How to plan your Italy trip with an interactive map
When in Italy puts every Italian tour, day trip, and food experience on a single map (15,800 of them, across 1,000 cities). Three quick ways to use it for trip planning.
1Search by what you want to do
Open the map and type any keyword in the top-left search box: food tour, vatican, wine tasting, vespa. Suggestions appear as you type, grouped by city. Cities with matching tours light up yellow on the map. Hover any suggestion to spotlight that city's circle so you can locate it geographically.
2Spot the quiet places
Each circle's size is proportional to how many tours that city has. Rome, Florence, Venice are the giant red circles. The smaller ones often hide better experiences without the crowds. Click a small circle and you might find a hidden gem: Portoferraio on Elba island has just 7 tours, but they include snorkeling in a marine reserve and stand-up paddle at sunset.
3Drill into a city
Click a major city circle and you'll see a popup with every tour grouped by category — food and wine, day trips, museum tickets, walking tours, private tours, and more. The popup has its own search inside: in Florence, type uffizi to see all Uffizi-related tours instantly. Multi-word search works too: private cooking class finds tours with all three words.
A typical week-long route
Italy's high-speed rail (Trenitalia and Italo) connects the major cities in 1–3 hours, so a week-long trip pairs naturally:
- Rome (3 days) — Colosseum, Vatican, Trastevere food tour
- Florence (2 days) — Uffizi, Duomo, Tuscany day trip
- Venice (2 days) — Doge's Palace, Murano, gondola
Add a small-circle stop for character: Cinque Terre between Florence and Milan, or Matera if you're heading south, or Lake Garda for a slower middle day. The map will show you what's there.