You also have great choice as to travel time as there are many options for day trips less than an hour from Rome, day trips less than 2 hours from Rome or, if you don’t mind a long day, even day trips over 2 hours from Rome.
You could easily spend an entire day exploring Ostia Antica however most people who make the effort to visit the site take a half day trip from Rome.
less than 2 hours awayBy Kate at Our Escape ClauseSpending a day in Florence is always a treat, and luckily, it’s entirely doable to take a day trip from Rome to Florence!While a day trip between two of Italy’s most popular cities will no doubt leave you exhausted by the end of it,
it’s well worth the effort!With one day in Florence, you can easily visit the city’s famous Duomo (if you’d like to climb the cupola, though, be sure to make reservations in advance!), visit Michelangelo’s famous David (also with advance reservations), shop for Italian food in Mercato Centrale, pursue leather goods in markets throughout the city, stroll across the Ponte Vecchio, admire Piazza Signoria, and marvel at the sweeping views of the skyline from Piazzale Michelangelo of San Miniato al Monte–all without using anything but your own two feet to get around!Of course, no day trip to Florence would be complete without a hearty Tuscan meal, so be sure to pause for lunch, as well as a scoop (or three) of gelato–by many accounts, gelato was invented in Florence.