We are planning on going to Italy for a month in October 2025. We’ve been to Cinque Terra, Milan, Rome, Venice, Pienza, the Amalfi coast. We’re looking for something more centrally located that we haven’t explored before. Ferrara and Verona are enticing.
We like to have a base location for the month and be able to take trains to nearby locations to explore out further. We prefer to stay in smaller to midsize locations as opposed to the huge cities, and still have the city/town offer enough to keep us active on those rainy days or days when we don’t leave to explore elsewhere.
We would enjoy doing the fall foodie type things that Bologna area might offer. Easy/direct train transportation into Bologna or Verona or Parma or Moderno would be nice although we could rent a car for a few days if we had to. We will like an area that’s extremely walkable and that we don’t need a car for the most part.
Not touristy! We want to live like the locals as much as possible.
Thank you in advance!