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Explore Italy: Sample Routes for 

Slow Travel

The itinerary examples and options below will whet your appetite for travel to Italy and help you understand the types of experiences that Roads Less Traveled Italy can offer you. 

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Emilia Romagna by Train: 

Flavors, Landscapes & Culture with Parma & Bologna  

12 Days 

Self-Guided Trip Samples

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Via Francigena Route: 

A Walking Pilgrimage from 

Tuscany to Rome 

     21 Days 

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia 

Cycling Adventure: 

Alpine Passes to Trieste’s Coastline   

  12 Days 

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Self-Drive Southern Italy Tour: 

Mountains to Coast in Campania, Basilicata & Calabria

17 Days

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Food Market in Puglia

Northern Puglia 

Food & Wine Trail:

From Monopoli to

Trani & Altamura

13 Days

 Palermo’s Cultural Tapestry to Coastal Cefalù by Train with Madonie Mountain Trails 

12 Days  

Norman Architecture in Palermo Sicily
Soprabolzano Ritten Agriturismo
Le Langhe Piemonte

Le Langhe Piedmont Unveiled: Slow Food, Wine & Cycling Adventures

14 Days

Sardinia Beach

Encounter Northern Sardinia: Culture, Coastlines & Timeless Ruins

17 Days

Lake Garda

Garda’s Shores to Padua’s Palazzi: Treasures of Western Veneto

15 Days

 

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Hidden Tuscany: Etruscan Coast, Via Francigena & Island Escapes by Train & Ferry 

14 Days

Italian Riviera Marina

From Bordighera to Genoa: Liguria’s Lesser Known 

Riviera Journey 

18 Days

Spoleto Umbria

Slow Travel Umbria by Train:

Castiglione del Lago to Orvieto

15 Days