Tipsy Tidies — Italy Holiday Journal

Paderborn - Vienna - Venice - Florence - Saturnia - Lake Garda - Munich

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Unlocks Sun 9 Aug

Day 0 · Sun 9 Aug

The night before ✈️🚗

Before we go

Passports, driving licences & GHIC cards packed
Austria digital vignette bought
Bookings saved: Uffizi, Accademia, Doge's Palace, Via dell'Amore slot, Aquaria spa
Bags packed — swim stuff & water shoes on top
Bike kit / hire confirmations sorted 🚴
Offline maps + this journal downloaded on both phones
Car checked: oil, tyres, coolant, fuel
Early night — big day tomorrow ❤️

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Unlocks Mon 10 Aug

Day 1 · Mon 10 Aug

Regensburg

Route

Paderborn → Regensburg

~4.5 hrs drive

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Today's plan

Drive Paderborn → Regensburg (~4.5 hrs)
Walk the medieval Stone Bridge
See Regensburg Cathedral
Dinner & a beer on the Danube

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Unlocks Tue 11 Aug

Day 2 · Tue 11 Aug

Vienna

Route

Regensburg → Vienna

~4 hrs drive

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Today's plan

Drive Regensburg → Vienna (~4.5 hrs)
Meet the Fam!
Dinner with the Fam
Evening at the Rathausplatz film festival

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Unlocks Wed 12 Aug

Day 3 · Wed 12 Aug

Vienna — full day

Route

Schönbrunn → Naschmarkt → Belvedere → Prater

all day · walking + U-Bahn

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Today's plan

Schönbrunn Palace & gardens (early!)
Grazing lunch at the Naschmarkt
Belvedere — Klimt's "The Kiss"
Sunset on the Prater Ferris wheel
Nightcap in the Bermuda Triangle bars

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Unlocks Thu 13 Aug

Day 4 · Thu 13 Aug

Over the Alps to Venice

Route

Vienna → Wörthersee → Mestre

~6 hrs

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Today's plan

Drive Vienna → Venice/Mestre (~6 hrs)
Swim stop at Wörthersee
Cross the Tarvisio pass into Italy 🇮🇹
Check in at Mestre, easy dinner

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Unlocks Fri 14 Aug

Day 5 · Fri 14 Aug

Venice

Route

Santa Lucia → Burano → Lido → Accademia

all day · train + vaporetto (day passes)

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Today's plan

Early train into Venice + day passes (~7:50)
Line 12 to Burano — breakfast & a bussolà 🥐
Wander the rainbow houses while it's quiet 🌈
Boat across to the Lido — beach by ~12 🏖
Loungers, swims, gelato all afternoon
Sunset on the Accademia bridge
Dinner in Dorsoduro — pizza & a spritz
Head back to the apartment.(last train 23:51)

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Unlocks Sat 15 Aug

Day 6 · Sat 15 Aug · Ferragosto

Bologna → Florence

Route

Mestre → Bologna → Florence (Parterre)

~3 hrs + lunch · park at Parterre (ZTL!)

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Today's plan

Drive Venice → Florence (~3 hrs, inland)
Lunch stop in Bologna — Piazza Maggiore
Check into Florence (park at Parterre — mind the ZTL!)
Sunset + gelato at Piazzale Michelangelo

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Unlocks Sun 16 Aug

Day 7 · Sun 16 Aug

Florence — full day

Route

Accademia → Uffizi → Mercato → Santo Spirito

all day · walking

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Today's plan

Accademia — say hi to David (pre-booked)
Uffizi Gallery (pre-booked)
Duomo & Ponte Vecchio wander
Lunch at Mercato Centrale
Pizza & pasta cooking class together 🍕
Evening in Piazza Santo Spirito

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Unlocks Mon 17 Aug

Day 8 · Mon 17 Aug

Cinque Terre 🌊

Route

Florence → La Spezia

~1.5 hrs · park in La Spezia, train into the villages

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Today's plan

Drive Florence → La Spezia (~1.5 hrs)
Check in, park up, grab Cinque Terre Cards
Via dell'Amore — our booked time slot 💕
Explore Riomaggiore & Manarola
Dinner in La Spezia — early night, big hike tomorrow!

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Unlocks Tue 18 Aug

Day 9 · Tue 18 Aug

The hike 🥾 then Saturnia

Route

Monterosso → Vernazza → Corniglia (on foot)

~4 hrs hike · then drive La Spezia → Saturnia (~3.5 hrs)

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Today's plan

Early train to Monterosso (Cinque Terre Cards + proper shoes!)
Hike Monterosso → Vernazza 🥾
Hike on Vernazza → Corniglia
Train back — beach swim + lunch at Monterosso 🏖
Drive La Spezia → Saturnia (~3.5 hrs)
Evening soak at the Cascate del Mulino ♨️

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Unlocks Wed 19 Aug

Day 10 · Wed 19 Aug

Saturnia — bike day

Route

Saturnia → Pitigliano → Sovana loop

~40 km ride · dawn start 🚴 · legs allowed to complain

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Today's plan

Dawn start — the ~40 km Tuff Towns loop 🚴
Coffee stop in Pitigliano
Afternoon at the Parco Termale pools
Morellino di Scansano wine tasting
Evening soak under the stars

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Unlocks Thu 20 Aug

Day 11 · Thu 20 Aug

Sirmione, Lake Garda

Route

Saturnia → Bagno Vignoni → Pienza → Sirmione

~5 hrs with the Val d'Orcia stop · old town is a ZTL

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Today's plan

Morning soak at the falls, then hit the road
Val d'Orcia stop — Bagno Vignoni & pecorino in Pienza 🍷
Park at Monte Baldo lot (old town is a ZTL)
Aquaria thermal spa — couples' session ♨️
Lakeside pizza + a glass of Lugana
Late swim in the lake

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Unlocks Fri 21 Aug

Day 12 · Fri 21 Aug

Over the Brenner to Munich

Route

Sirmione → Innsbruck → Munich

~4.5 hrs · Brenner toll + vignette

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Today's plan

Morning castle / Grotte di Catullo in Sirmione
Drive Sirmione → Munich (~4.5 hrs)
Stop in Innsbruck — Golden Roof
Beer garden evening (Augustiner-Keller) 🍺

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Unlocks Sat 22 Aug

Day 13 · Sat 22 Aug

Munich — full day

Route

Marienplatz → Eisbach → Viktualienmarkt → Residenz

all day · walking + U-Bahn

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Today's plan

Marienplatz — Glockenspiel at 11am
Watch the Eisbach river surfers 🏄
Graze the Viktualienmarkt
Residenz or BMW Welt
Last big night — beer hall → Gärtnerplatz bars

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Unlocks Sun 23 Aug

Day 14 · Sun 23 Aug

Home 🏁

Route

Munich → Rothenburg → Paderborn

~6 hrs · storybook stop halfway

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Today's plan

Drive Munich → Paderborn (~6 hrs)
Stop in Rothenburg ob der Tauber (or Würzburg)
Home by evening — 3,200 km done!
Pick our favourite photo of the whole trip ❤️