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Plan your Italy trip on facts, not guesswork.

Timing, route, transfers, tickets, money. Start from 74 sourced guides, then send the travel desk a short outline of what you have in mind. A first conversation, not a booking.

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Six decisions, in order

A trip is six decisions. Settle them in this order.

The free decision card works through a trip in this order. Each decision has sourced guides to settle it, with the date each guide was last checked. The plate on the left follows you. New to planning Italy? How to plan a trip to Italy, step by step walks through all six.

Italy, drawn in one line A line map of Italy's twenty regions. As each of the six decisions comes into view, the places named in its guides appear: airports and ports, the Rome, Florence and Venice spine, illustrative rail and ferry links, ticketed cities and a north-to-south budget corridor. Lines are schematic, not transport routes or directions. FiumicinoMarco PoloNaplesRomeFlorenceVeniceLake ComoCastelmezzanoBolognaCapriMilan

Scroll the six decisions. The plate follows.

Where you arrive and leave from: the airports and the port named in the guides.

A city sequence and two alternative bases, to compare with the linked guides.

The rail spine, two airport links and the Naples to Capri ferry: each one a separate check.

Rome and Florence: use the linked checks before committing to a ticket or driving plan.

An illustrative north-to-south corridor: check tolls, tourist tax and tipping separately in the linked guides.

Your parcel: one open question, one official source, one next action.

Regional boundaries adapted from Istat, 1 January 2026, CC BY 4.0, simplified. Schematic markers and lines, not transport directions or a recommended itinerary.
  1. Decision 01 of 06

    The outline

    Approximate dates and how flexible they are, how many travelers, the total nights in Italy, and where you arrive and leave from.

    Travelers and check-in counters inside Milan Malpensa Airport
    Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped for layout.
  2. Decision 02 of 06

    The route

    Which places, how many nights in each, and the main reason for stopping there. A reason that survives the timetable is worth more than one more town.

    Castelmezzano beneath the jagged Lucanian Dolomites in Basilicata
    Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped for layout.
  3. Decision 03 of 06

    Each transfer

    The exact station, airport or harbor, the operator, the timetable date, luggage and the last leg to the accommodation, and a fallback you could actually use.

    A regional train at Varenna station, with hillside houses and trees beyond the platform
    Tanweer Morshed, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped for layout.
  4. Decision 04 of 06

    Before paying

    What the ticket or service actually includes, who sells it and who operates it, whether dates, names and entrances are right, and the current change and cancellation terms.

    An illuminated hotel facade in Rome at dusk
    Intercontinentalrome, CC BY 4.0. Cropped for layout.
  5. Decision 05 of 06

    The budget

    Currency, whether flights are included, accommodation, intercity and local transport, visits, food, and the costs still unknown.

    Euro banknotes in an open black wallet
    Santeri Viinamäki, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped for layout.
  6. Decision 06 of 06

    The next decision

    The one question holding up the plan, who or which official source can answer it, and your next action. If it is a question for the travel desk, the outline above is how to ask it.

    Electronic departure board at Bologna Centrale showing a Milan train delayed twenty minutes
    Caseyjonz, Public domain. Cropped for layout.
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After you write

A conversation, not a commitment.

What happens next is short, and it stays in your hands.

  1. 01
    You send it yourself.

    The outline opens in your own email app, addressed to [email protected]. Nothing has been sent until you send it, and this page does not submit or save your brief.

  2. 02
    The travel desk reads it.

    After you send your email, we review your note and explain whether we can help and what a next step would involve.

  3. 03
    Nothing is agreed by accident.

    Any scope, fees and arrangements must be agreed before you commit. Prefer to write your own message? Email the Travel desk directly.

Worth including

  • Approximate dates, or how flexible they are
  • How many travelers
  • A budget with its currency, and whether flights are included
  • The places, ideas or questions on your mind

Leave out

  • Passport numbers
  • Payment details
  • Medical details

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WorksheetThe trip decision card

A plain-text sheet for nights, transfers, what to check before paying, and your next decision.

 PDFTwelve Towns

The free guide drawn from the town entries: places with a reason to stop, and how to reach them.

 IndexAll 74 travel guides

Timing, trains, tickets, money and the rules that change. Latest guide check: 2026-10-28; each guide carries its own date.
Before you write

Questions before you write

Is this a booking or a quote?

No. It is a first conversation. After you send your email, we review your note and explain whether we can help and what a next step would involve. Any scope, fees and arrangements must be agreed before you commit.

What can the travel desk help with?

The four starting points in the composer: choosing places and the route, connections and timing, accommodation questions, or the whole picture when you are still figuring it out. The reply explains whether we can help and what a next step would involve.

What should I include?

Approximate dates, how many travelers, a budget with its currency and whether flights are included, and the places, ideas or questions on your mind. Leave out passport, payment and medical details.

Does this page store or send my details?

No. This page does not submit or save your brief. Your answers stay in this tab until you open the draft in your own email app and choose to send it.

Do I have to join the newsletter?

No. No newsletter signup required. Editorial updates are a separate choice on the newsletter page.

What if my email app does not open?

Use Copy message and paste the outline into an email addressed to travel@italysourced.com. Nothing has been sent until you send it.

Can I just write an email instead?

Yes. Email the Travel desk directly at travel@italysourced.com with your approximate dates, travelers and what you need help with.