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I get asked about a lot of things from behind the wheel — best gelato in Florence, whether the train really is faster than driving, what time the Vatican gets crowded. But nothing gets a client leaning forward in their seat quite like this one: from September 25 to 27, 2026, Polignano a Mare hosts the Red Bull Cliff Diving…

Last updated: 13 July 2026 If you are travelling between Rome and Florence in late July or August 2026, check your train before leaving. Confirmed infrastructure works will reduce services in the Florence rail hub from 26 to 30 July, while separate works will affect the main Rome–Florence high-speed route from 10 to 28 August. A private transfer will not…

I spend a good part of my year driving people up to Florence, and somewhere between dropping them at the Duomo and circling back for the pickup, I’ve turned gelato into a personal research project. That’s me in the photo, cone in hand, parked near Santo Spirito on a slow afternoon. Here’s the thing nobody tells you: Florence has more…

Two weeks ago I picked up a couple at Fiumicino at 7:40 a.m. Their flight from New York had been delayed by ninety minutes, their cruise was sailing from Civitavecchia at 4 p.m., and the husband couldn’t stop checking his watch. By 9 we were pulling up at the port terminal, bags out, smiles back. They had time for lunch.…

  There’s a moment on the drive to Assisi — somewhere past Spoleto, when the road climbs through olive groves and the town appears on the shoulder of Monte Subasio, all pink stone and medieval towers — that passengers go quiet. Every time. It doesn’t matter if they’ve seen it in photographs or read about it in guidebooks. The real…

 Getting from Rome to Naples doesn’t have to involve dragging your luggage through Termini station at rush hour. A private transfer covers the roughly 230 kilometers in about two and a half hours, picks you up at your hotel door (or straight from Fiumicino), and drops you exactly where you need to be in Naples — no ticket lines, no…

There’s a moment on every drive south from Rome when the highway noise fades, the coastline appears through the windshield, and my clients go quiet. Not because something’s wrong — because something’s very right. After years behind the wheel on the road from Fiumicino airport to the Amalfi Coast, I can practically feel that shift in the air. The flat…

Bagno Vignoni: a thermal escape in the heart of Val d’Orcia There’s something magical about driving through Tuscany in the quiet months between January and Easter. The rolling hills are softer somehow, the light more golden, and the crowds? Practically nonexistent. Last week I had the pleasure of taking Giulio and Francesca, a young Italian-American couple from the States, on…

When you book a private transfer in Italy, you’re not just paying for a ride. You’re investing in peace of mind—knowing that a clean, comfortable vehicle will be waiting exactly where and when you need it. At Rome City Transfers, we’ve built a fleet of ten Mercedes-Benz vehicles specifically to deliver that promise, whether you’re a solo traveler landing at…

Look, I’ve been driving people from Rome to Venice for years now, and the question I get asked most often isn’t about the route or the price. It’s always: “When should I actually go?” And honestly? It’s a smart question. Because Venice in August is a completely different beast from Venice in October. Same canals, same bridges, totally different experience.…