12 Days in Italy, Greece & Spain — Adventure Edition

Rome → Athens → Santorini → Barcelona → Costa Brava

Day 1 — Rome

  1. 11:00–12:30 Arrive FCO → Monti base

    💰 Leonardo Express $16 | 💎 Taxi $55/car | 👑 Private $90 💡 Drop bags fast — the afternoon is on two wheels ✈️ Monti = best base for runners & riders

    Fiumicino, 41.8003, 12.2389
  2. 13:30–17:30 Appian Way e-bike + catacombs + aqueduct park

    💰 Bike $18 | 💎 E-bike + San Callisto catacombs guided $75 | 👑 Private + aqueduct picnic $160 💡 2,300-year-old basalt under your tyres; 15m of bones below the road at San Callisto 📅 Catacombs closed Wed; Sundays = car-free road

    Via Appia Antica, 41.8560, 12.5150
  3. 19:30–21:00 Testaccio dinner

    💰 Market boxes $12 | 💎 Flavio al Velavevodetto $40 | 👑 + wine crawl $75 💡 Cacio e pepe where it was invented, not where it's Instagrammed 🌦️ All year

    Testaccio, 41.8760, 12.4750

Day 2 — Rome

  1. 08:30–12:00 Colosseum underground + Forum + Palatine full circuit

    💰 $20 | 💎 Underground tour $50 | 👑 Private $200 💡 Walk the full Palatine loop — most visitors quit at the Forum fence 📅 30d release, 09:00 CET

    Colosseum, 41.8902, 12.4922
  2. 12:30–13:30 Monti refuel

    💰 Taglio $10 | 💎 Carbonara $30 | 👑 Roscioli $70 💡 Espresso standing, then move 🌦️ All year

    Monti, 41.8950, 12.4910
  3. 14:30–18:00 Underground Rome: San Clemente 3 layers + Capuchin crypt

    💰 San Clemente dig $12 | 💎 + Capuchin bone crypt $10 | 👑 Private underground-Rome tour $150 💡 San Clemente: a 1100s church atop a 300s church atop a Mithraic temple atop a Roman street — descend 60 feet and 2,000 years 🌦️ All year

    Basilica San Clemente, 41.8895, 12.4977
  4. 19:30–21:30 Trastevere night

    💰 Ai Marmi $15 | 💎 Der Belli $40 | 👑 Glass * $110 💡 Gianicolo climb after dinner — Rome by night, breathing hard 🌦️ All year

    Trastevere, 41.8890, 12.4700

Day 3 — Rome

Day 4 — Rome → Athens

Day 5 — Athens Riviera

Day 6 — Athens → Santorini

Day 7 — Santorini Big Day

Day 8 — Santorini

Day 9 — Santorini → Barcelona

Day 10 — Barcelona

Day 11 — Costa Brava Day

Day 12 — Barcelona