We have outlined on other pages travel by foot, road, sea, air, hitchhiking, bike, train, bus etc but there are other alternatives if you want a really different holiday in Italy.

MOTORCYCLE / MOPED / THREE WHEELER
A very simple method is to hire a motorcyle (in large cities) or rent a bike. You could also get access to a moped or even the farm style three wheeler vehicles, for these however your travel will be slow.
To rent bikes try Alinari in Florence on Via Guelfa 85r, tel. 280 500. In Rome try Scooterhire www.scooterhire.it. Scooterhire is based in Via Cavour n° 80. You can make bookings on their site and they can drop off the scooter to anywhere you are in Rome. Contact them at info@scooterhire.it.
Motonline allows you to rent a bike throughout Italy and Europe and there are pickup and drop off points around the country (for additional fees). Rentable bikes include Ducati, Aprilia, Yamaha and BMW.
www.rent.motonline.com
rent@motonline.com.

Mototouring organises motorbike rental and tours through Italy. They are based in Milan but also have drop off and pickup points around the country (sometimes for additional fees). Contact details are as follows:
www.mototouring.com Via del Ricordo 31, 20128, Milano – Italy tel. +39 02 2720 1556 - fax. +39 02 2720 1140.
info@mototouring.com
rental@mototouring.com
ducati@mototouring.com


TRUCKS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
This is a form of hitch hiking but truck drivers are often glad for a bit of company on the road and commercial or delivery drivers have been known to take tourists along for a ride in return for some help on the job.

If you know of any other means of alternative transport around Italy then please contact us with the details italy@backpackglobe.com