of driving was a long duration so we would require at…
Day 21 & 22: Amafli Coast
Plan for two days Our plan was to drive from Villa Angelina in Sorrento to Positano and then to Amalfi town where we had booked our accommodation for two nights. We planned to drive slowly through the scenic Amalfi coast,…
Day 18, 19 & 20: Sorrento & Capri
The plan for three days The plan was to drive from our guesthouse near Vatican City to Caserta Castle. The journey should take about 2 hours for a distance of 217km. At Caserta Castle we gave ourselves about 3 hours…
Day 15, 16, & 17: Rome
Plan for three days From Orvieto we would drive straight to our guesthouse near Vatican City, that would be about a distance of 124 km and would take about 1.5 hour. Since the journey was not very long we planned…
Day 14: Orvieto
Plan for the day Our plan was to drive from Val d’Orcia to Orvieto. The distance was 90 km and the journey would require 1 hr 30 min. We expected to reach Orvieto by mid afternoon which would leave us…
Day 11,12 & 13: Valley d’Orcia
Plan for the 3 days We planned to be in Val d’Orcia for four days and three night and had booked an accommodation in the “most scenic part” of the valley for thre three nights. Our base was on a…
Day 11: Siena
Plan for the day Our original plan was to head to Val d’Orcia in central Tuscany. But after meeting our nephew we decided to make a slight detour to Siena Historic City before going to Val d’Orcia. The first part…
Day 9 & 10: Pisa and Florence
Plan for the two day We planned to be in Florence by late afternoon where we would be staying for two nights. Enroute to Florence we would stop at Pisa to see the famous “leaning tower of Pisa”. The drive…
Day 7, 8 & 9: Cinque Terre
Plan for the 3 days Our plan was to drive from Menaggio of Lake Como to Vernazza, one of the five famous town of Cinque Terre. At Vernazza we had booked a place for two nights. It would be a…
Day 5 & 6: Como Lake
Plan for the two days We gave ourselves two days to explore Como Lake. We planned to explore three towns, Menaggio, Varenna and Bellagio. Only when we were done with the three towns and if time permitted we would visit…
Day 3 & 4 : Two Days in Milan
Plan for the two Days We had 2 days in Milan to visit 3 “must-visit” places, Milan Duomo, Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle II and Naviglio Pavese. The plan was to drive into Milan one the first day. The journey would take…
Day 2: Chamonix & Aosta
Plan for the day For the day we planned to visit Chamonix Town and to go up by cable car to Aiguille du Midi which was at 3842 metre above sea level. By early afternoon we would start our drive…
Day 1: Getting to Italy
50 days in Italy and Switzerland We would be in Italy and Switzerland from 17th May to 5th July. It would be our longest DIY trip to date. Yat Thong worried that he would get homesick but I was sure…