Itinerary

Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ✅ Quick Answer A 3-day Florence itinerary runs Day 1 the Duomo complex and the historic centre on foot, Day 2 the Uffizi Gallery, the Accademia’s David, the Ponte Vecchio and the Oltrarno, and Day 3 either a Tuscany day trip to Siena, San Gimignano and Pisa (around €85) or a slower morning at the Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens. Book the Duomo dome (around €34-58), the Uffizi (around €43) and the Accademia (around €25-33) in advance: all three require timed entry. The historic centre is fully walkable, so you won’t need transit except for the airport or the Day 3 trip. The Florence Itinerary That Stopped Us Queueing and Started Us Booking We showed up in Florence with zero reservations, a printed map, and the confidence that comes from having “done” three other Italian cities that trip. Big mistake. We stood in the Uffizi queue for forty minutes before a guard told us the timed-entry slots were long gone for the day: every one of them, booked out online weeks earlier by people who’d read exactly the kind of guide you’re reading now. We salvaged the afternoon with the Duomo’s free ground floor and a very long gelato break, but we lost half a day we didn’t have. ...

Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ✅ Quick Answer The best South Africa itinerary runs 10-14 days: base in Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula for 5-6 nights (Table Mountain, Cape Point, Boulders Beach, Robben Island), then add a self-drive along the Garden Route toward Knysna (10 days) or extend further with a Kruger safari via a short domestic flight through Johannesburg (14 days). Seven days is enough for Cape Town and the Peninsula alone. August is Cape Town’s quiet, low-cost winter season with reliable whale-watching near Hermanus, and most US/UK/EU/Canadian/Australian/Japanese passports enter visa-free for up to 90 days in 2026 - no advance visa needed. Planning a South Africa Itinerary? Decide the Second Leg First Land in Cape Town without a real plan and the trip half-writes itself: Table Mountain one day, Cape Point the next, a market on Saturday, and suddenly you’re on a flight home having never left the Cape. That’s not a bad week. But South Africa’s real trick - the one that makes a 10 or 14-day trip so much better than a 7-day one - is pairing Cape Town with something completely different: a slow coastal drive along the Garden Route, or a safari in Kruger where the whole rhythm of the day changes to match the animals. ...