ITALY
We love Italy! This wasn't our first trip here and we know it won't be our last. Our very good friends were getting married, which made it a great excuse for another roadtrip. We drove from Northwestern Italy to Rome and while we'd heard that driving and parking a car can be quite the hassle in Italia, we absolutely loved having the flexibility that a car provides. Wherever we were, we tried to follow the saying, "Mangia bene, ridi spesso, ama molto." Eat well, laugh often, love much. We did all of that.
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PISA
- Snapping photos at the Leaning Tower
CAMOGLI
- A beautiful Wedding
- Hiking to San Rocco Church
- Swimming in the Mediterranean
- Water polo & lunch at Hotel Cenobio dei Dogi
- Eating focaccia (their local specialty)
LUCCA
- Strolling through the tiny streets
- Walking along its Renaissance Wall
- The Piazza Amphitheater
- San Michele in Foro (just one beautiful basilica church... this is the City of One Hundred Churches)
PITIGLIANO
- Hiking local Etruscan roadways ("via cava")
- Annual Wine Festival
- Saturnia Hot Springs
- Jewish Ghetto and Synagogue
- Drive around Monte Argentario
- See our full blog post from Pitigliano
VENICE
- Wandering the cobblestone streets
- Vaporetto rides on the Grand Canal
- Gelato stops everywhere
- Day trip to Murano (we didn’t have time to visit Burano)
- Piazza San Marco
- Saint Mark’s Basilica
- Torre dell’Orologio
- Doge’s Palace
- Explore Rialto Market
ROME
- Collosseum
- St. Peter's Basilica
- Sistine Chapel
- Roman Forum
- Pantheon
- Capuchin Crypt Museum
- Rick Steves' Walking Tours (amazing!)
- Jewish Ghetto & Synagogue
- Stroll around Vatican City
- See our full blog post from Rome
FLORENCE
- Sunset Hike & Wine at Piazzale Michelangelo
- Day trips to Tuscany (Montepulciano & San Gimignano)
- Meandering along the Ponte Vecchio
- Climb Giotto’s Bell Tower
- The Duomo
- Check out David at the Galleria dell’Accademia
- Uffizi Gallery
- Museo Galileo
- Tour the Palazzo Pitti
- Tour the Palazzo Medici Riccardi
- Officina Profumo-Faramceutica di Santa Maria Novella
- Check out Piazza della Signoria (wonderful musicians)
