Trying to figure out exactly how to spend 7 days in Italy is no easy task for one simple reason: with only a week in Italy, it’s practically guaranteed that you’ll have to leave some items off your Italy bucket list.

That being said, you can have an absolutely amazing trip to Italy in 7 days and leave feeling like you’ve had a fantastic taste of the country (literally and figuratively!).

How to structure a week in Italy

There are basically two ways to structure a 7 day trip to Italy: move around 2-3 times and have a very quick trip that covers a lot of ground, Best Vatican City Tickets Tour or pick a single base for the week and do day trips from there.

Both options have advantages: for example, with the classic Italy itinerary, which moves frequently, you are likely to cover a wider geographical region.

About the itineraries of our city of Italy

We’ve deliberately kept this guide to spending a week in Italy fairly high-level and avoided getting bogged down in too many details about how to spend your time in a particular city (because at this stage in your planning you probably aren’t even sure how long it will be!) .

However, when you’re ready to plan your stays in certain destinations in detail, we’ve got you covered!

Our Escape Clause has nearly 100 Italian blog posts available, including extremely detailed itineraries (and sometimes more than one itinerary!) for most of the destinations mentioned in this post, including Rome, Florence, Tuscany (outside of Florence), Venice, Milan, Cinque Terre and the Amalfi Coast.

Traditional 7-day Italy itineraries

All four of these itineraries move every few days, giving you roughly 2 days per destination.

As a result, these are fairly grueling itineraries – but with only 7 days in Italy, you need to move quickly if you want to cover a lot of ground!