The Italian Journey is divided sequentially as follows:
- Part One
- September 1786: from Karlsbad (now Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic) to the Brenner.
- --, from the Brenner to Verona, via Bolzano, Trento, Torbole, Malcesine.
- --, from Verona to Venice, via Vicenza, Padua.
- October 1786: Venice.
- --, from Ferrara to Rome, via Cento, Bologna, Florence, Perugia, Assisi, Foligno, Terni, Civita Castellana.
- October 1786-February 1787: first Roman visit.
- Part Two
- February–March 1787: Naples, via Velletri, Fondi.
- March–May 1787: Sicily, including Palermo, Alcamo, Castelvetrano, Sciacca, Agrigento (Girgenti), Caltanisetta, Catania, Taormina, Messina.
- May–June 1787: Naples.
- Part Three: June 1787-April 1788: second Roman visit.
