CIAO!
Newby Family
Italia!
★ JUNE 3 – 10, 2026 ★
WILLIAM · BRANDY · ELLA — A WEDDING ON LAKE ORTA
The Journey →
🌉
San Fran
Jun 3
✈️
🇩🇰
Copenhagen
Connect
🚆
⚓
Genoa
Old Port
3 NIGHTS
🚗
🏞️
Lake Orta
💍 Wedding
2 NIGHTS
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⛪
Milan
Jun 9
1 NIGHT
✈️
🏡
Home
Jun 10
Day by Day ↓
Day 1WED · JUN 3
Takeoff!SF → Copenhagen
Travel Day
~1:30 PM
Leave home for SFO — SAS check-in closes 3:15.
4:45 PM
Wheels up — SAS SK 936, A350. 10h 15m. Eat, movie, SLEEP.
🎧 Download for Ella🛌 Neck pillows🌍 +9 hrs
Day 2THU · JUN 4
Arrive Genoavia CPH + Milan
🥃
Amaro to find hereAmaro Camatti — Genoa's own, voted World's Best Bitter '23. Look for the red "Genova" bottle, neat or in a spritz.
Arrival
12:00 PM
Land Copenhagen — clear EU passport control. 55-min connection — hustle!
3:05 PM
Land Milan Malpensa, grab bags (no passport control here).
~3:45 PM
🚆 Malpensa Express → Milano Centrale → Trenitalia → Genova Piazza Principe.
~7:00 PM
Airbnb: Molo Ponte Morosini 18 — on the Old Port. Easy dinner, crash early.
🏠 Host: Alessio📶 Infostrada-80A6E1🍃 Pesto HQ
Days 3–4FRI–SAT · JUN 5–6
Cinque Terre+ Genoa flex day
⛅
Ligurian coast · early June75°F / 63°F ~24° / 17°C
Warm · brief showers ~1 in 3 days
Live Forecast →
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Amaro to find hereAmaro Camatti is made right here (Sangallo Distillery). Also try Cinque Terre herb liqueurs like Erba Luisa.
Choose by Weather!
☀️ SUNNY → Cinque Terre. 🌧️ RAINY → Genoa city. Pick each morning.
🚆 Coast
Cinque Terre: regional train → Monterosso (beach + lunch) → Vernazza (that harbor!) → maybe Manarola. Hop by train; skip the big hikes.
🏛️ City
Genoa: 🏴☠️ Neptune pirate ship · 🐠 Aquarium · Biosfera · Rolli palaces · striped Duomo · Castello d'Albertis · Boccadasse beach.
🎟️ Regional trains = no booking🏖️ Monterosso beach🍦 Boccadasse gelato
Day 5SUN · JUN 7
To Lake OrtaGenoa → Pettenasco
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Lake Orta · early June77°F / 57°F ~25° / 14°C
June is the wettest month here — pack a layer
Live Forecast →
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Amaro to find hereBarolo Chinato — Piedmont's great after-dinner digestivo. Also Genepy, the alpine herbal liqueur.
Drive + Wedding Eve
by 10 AM
Breakfast + check out (10 AM sharp).
~10:15
🚗 Pick up rental car near Piazza Principe (drop at MXP Jun 9).
~10:45
Drive to Pettenasco — ~2.5 hrs via A26. Dodge Genoa's ZTL.
~1:15 PM
Check in Hotel L'Approdo, Corso Roma 80 — lakefront 4★, pool & terrace.
Aft
Explore Orta San Giulio + boat to Isola San Giulio.
6:00 PM
🥂 Dinner with the wedding party — the rowing club.
Day 6MON · JUN 8
The Wedding!Lake Orta 🎉
🌦️
Lake Orta · early June77°F / 57°F ~25° / 14°C
Have a backup plan for outdoor moments
Live Forecast →
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Amaro to find herePost-dinner move: Barolo Chinato with a square of dark chocolate — the classic Piedmontese pairing.
Celebrate!
Morning
Sleep in. Lakeside breakfast, swim, slow walk. No rushing.
Later
The wedding — celebrate, dance, soak it in. 💃🕺
Night
Back to Hotel L'Approdo (night 2).
Day 7TUE · JUN 9
Milanlake → city → airport
☀️
Milan · early June81°F / 61°F ~27° / 16°C
Warm · occasional heavy afternoon showers
Live Forecast →
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Amaro to find hereFernet-Branca (born in Milan) & Amaro Ramazzotti. For the bitter-aperitivo side: a Campari at Camparino in the Galleria.
Last Full Day
~10 AM
Breakfast, check out, drive to Milan (~1.5 hrs).
Midday
⛪ Duomo + rooftop · Galleria · 🏰 Castello Sforzesco · San Maurizio frescoes · 🚤 Navigli canals.
Eve
Drop car at MXP. Check into airport hotel (Sheraton Malpensa = on T1). Farewell dinner.
🎟️ "Last Supper" = book weeks ahead🌅 Navigli aperitivo🥃 Branca tours: Mon/Wed/Fri only
Day 8WED · JUN 10
Home!Milan → CPH → SFO
Return
~7:00 AM
At MXP T1. Check in by 8:35.
9:20 AM
SAS SK 684 → Copenhagen (2h05).
12:45 PM
SAS SK 935 → San Francisco (10h55).
2:40 PM
LAND AT SFO — HOME! 🌉
★ SAS · YS7PQB ★
Hotel L'Approdo · Corso Roma 80, Pettenasco (NO) · +39 0323 89345
BUON VIAGGIO, FAMIGLIA NEWBY! 🇮🇹
Weather = typical early-June averages; tap "Live Forecast" closer to the trip for the real thing. Landmark photos via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Vernazza, Isola di OrtaSanGiulio, Duomo di Milano.