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Italy Road Trip in a Fiat

trevormcgowan22
Jun 26
4 min read

  1. Road trip from Florence to Sicily playing golf

    1. Must be in a very small Fiat with golf clubs jammed in

    2. 10 golf courses

    3. 11 Days

    4. Great food, great wine

    5. 1100 miles of driving


  1. Day 0. Fly from East Coast, USA to Florence’s Amerigo Vespucci airport. 

  2. Day 1. Arrive in Florence, grab the Fiat from the rentals at the airport and get the clubs packed in. Drive 4.5 miles (19 minutes) into the city, park the car, eat lots of food, drink plenty of drinks and just have a great first day of the trip. No golf.

    1. 11 Day rental for Fiat 500 picked up at Florence airport and dropped off at Palermo airport is $1,093 total.


  1. Day 2. Early morning out to try to play 36 holes. 

    1. An 8.2 mile (23 minute) drive to start with Ugolino Golf Club, a historic Italian course just outside of Florence. https://www.golfugolino.it/en/ 

      1. Built in 1934

      2. Bernhard Langer won the 1983 Italian Open here, beating Seve in a playoff. (Seve had just won the ‘83 Masters like 2 weeks before this). Bernhard won 13,400 Euros (hell yeah).

      3. 130 Euros (walking)

    2. After lunch we drive 53 miles (1 hour 2 minutes) towards the town of Siena in the heart of Tuscany to play at the Royal Golf La Bagnaia. https://www.royalgolflabagnaia.com/ 

      1. Robert Trent Jones Jr.

      2. 125 Euros (walking)

      3. We’d opt to stay at the on-site resort that night. (prices not publicly listed)

  2. Day 3.  Wake up at La Bagnaia and drive towards Italy’s West Coast. A 63 mile (1 hour 20 minute drive) to play an early afternoon round at Golf Club Punta Ala. https://golfpuntaala.it/ 

    1. Built in 1964

    2. Incredible views of the Med all around. Just a perfect resort course

    3. 110 Euros (walking)

    4. Resort has a private beach, so we will be there after the round

    5. Staying on-site for 1 night

  3. Day 4. Wake up at Golf Punta Ala and drive towards Rome! 140 mile (2 hours 38 minute) drive to Olgiata Golf Club https://www.olgiatagolfclub.com/en/ 

    1. Place looks so pure. Just outside of Rome. Built in 1961.

    2. 130 Euros on weekdays, 160 Euros weekends (walking)

    3. Hosted 2002 and 2019 Italian Opens. Won by Ian Poulter and Bernd Weisberger respectively. 

    4. Drive 22 miles (38 minutes) into Rome center city to spend the night, enjoy the sights.

  4. Day 5. Wake up in Rome and go play Marco Simone. About 14 miles (25 minutes) drive from the center of Rome. https://golfmarcosimone.com/ 

    1. Host of 2023 Ryder Cup

    2. 270 Euros (walking)

    3. Long drive after this round towards Puglia, a 300 mile (4 hour 43 minute) journey towards Italy’s Southeast coast on the Adriatic Sea.

    4. We will arrive at the San Domenico golf resort to stay that evening.

  5. Day 6. Play San Domenico golf course.https://www.sandomenicogolf.com/ 

    1. Seems to be like an Italian style links course

    2. 110 Euros (walking) if you’re a hotel guest

    3. Start our drive south towards Sicily after this round. 161 mile (3 hour 24 minute) drive to stay at Grand Hotel San Michele that night.

  6. Day 7. Wake up at Grand Hotel San Michele

    1. This hotel has a pool, private beach access, and bars, enjoy all of that.

    2. Also has a very rugged 9 hole course that I think could be the most fun of the whole trip https://www.grandhotelsanmichele.it/en-gb/cetraro-golf-course 

      1. 50 euros

    3. Stay for a second night at this little hotel/resort situation, just have a day.

  7. Day 8. Wake up at Grand Hotel San Michele. 

    1. Another good drive to arrive on the island of Sicily. 175 mile (3 hours 58 minutes) drive to Picciolo Etna Golf Resort that will include a 20 minute ferry ride to get our Fiat onto Sicily.

      1. Play an afternoon round at the Picciolo Golf Course https://www.ilpiccioloetnagolfresort.com/en-GB/golf 

      2. 110 Euros (walking)

      3. Built in 1989. First 18 hole course on the island of Sicily

      4. Spend the night at the resort

  8. Day 9. Wake up at Picciolo Etna Resort and drive to our final stay. 164 mile (3 hour 6 minute) drive to the Southwest side of Sicily to Verdura Resort, a Rocco Forte property with two 18 hole and one short 9 hole course all designed by Kyle Phillips (extremely nice, not cheap). https://www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/verdura-resort/golf/verdura-shore/ 

    1. Total of $2,180 Euros for 2 nights stay, unlimited golf, and a golf cart for 2 guests. Breakfast and dinner included!

    2. Play the West course that afternoon after check-in https://www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/verdura-resort/golf/verdura-shore/ 

      1. Built in 2010

      2. 8th ranked course in all of Italy

    3. Enjoy our first evening on property, feel the luxury

  9. Day 10. Wake up at the resort and play the East Course after breakfast https://www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/verdura-resort/golf/verdura-links/ 

    1. Built in 2009 and regarded as the better of the 2 courses.

    2. 5th ranked in Italy and top 100 in continental Europe.

    3. Probably try to play this twice today because we have unlimited golf.

    4. Play the executive/short course during twilight to cap off the golf https://www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/verdura-resort/golf/executive-course/ 

    5. Enjoy dinner and drinks at the resort

  10. Day 11. If we’re allowed to play golf that morning we check out we’ll play the West course again.

    1. Head to Palermo airport, 81 mile (1 hour 24 minute) drive to drop the Fiat off and fly back to US.

 
 
 

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