Day trips
Day Trips from Bologna
Day trips from Bologna, picked by real distance from verified coordinates — every guide below passed the same checks as the rest of the site.
Florence 81 km away
attraction Boboli Gardens: Florence Travel Guide (4.2★)
Boboli Gardens sits behind the Pitti Palace on the Oltrarno side of Florence, and it's open daily from 8:15am to 7:10pm. 4.2★ (30,913 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Basilica of Santa Maria Novella: Florence Travel Guide
The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella sits on its own piazza in Florence, a short walk from Santa Maria Novella train station, and is best visited right at opening on a weekday, between 9am and 10am, before tour groups arrive. 4.7★ (32,368 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Galleria dell Accademia di Firenze: Florence Travel Guide
The Accademia's main draw is Michelangelo's David, standing at the end of a long gallery lined with his unfinished "Prisoners" statues — the whole visit takes about 60–90 minutes. 4.6★ (57,520 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Palazzo Vecchio: Florence Travel Guide
Palazzo Vecchio, on Piazza della Signoria, is Florence's fortified 13th-century town hall turned museum, famous for its crenellated tower, the vast Salone dei Cinquecento, and rooms frescoed by Vasari and Ghirlandaio.
attraction Uffizi Galleries: Florence Travel Guide
Book a timed-entry ticket online well in advance, arrive at your slot rather than early, and head straight for the Botticelli rooms before the mid-morning crush arrives.
attraction Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore: Florence Travel Guide
The Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore) is Florence's free-to-enter cathedral crowned by Brunelleschi's red-tiled dome; climbing the dome or Giotto's Campanile requires a timed ticket bought in advance.
Verona 109 km away
attraction Giusti Garden: Verona Travel Guide (4.5★)
Giusti Garden, in Verona's Veronetta district across the Adige from the historic centre, is a 16th-century terraced garden famous for its clipped cypress avenue and the stone-faced grotto grinning out of the hillside. 4.5★ (6,176 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Arena di Verona: Travel Guide (4.7★)
Arena di Verona sits on Piazza Bra in the center of Verona, and it's both a first-century Roman amphitheater and the venue for a summer opera season that draws crowds from across Europe. 4.7★ (170,484 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Castelvecchio Museum: Verona Travel Guide (4.6★)
Castelvecchio Museum sits on Corso Castelvecchio in central Verona, right beside the fortified bridge over the Adige, and it's closed Mondays but open 10am to 6pm every other day of the week. 4.6★ (20,502 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Torre dei Lamberti: Verona Travel Guide (4.5★)
Torre dei Lamberti is Verona's tallest medieval tower, just off Piazza delle Erbe, with a lift and stairs up to two viewing levels over the terracotta rooftops. 4.5★ (3,954 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Castel San Pietro: Verona Travel Guide (4.7★)
Castel San Pietro sits on the hill above Verona's Roman Theatre, and you visit it for the panorama, not the interior — the fortress itself is closed to the public, but the terrace outside it delivers the best skyline view of the city's terracotta rooftops and the Adige river bend. 4.7★ (9,629 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Ended Arena di Verona Opera Festival: What to Know (Verona)
The Arena di Verona Opera Festival's 103rd edition was set for June 12 through September 12, 2026, in the 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre on Piazza Bra.
Pisa 114 km away
attraction Battistero di San Giovanni: Pisa Travel Guide (4.7★)
The Battistero di San Giovanni in Pisa's Piazza del Duomo is the round, marble-clad building standing between the Leaning Tower and the Cathedral, open daily 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM. 4.7★ (4,368 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa: Travel Guide
The Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa sits inside the former Certosa di Calci, a 14th-century Carthusian monastery about 8km east of Pisa proper, open daily 9am to 7pm. 4.7★ (6,674 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Tower of Pisa: Travel Guide (4.7★)
The Leaning Tower is open daily from 9am to 8pm, and it's genuinely worth climbing, not just photographing. 4.7★ (198,489 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Piazza del Duomo: Pisa Travel Guide (4.7★)
Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, also called the Piazza dei Miracoli, is a walled lawn in the city's northwest corner holding the Leaning Tower, the cathedral, the Baptistery and the Camposanto. 4.7★ (142,697 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Logge dei Banchi: Pisa Travel Guide (4.3★)
Logge dei Banchi is an open stone loggia in central Pisa, on Via di Banchi at the south end of Ponte di Mezzo, where Corso Italia meets the Arno. 4.3★ (1,316 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Piazza dei Cavalieri: Pisa Travel Guide (4.6★)
Piazza dei Cavalieri is Pisa's second square, a five-minute walk from the Leaning Tower, and it's calmest between 7am and 9am on weekdays (7am–10am weekends) before tour groups arrive. 4.6★ (12,114 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Cinque Terre 128 km away
attraction Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Venere: Cinque Terre Travel Guide
Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Venere covers the headland, coastline and islands around Porto Venere village, just south of the Cinque Terre, and it's open 24 hours every day with no ticket gate at the entrance. 4.7★ (9,795 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Castello San Giorgio: Cinque Terre Travel Guide (4.4★)
Castello San Giorgio sits above La Spezia, not in one of the five Cinque Terre villages themselves, making it an easy add-on day trip via the train line that serves both. 4.4★ (3,308 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre: Travel Guide (4.7★)
Cinque Terre National Park is five cliffside villages — Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore — linked by hiking trails, trains and boats along Liguria's protected coast. 4.7★ (46,756 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Sentiero Monterosso - Vernazza: Cinque Terre Travel Guide
The Monterosso–Vernazza leg is the classic first stretch of the Sentiero Azzurro (Blue Trail): about 3.3km, 1.5–2 hours of climbing and descending between vineyards and cliffside sea views. 4.5★ (1,414 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Siena 131 km away
attraction Horti Leonini: Siena Travel Guide (4.4★)
Horti Leonini is a small Renaissance garden in San Quirico d'Orcia, on the Via Francigena between Siena and Montalcino, open daily 8am to 7pm and free to enter. 4.4★ (1,104 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Palazzo Salimbeni: Siena Travel Guide (4.6★)
Palazzo Salimbeni sits on Piazza Salimbeni in Siena, a few minutes' walk north of Piazza del Campo, and it's the historic headquarters of Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest surviving bank. 4.6★ (3,023 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Santa Maria della Scala: Siena Travel Guide (4.6★)
Santa Maria della Scala in Siena is the former pilgrim hospital on Piazza del Duomo, directly across from the Cathedral, now a sprawling museum of frescoes, archaeology and Renaissance art. 4.6★ (1,788 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Siena Cathedral: Travel Guide
Siena Cathedral (Duomo di Siena) is one of Italy's great Gothic-Romanesque cathedrals, its black-and-white striped marble facade and interior visible from Piazza del Duomo in the historic center.
hidden gem Piazza del Campo: Siena Travel Guide
Piazza del Campo is Siena's shell-shaped medieval square, ringed by the Palazzo Pubblico and the Torre del Mangia, and the stage for the Palio horse race every July 2 and August 16.
Ended Palio dell'Assunta (Palio di Siena): What to Know (Siena)
The Palio dell'Assunta was set for August 16, 2026, in Piazza del Campo, Siena — a 90-second bareback horse race between 10 of the city's 17 contrade (neighborhood districts), preceded by hours of pageantry and a slow historical procession.
Venice 131 km away
attraction Giardini Papadopoli: Venice Travel Guide (4.4★)
Giardini Papadopoli is a public garden in Santa Croce, right by Piazzale Roma and the bus terminal, open daily from 7am to 8:30pm. 4.4★ (3,500 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Saint Mark's Basilica: Venice Travel Guide (4.7★)
Saint Mark's Basilica, on the eastern side of Piazza San Marco, is Venice's great Byzantine cathedral — five domes, a facade of looted marble and bronze, and an interior sheathed in gold mosaic. 4.7★ (29,559 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Doge's Palace: Venice Travel Guide (4.7★)
Go right at opening (9am) or in the last two hours before closing to dodge the worst of the crowds — weekends get packed 11am–5pm, so aim for a weekday morning if you can. 4.7★ (39,262 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Grand Canal: Venice Travel Guide
The Grand Canal is Venice's main "street" — a nearly 4km S-shaped waterway lined with palazzi, best seen from a vaporetto (Line 1 is the slow scenic option), a traghetto crossing, or the Rialto and Ponte degli Scalzi bridges.
attraction Piazza San Marco: Venice Travel Guide
Piazza San Marco is Venice's grand central square, framed by St. Mark's Basilica, the Campanile bell tower, and the Doge's Palace.
hidden gem Squero Vecio: Venice Travel Guide
Squero Vecio is a small, rarely visited stop on Calle del Squero in Venice's Castello sestiere.