Keep a single Rome base for the Vatican outing. Price the trains before rooms and compare Mestre’s full travel cost with historic Venice. The daily figures are chosen allowances, not hostel offers. Guided walks described as free may still expect tips.
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Settle into the bed you booked, then walk around Piazza Navona and the Pantheon exterior. Check whether a guided walk is paid or tip-based before joining. Meals and local travel are separate from the accommodation allowance.
€40.00 for one bed, €30.00 for meals, €4.00 for local travel and €6.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.
Estimated day spending: €80.00
Choose whether to enter the Colosseum and Forum or enjoy the outside views. Street views do not include access to the archaeological areas. Buy pizza by the displayed weight and leave time for a proper meal break.
€40.00 for one bed, €30.00 for meals, €4.00 for local travel and €6.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.
Estimated day spending: €80.00
Use the correct entrance for the Vatican visit you choose. Ordinary St Peter’s Basilica entry is free; the Museums and Sistine Chapel use a separate paid ticket on Viale Vaticano. If doing both, leave time for food, the public outside walk and separate security. Follow your own dome voucher if adding the climb. Return to the same Rome room tonight.
The overnight allowance uses your existing Rome base. Local travel to the Vatican is part of the local travel line. €40.00 for one bed, €30.00 for meals, €4.00 for local travel and €6.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.
Estimated day spending: €80.00
Travel to Florence on the departure you priced and booked. Leave bags, then walk through the Duomo area and along the river. Piazzale Michelangelo is a free viewpoint if you have time and energy for the climb.
€40.00 for one bed, €30.00 for meals, €4.00 for local travel and €6.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.
Estimated day spending: €80.00
Make this a slower Florence day around the market and Oltrarno. Lampredotto is an offal sandwich, so choose it because you want to try it. Read the current menu instead of planning around an old €5 recommendation.
€40.00 for one bed, €30.00 for meals, €4.00 for local travel and €6.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.
Estimated day spending: €80.00
Use the correct Venice arrival for your room. For Mestre, price and allow for the local journey to Santa Lucia. The stay figure is only an allowance; compare the full mainland and island totals before booking.
€45.00 for one bed, €35.00 for meals, €10.00 for local travel and €6.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.
Estimated day spending: €96.00
Take a final walk near your bags and departure route. Saint Mark’s Square can be visited without buying every interior ticket. Check any traghetto crossing locally and keep airport travel outside the ordinary city transport budget.
No overnight stay; €35.00 for meals, €10.00 for local travel and €6.00 for extras. Add the paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport journeys you choose. These are allowances; replace them with your bookings.
Estimated day spending: €51.00
Keep a single Rome base for the Vatican outing. Price the trains before rooms and compare Mestre’s full travel cost with historic Venice. The daily figures are chosen allowances, not hostel offers. Guided walks described as free may still expect tips.
Rome · Florence · Venice. These guides explain the current ticket choices, arrival points and useful areas for a room. Reserve the visits that matter after checking travel days, with arrival afternoons left flexible.
Removing one city usually saves more than cutting meals or choosing inconvenient arrivals.
The day figures add up to €547.00 for one traveller before the extra costs below. Day notes show accommodation, meals, local travel and small extras. The simple stay line buys one bed. These are chosen allowances, not measured averages or available room offers. A Vatican day uses the existing Rome base, and its local journey is within the local travel allowance. The final day has no extra overnight allowance in the Italian section.
Add paid visits, excursions, intercity tickets and airport travel. Replace the stay amount with the full booking cost, including taxes and cleaning. The city budget cards are an alternative way to plan the same days, so do not add them on top of this subtotal.
Use the separate Basilica and dome guide and Museums guide. Keep the existing Rome room and local travel allowance; paid visits are additional to these day figures. A dome booking can place Basilica access before or after the climb, so follow the actual voucher.
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How to get from one stop to the next. Journey times are approximate; use the ticket and timetable links to choose a departure for your travel date.
Metro and walk · About 35 minutes
The €1.50 BIT covers a 100-minute urban journey with one metro trip. Ottaviano is followed by roughly 10–20 minutes on foot, depending on the entrance. The Museums entrance on Viale Vaticano is separate from St Peter’s Square. Add security time after arrival.
Compare this journeyMetro and train · Allow about 2½–3 hours from the Vatican area
Return across Rome to the station on the fast-train ticket, then continue to Firenze Santa Maria Novella. The main-line train alone takes about 1½–2 hours; add the walk, metro and platform margin.
Train · About 2h 20m
Book Venezia Santa Lucia if you are staying in the historic city. Mestre is on the mainland. After Santa Lucia, bridges or a waterbus still separate the station from many rooms, so check the last walk with your luggage.
Compare this journeyRemoving one city usually saves more than cutting meals or choosing inconvenient arrivals.
Compare your room and daily spending choices in the cost calculator. Check each journey fare, including local transfers, and count tickets covered by a pass only once.
Change the days in each city, leave out stops, and update the estimate without changing the published itinerary.
