The Best Day Trips, City by City
Where to go when you have one free day - from 31 of the world's most visited cities. Every guide has the exact trains and buses, honest travel times, and the trips that genuinely repay a full day. Starting from home instead? Try Day Trips Near Me.
United States
Day trips from San Francisco
Muir Woods · Sausalito · Tiburon and Angel Island + 8 more
Canada
Day trips from Vancouver
Victoria · Sea to Sky Gondola · Whistler + 9 more
United States
Day trips from Nashville
Mammoth Cave National Park · Franklin · Lynchburg and Jack Daniel's + 9 more
Canada
Day trips from Montreal
Quebec City · Ottawa · Mont-Tremblant + 7 more
Singapore
Day trips from Singapore
Pulau Ubin · Johor Bahru · Legoland Malaysia + 6 more
Vietnam
Day trips from Hanoi
Ninh Binh · Ha Long Bay · The Perfume Pagoda + 7 more
Taiwan
Day trips from Taipei
Jiufen · Shifen and the Pingxi Line · Yehliu Geopark + 7 more
Greece
Day trips from Athens
Aegina · Delphi · Nafplio + 7 more
Scotland
Day trips from Edinburgh
Stirling · North Berwick · Glasgow + 7 more
Spain
Day trips from Seville
Cordoba · Italica · Cadiz + 6 more
Japan
Day trips from Kyoto
Nara · Uji · Osaka + 6 more
United Arab Emirates
Day trips from Dubai
Abu Dhabi · Hatta · Sharjah + 5 more
Italy
Day trips from Venice
Padua · Murano, Burano and Torcello · Vicenza + 7 more
Canada
Day trips from Toronto
Niagara Falls · Niagara-on-the-Lake · Hamilton + 4 more
Netherlands
Day trips from Amsterdam
Haarlem · Zaanse Schans · Giethoorn + 6 more
Thailand
Day trips from Bangkok
Ayutthaya · Damnoen Saduak floating market · Maeklong railway market + 5 more
Austria
Day trips from Vienna
Bratislava · Wachau Valley: Melk and Durnstein · Salzburg + 4 more
Czech Republic
Day trips from Prague
Kutna Hora · Karlstejn Castle · Cesky Krumlov + 4 more
United Kingdom
Day trips from London
Windsor Castle · Oxford · Cambridge + 9 more
France
Day trips from Paris
Versailles · Giverny (Monet's garden) · Fontainebleau + 9 more
Italy
Day trips from Rome
Pompeii · Tivoli (Villa d'Este & Hadrian's Villa) · Ostia Antica + 7 more
Japan
Day trips from Tokyo
Hakone · Nikko · Kamakura & Enoshima + 7 more
Spain
Day trips from Barcelona
Montserrat · Sitges · Girona + 8 more
Ireland
Day trips from Dublin
Howth · Glendalough & the Wicklow Mountains · Cliffs of Moher + 7 more
Italy
Day trips from Florence
Siena · Pisa · Lucca + 7 more
United States
Day trips from Las Vegas
Grand Canyon: West Rim vs South Rim · Hoover Dam · Red Rock Canyon + 7 more
United States
Day trips from New York
Beacon · Cold Spring & Breakneck Ridge · Bear Mountain + 8 more
Spain
Day trips from Madrid
Toledo · Segovia · Ávila + 7 more
Portugal
Day trips from Lisbon
Sintra · Cascais · Óbidos + 7 more
United States
Day trips from Boston
Salem · Rockport & Gloucester (Cape Ann) · Concord, Lexington & Walden Pond + 7 more
Italy
Day trips from Naples
Pompeii · Capri · Amalfi Coast (Positano & Amalfi) + 7 more
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Photo credits (31)
Photos via Wikimedia Commons, used under their respective licences.
- Day trips from San Francisco: Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA - CC BY 2.0 · source
- Day trips from Vancouver: TravelingOtter from Houston, Texas, USA - CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
- Day trips from Nashville: NPS Photo - Public domain · source
- Day trips from Montreal: Letartean - CC BY 3.0 · source
- Day trips from Singapore: Lionel Lim - CC BY 2.0 · source
- Day trips from Hanoi: Wolfgang B - CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
- Day trips from Taipei: Another Believer - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Athens: Stathis floros - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Edinburgh: Janfrie1988 - Public domain · source
- Day trips from Seville: Alvaro.vinuela.carnicero - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Kyoto: Zairon - CC BY 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Dubai: Boubloub - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Venice: Jorge Franganillo - CC BY 2.0 · source
- Day trips from Toronto: Gzzz - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Amsterdam: Slaunger - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Bangkok: Diego Delso - CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
- Day trips from Vienna: Thomas Wolf , www.foto-tw.de - CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source
- Day trips from Prague: Diliff - CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
- Day trips from London: mattbuck ( category ) - CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
- Day trips from Paris: Prateek Karandikar - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Rome: Meshari Alawfi - CC BY 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Tokyo: Akonnchiroll - CC0 · source
- Day trips from Barcelona: Bernard Gagnon - CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
- Day trips from Dublin: The wub - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Florence: Ingo Mehling - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Las Vegas: John Phelan - CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
- Day trips from New York: Callum Chapman callumchapman - CC0 · source
- Day trips from Madrid: Jorge Franganillo - CC BY 2.0 · source
- Day trips from Lisbon: Lisbon Photoshoots - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Boston: King of Hearts - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Day trips from Naples: Own work - CC BY-SA 3.0 · source