Where They Went

The Trip to Italy (2014)

Directed by Michael Winterbottom

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon drive a Mini down Italy in the footsteps of Byron and Shelley, from the Ligurian coast through Tuscany and Rome to the Amalfi Coast and Capri.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Hotel Cenobio dei Dogi
    Camogli, Liguria, Italy
    ≈ 00:03:00
    Stated on screen

    The pair reunite in Liguria to follow Byron and Shelley for The Observer.

  2. 2Da Giovanni
    San Fruttuoso, Liguria, Italy
    ≈ 00:18:00
    Stated on screen

    They go by boat to lunch at a restaurant in the bay below the abbey.

  3. 3Shelley's house
    Casa Magni, San Terenzo (Lerici)
    ≈ 00:28:00
    Inferred

    They pose for a photo at Shelley's last home on the Gulf of La Spezia.

  4. 4Viareggio, Italy
    ≈ 00:33:00
    Stated on screen

    On the beach where Shelley's body washed ashore.

  5. 5La Suvera
    Pievescola (La Suvera), Tuscany, Italy
    ≈ 00:40:00
    Stated on screen

    A night at a Tuscan castle hotel; Rob is asked to tape a film audition.

  6. 6Hotel Locarno and the Keats-Shelley House
    Rome, Italy
    ≈ 00:52:00
    Stated on screen

    In Rome they meet Steve's assistant Emma and a photographer and visit the Keats house.

  7. 7Pompeii, Italy
    ≈ 01:08:00
    Stated on screen
  8. 8Villa Cimbrone
    Ravello, Italy
    ≈ 01:15:00
    Stated on screen
  9. 9Naples, Italy
    ≈ 01:28:00
    Stated on screen
  10. 10Il Riccio
    Capri, Italy
    ≈ 01:33:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
687 km
Places
10
Countries
1
Stops
10
  • Car: 649 km
  • Boat: 38 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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