The Itinerary Italy and Greece itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Italy and Greece, each 14 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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Planning a trip to Italy and Greece
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 14 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 700 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Two sets of rules on this trip, and both have to be sorted before you fly.
- Italy: Embassy or consulate in advance, 90 days in any 180. Schengen.
- Greece: Embassy or consulate in advance, 90 days in any 180. Schengen.
Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with each embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Rome · Pompeii · Matera · Bari · Meteora · Delphi · Athens.
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Best for: The classical world in the order it actually happened
Italy and Greece in 14 days: Rome, Pompeii, Matera and the ferry to Meteora
Rome → Pompeii → Matera → Bari → ferry → Meteora → Delphi → Athens
The Greek temples in southern Italy are older than most of the ones in Greece — the Greeks got there first and called it Magna Graecia. Rome, a city buried by a volcano, a town of cave dwellings, then an overnight ferry across the Adriatic to monasteries on rock pillars.
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