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Italy Without Flying

Italy Without Flying

Milan → Florence → Rome → Naples, all by fast train.

Photo: Giorgio Galeotti

Italy’s high-speed rail makes a flight-free grand tour easy: fashion in Milan, Renaissance Florence, ancient Rome, and pizza-born Naples, city to city in a couple of hours each.

Why it works

Italy’s high-speed trains make a flight-free grand tour genuinely relaxing: city centre to city centre in a couple of hours, watching the country shift from Alpine north to sun-baked south.

The route

1MilanTrain2FlorenceTrain3RomeTrain4Naples
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Your itinerary

  1. 1Milan1–2 nights
  2. 2Florence2–3 nights
  3. 3Rome2–3 nights
  4. 4Naples2–3 nights

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Plan each destination

Milan travel guideFlorence travel guideRome travel guideNaples travel guide

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