I am currently in Italy and need some suggestions of places to visit.

Ravenna, Padua, Bologna, Pisa come to mind immediately. Ravenna is a great place to go. Also winery touring in the area.

You could also mix in some of Austria, if you are tired of Italy.

Look around your lodging for travel guides that other travelers have left behind.

If you have a week, I would go down to Lucca.
It's just charming, and lots to do for daytrips around the area.

Not far from Venice but with an Alpine feel, you’ll find the town/ small city Bassano de Grappa which I encourage you to visit for a few days. It is dissected by the Brenta River and has a beautiful wooden Palladian bridge crossing over it.
There is train service.
Also look at Vicenza. We dedicated one trip to this area, the Veneto.

This very website is LOADED with video and more that replicate some of the book. Additionally, wherever you choose to go, download the walking tours on his app - via the Play and Apple Stores.

Go to https://www.galleriaborghese.net/ to see Bernini's two dazzling works - I find them to be the most beautiful creations ever by a human being - The Rapes of Proserpina and David. Also go see the Ecstasy of St Theresa (it's free) Cornaro Chapel of the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome. It really near the main train stations -- easy walking distance.

For the Borghese it's a two-hour limit and ticketed and tough-ish to get it. It's worth every ounce of effort you make if only to see the Bernini works. They make me weep with joy that a human being could create something like that. They are a must see...

San Gimignano is the city where they have the horse race every year in the town square and it's a great location for wine, Montepulciano, and Siena for sure. Montalcino if you're into wine. Do you see a commonality here? Pisa was okay if you want to see the leaning tower, but eh...watch out for the gypsy pickpockets tho! Lots of these you can do via a tour group. Lucca most definitely.

I would head to the Dolomites. Plenty of hiking there and cute little towns. And it may be a little cooler in the mountains.

Mary has the right idea. Devote at least 4 nights to the Val Gardena and got out of the heat. Take a train to Bolzano then a bus to Ortisei. Hopefully you can find lodging in Ortisei, Santa Cristina, or Selva. Gets busier in July and August.

Ken-
The Palio is in Siena not SG

If you can access this website, RS has a whole section on Italy, do a search for it and see what you like.

I'm in Treviso right now, which has proved to be a nice base for exploring some smaller towns in the region. Day trips from Treviso we've especially enjoyed:

Belluno - charming medieval old town, with walks by the river, gorgeous views, fun Saturday market

Cittadella - apparently the only place in all of Europe where you can fully circumnavigate the original medieval walls (parts of it that were destroyed have been restored/rebuilt)

Padua/Padova - vibrant university city with incredible produce and covered market, great for just wandering around and soaking up the atmosphere. (I know you said you're not an art lover, but the Scrovegni chapel is incredible. Sorry - just had to throw it out there!)

Udine - pristine historic town in Friuli Venezia Giulia region, with a hilltop castle and churches with works by Tiepolo. We loved the local cuisine and wine (highly recommend L'Alimentare for lunch and the wine bar Buca di Bacco, owned by friendly Jana). Although if you'll be in Slovenia and Croatia later this year, this may not be in the direction you want to head.

If you have your tablet or phone, simply buy the guide, or others, on Kindle. A weeks worth of traveling makes the investment worth it.

Nice thing about buying the Kindle versions is that you have a library available on you phone, tablet, or laptop. I have maybe a dozen guides covering Europe on there.

Of course the other option is to not overthink it. Just pick an interesting sounding town near you, then use Google to find blogs, tourism sites, Tripadvisor, or other sources of what there is to see. Some of my best memories are random things found either by cold searches or stumbling on walking around a town.

We once had spent 3 weeks in northern Italy and were looking for a change of pace so we looked at the train lines and headed north to Merano/Mürren. It is a spa city full of villas, formal gardens, a beautiful rushing river, hiking through orchard and vineyard paths, biking, bi-country cuisine and mountain peaks. All of the signs and menus are in German and Italian. It was an ideal area to spend a few days or longer.

Thank you for all of the wonderful suggestions. I have a lot of online research to do.

Paul, thank you for the kindle suggestion. I had never considered purchasing the ebook. It would sure take up a lot less space in my luggage. Is it as easy to flip back and forth, to find something you’ve read? I have two copies of the paperback so I cut up the sections I thought I would use in order to cut down on packing but I already bring a phone and tablet and the cost is not an issue! I was already carrying a Switzerland book so that could have been on Kindle as well!

Haven't read everything here, but Venice Biennale runs through November. Always fun to catch a current local event or exhibit. I saw the Hermitage's Matisses at a traveling show in Copenhagen, and am now doubly grateful. Vicenza is a nice little town in the Veneto, a RS favorite. Le Marche is on my bucket list as one of the less-touristed areas of Italy.

The kindle version takes a little getting used to, can't quite flip through it and find a big marker...but it does have a good search function, you can highlight, add notes, use the "Notebook" function, so it works pretty well.