Fodor's Essential Italy 2024
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Italy is the whole package, and it knows it. Covering 116,350 square miles of gorgeous coastlines, mountains, and countryside and with more than 2,700 years of history and culture in all genres, it’s hard to beat the cultural wealth and beauty of Italy’s everyday–whether food, art, fashion, or design. And though Italy is united under the same country code +39, it is a patchwork of personalities—20 regions with distinctly different traditions and terrains.
Since the Grand Tour itineraries of yesteryear, the cities of Rome, Florence, Naples, and Venice have topped the list of must-see destinations. The 21st-century itinerary expands outward for full immersion into Italian culture with an extended lineup that includes the beaches of the Amalfi Coast and Puglia, the food towns of Emil...
Read MoreItaly is the whole package, and it knows it. Covering 116,350 square miles of gorgeous coastlines, mountains, and countryside and with more than 2,700 years of history and culture in all genres, it’s hard to beat the cultural wealth and beauty of Italy’s everyday–whether food, art, fashion, or design. And though Italy is united under the same country code +39, it is a patchwork of personalities—20 regions with distinctly different traditions and terrains.
Since the Grand Tour itineraries of yesteryear, the cities of Rome, Florence, Naples, and Venice have topped the list of must-see destinations. The 21st-century itinerary expands outward for full immersion into Italian culture with an extended lineup that includes the beaches of the Amalfi Coast and Puglia, the food towns of Emilia Romagna, the powdery slopes of the Italian Alps, the fashion of Milan, and the entire island of Sicily.
Capital city Rome leads the country in the center-south Lazio region, and it’s here where the reputation of Italian chaos comes from. Since its 753 BC founding, Rome has been the center of attention. Today’s Eternal City convenes millennia of culture and millions of residents and visitors in its historic center of approximately five square miles. Rome’s ancient history is seen every day in the contemporary Roman landscape whether it’s driving past the Colosseum, watching the pilgrims flow into St. Peter’s Square or queuing up to see Michelangelo’s masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel.
Along with the must-see cities, there are unparalleled experiences that you must do when in Italy, including eating a true Neapolitan pizza in Naples, climbing Sicily’s Mount Etna (an active volcano), driving the head-spinning curves of the Amalfi Coast, taking a midnight gondola ride around Venice, walking the top level of the Colosseum, driving a vintage Fiat through the Tuscan countryside, eating anything in Emilia Romagna, and exploring antiquity at any ancient sites such as Pompeii, Paestum, and Herculaneum.
All Italians would tell you the best way to get to know the country is simply to explore whatever is front of you and on your plate. Italy’s food culture varies from region to region. For pizza and pasta lovers, head south to Naples and Rome, and meat-lovers to Tuscany. Sicily is the country’s breadbasket for its incredible range of fruit and veggies, and seafood and desserts. Emilia Romagna sits on the throne of the country’s gastronomic empire, known for its Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, prosciutto di Parma, balsamic vinegar, and incredible homemade pasta specialties like tortellini. Wine, why not? There is no region where you can’t find an amazing bottle of wine—red, white or bubbles—just look for the area’s strade del vino (wine roads) to lead you in the right direction.
There is never a bad time to visit Italy, whether winter or summer, high season or low season. From November through the end of February, tourism tends to dissipate which makes sites are less crowded and highly requested tickets like Rome’s Vatican Museums, Florence’s Uffizi and Milan’s Last Supper easier to reserve. Spring kicks into high gear during La Settimana Santa (Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter), and from that moment, Italy unleashes events and holidays, and more as the weeks warm up. Crowds accumulate and by mid-June the best place to be are the lesser-visited towns. In the summer months, Italians head to the beach or mountains, and by August, Rome and other big cities are veritable ghost towns. Though the residents have left and infrastructure can be reduced, cities and towns organize summer events such as extended museum hours, outdoor concerts and other events.
Thanks to its unbeatable location in the southern Mediterranean basin, the climate is generally mild in the winters and warm in the summer, but here’s rub: weather varies notably from region to region. The northern regions, like Lombardia, Piemonte, Veneto, and even Emilia Romagna tend to have harsher, longer winters than their southern counterparts like Sicily, Calabria, and Campania where the hot sun seems to shine for 10 months a year. Be prepared, just as each region is climatically different from its neighbor, a drive across a region can vastly change from chilly mountainside and arid plains to scalding seaside.
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Sicily
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Rome
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Tuscany
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Florence
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Naples
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The Dolomites
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Capri, Ischia, and Procida
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The Amalfi Coast
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The Veneto and Friuli–Venezia Giulia
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Emilia–Romagna
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The Italian Riviera
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Puglia, Basilicata, and Calabria
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Milan
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Lombardy and the Lakes
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Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta
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Sardinia
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Capri
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Sorrento and the Sorrentine Peninsula
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Sorrento
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The Bay of Naples
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Genoa
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Ischia
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Side Trips from Rome
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Bologna
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Emilia
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Turin
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Positano
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Palermo
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Lake Como
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Amalfi
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Verona
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Lake Garda
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Cagliari
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Bolzano (Bozen)
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Ravello
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Trento
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Trieste
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Siracusa
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Lucca
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Padua
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Cinque Terre
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Taormina
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Catania
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Procida
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Ferrara
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Merano (Meran)
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Alghero
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Ravenna
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Cortina d'Ampezzo
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Bergamo
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Lake Maggiore
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Pisa
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Matera
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Herculaneum (Ercolano)
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Vicenza
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Treviso
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Alba
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Arezzo
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Romagna
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Lecce
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Pozzuoli
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Cremona
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Trapani
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Udine
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Madonna di Campiglio
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Asolo
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Greve in Chianti
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Acireale
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Aosta
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Viterbo
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Erice
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Bari
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Courmayeur/Monte Bianco
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Montalcino
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Pompeii
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Nuoro
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Corvara
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Oristano
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Mt. Etna
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Pula
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Bordighera
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Ortisei (St. Ulrich)
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Portofino
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Frascati
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San Remo
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Porto Cervo
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Cefalu
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Brunico (Bruneck)
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Conca dei Marini
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Modica
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Vesuvius
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Portovenere
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Baia
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Bressanone (Brixen)
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Taranto
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Montepulciano
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Asti
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Lerici
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Misurina
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Colle di Val d'Elsa
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Tropea
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Mantua
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Camogli
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Noto
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Santa Margherita Ligure
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Gallipoli
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Enna
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Cosenza
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Agrigento
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Bormio
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Tivoli
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Trani
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Ostuni
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Monterosso al Mare
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Marostica
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Cividale del Friuli
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Cetara
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Ragusa
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Alberobello
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Castelgandolfo
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Paestum
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Lipari
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Atrani
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Finale Ligure
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Praiano
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Rovereto
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Vieste
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Pienza
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Olbia
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Breuil-Cervinia/The Matterhorn
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Reggio Calabria
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The Barolo Region
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Diamante
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Cortona
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Castellina in Chianti
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Vernazza
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Otranto
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Panzano
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Crotone
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Mattinata
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Sant'Antioco
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Naturno (Naturns)
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Aquileia
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Sant'Agnello
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Pavia
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Marina del Cantone
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Corniglia
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Polignano a Mare
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Sestriere
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Manarola
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Piazza Armerina
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Camigliatello
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Riomaggiore
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Sassari
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Sestri Levante
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Caltagirone
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Ostia Antica
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Marsala
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Messina
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Maratea
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Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi
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Canazei
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Giardini Botanici Hanbury
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Ticinese
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Caldaro (Kaltern)
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Castelmola
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Castel del Monte
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Castrovillari
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Ceglie Messapica
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Martina Franca
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Costa Verde
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Monreale
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Selinunte
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Ariccia
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Nemi
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Palestrina
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Furore
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Scicli
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La Spezia
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Imperia
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Nervi
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Levanto
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Elba
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Albisola Marina
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Castelsardo
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Caprarola
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Barga
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Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
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Montecatini Terme
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Marina di Praia
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Cumae
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La Maddalena
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Rivoli
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Tharros
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Chiavari
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Stromboli
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Salina
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Sacra di San Michele
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Santa Teresa di Gallura
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Albenga
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Lago di Carezza
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Panarea
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Bard
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Bagnaia
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Fiesole
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Venaria Reale
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Segesta
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Passo dello Stelvio
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Alassio
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Filicudi
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San Pietro
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Castello Fenis
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Abbazia di Sant'Antonio di Ranverso
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Buonconvento
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Carrara
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Bagno Vignoni
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Aliano
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Monte Argentario
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Montelupo
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Massa Marittima
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Alicudi
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Bagni di Lucca
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Empoli
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Giglio
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Livorno
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Rende
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Oplontis (Torre Annunziata)
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Barumini
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Chiusi
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Fonni
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Monteriggioni
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Chianciano Terme
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Castelnuovo Berardenga
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Forte dei Marmi
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Saluzzo
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Asciano
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Avigliana
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Dobbiaco (Toblach)
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Caltanissetta
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Caccamo
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San Giovanni Rotondo
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St. Vincent
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Abetone
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Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
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Golfo Aranci
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Casale Monferrato
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Settignano
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Giara di Gesturi
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Gaiole in Chianti
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Cervo
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Pizzo
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Cogne and the Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso
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Peschici
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Santo Stefano di Camastra
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Locri
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Taggia
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Chiusa (Klausen)
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Bardonecchia
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Grotte di Castellana
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Parco dell'Orecchiella
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Foggia
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Savona
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Passignano
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Stilo
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Vercelli
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Novara
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Rome
![](/assets/destinations/54481/buildings-river-arno-florence-italy_med.jpg)
Florence
![](/assets/destinations/1003040/toledo-subway-station-naples-italy_med.jpg)
Naples
![](/assets/destinations/1003037/public-square-la-scala-milan-italy_med.jpg)
Milan
![](/assets/destinations/62752/marina-piccola-sorrento-italy_med.jpg)
Sorrento
![](/assets/destinations/1004697/church-rooftops-cityscape-genoa-italy_med.jpg)
Genoa
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Bologna
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Turin
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Positano
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Palermo
![](/assets/destinations/62736/beach-boats-positano-resortamalfi-amalfi-coast-naples-and-campania-italy_med.jpg)
Amalfi
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Verona
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Cagliari
![](/assets/destinations/704682/walther-square-bolzano-italy_med.jpg)
Bolzano (Bozen)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Ravello
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Trieste
![](/assets/destinations/704677/cathedral-square-old-town-trento-italy_med.jpg)
Trento
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Siracusa
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Padua
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Lucca
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Taormina
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Ferrara
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Procida
![](/assets/destinations/1004874/cathedral-of-catania-catania-sicily-italy_med.jpg)
Catania
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Alghero
![](/assets/destinations/704684/merano-italy_med.jpg)
Merano (Meran)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Ravenna
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Cortina d'Ampezzo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Bergamo
![](/assets/destinations/1003032/bridge-river-arno-waterfront-pisa-tuscany-italy_med.jpg)
Pisa
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Herculaneum (Ercolano)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Matera
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Vicenza
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Treviso
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Alba
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Arezzo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Lecce
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Pozzuoli
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Cremona
![](/assets/destinations/704679/madonna-di-campiglio-italy_med.jpg)
Madonna di Campiglio
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Greve in Chianti
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Udine
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Asolo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Trapani
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Acireale
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Bari
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Viterbo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Courmayeur/Monte Bianco
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Aosta
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Erice
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Mt. Etna
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Corvara
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Pula
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Ortisei (St. Ulrich)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Pompeii
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Oristano
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Nuoro
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Montalcino
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Bordighera
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Portofino
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Portovenere
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Vesuvius
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Cefalu
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Conca dei Marini
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Modica
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
San Remo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Frascati
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Brunico (Bruneck)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Porto Cervo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Colle di Val d'Elsa
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Baia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Asti
![](/assets/destinations/704686/bressanone-brixen-italy_med.jpg)
Bressanone (Brixen)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Gallipoli
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Tropea
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Montepulciano
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Taranto
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Mantua
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Noto
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Misurina
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Camogli
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Cosenza
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Enna
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Santa Margherita Ligure
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Lerici
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Agrigento
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Alberobello
![](/assets/destinations/704680/bormio-italy_med.jpg)
Bormio
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Monterosso al Mare
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Trani
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Tivoli
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Cividale del Friuli
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Ostuni
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Marostica
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Castelgandolfo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Cetara
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Ragusa
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Olbia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Vieste
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Breuil-Cervinia/The Matterhorn
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Pienza
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Reggio Calabria
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Atrani
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Rovereto
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Finale Ligure
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Praiano
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Paestum
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Cortona
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Pavia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Naturno (Naturns)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Otranto
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Crotone
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Mattinata
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Sant'Agnello
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Panzano
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Marina del Cantone
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Vernazza
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Castellina in Chianti
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Diamante
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Gavi
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Aquileia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Sant'Antioco
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Marsala
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Riomaggiore
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Ostia Antica
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Polignano a Mare
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Maratea
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Corniglia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Sassari
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Castelmola
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Giardini Botanici Hanbury
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Canazei
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Piazza Armerina
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Caltagirone
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Sestri Levante
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Caldaro (Kaltern)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Messina
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Sestriere
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Camigliatello
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Manarola
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Ticinese
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Scicli
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Selinunte
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Costa Verde
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Castel del Monte
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Castrovillari
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Ceglie Messapica
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Nemi
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Palestrina
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Monreale
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Martina Franca
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Furore
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Ariccia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Albisola Marina
![](/assets/destinations/712953/boat-harbor-waterfront-portoferraio-elba-tuscany-italy_med.jpg)
Elba
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Imperia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Levanto
![](/assets/destinations/18040/manarola-la-spezia-liguria-the-italian-riviera-italy_med.jpg)
La Spezia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Nervi
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Caprarola
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Rivoli
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Marina di Praia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Montecatini Terme
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Cumae
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Albenga
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
La Maddalena
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Santa Teresa di Gallura
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Castelsardo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Sacra di San Michele
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Chiavari
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Barga
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Tharros
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Barumini
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Lago di Carezza
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Bagnaia
![](/assets/destinations/704681/road-passo-dello-stelvio-alto-adige-italy_med.jpg)
Passo dello Stelvio
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Fiesole
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Segesta
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Bard
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Alassio
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Castello Fenis
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Carrara
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Saluzzo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Buonconvento
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
San Pietro
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Montelupo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Venaria Reale
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Monte Argentario
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Monteriggioni
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Massa Marittima
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Aliano
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Livorno
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Fonni
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Rende
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Giglio
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Empoli
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Forte dei Marmi
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Oplontis (Torre Annunziata)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Chianciano Terme
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Chiusi
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Castelnuovo Berardenga
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Bagno Vignoni
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Bagni di Lucca
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Asciano
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Foggia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Grotte di Castellana
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Settignano
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Savona
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Avigliana
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Santo Stefano di Camastra
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Peschici
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Abetone
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
San Giovanni Rotondo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Pizzo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Gaiole in Chianti
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Stilo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Casale Monferrato
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Cervo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Vercelli
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Bardonecchia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Taggia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Giara di Gesturi
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Dobbiaco (Toblach)
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Golfo Aranci
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
St. Vincent
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Parco dell'Orecchiella
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Locri
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Caltanissetta
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Passignano
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Caccamo
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Novara
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Chiusa (Klausen)
![](/assets/destinations/251/ancient-theater-of-taormina-taormina-sicily-italy_med.jpg)
Sicily
![](/assets/destinations/604/fields-villa-tuscany-italy_med.jpg)
Tuscany
![](/assets/destinations/704676/mountain-sassolungo-the-dolomites-italy_med.jpg)
The Dolomites
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Capri, Ischia, and Procida
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
The Amalfi Coast
![](/assets/destinations/704663/santanastasia-adige-river-verona-the-veneto-and-friuluvenezia-giulia-italy_med.jpg)
The Veneto and Friuli–Venezia Giulia
![](/assets/destinations/704712/house-flowers-emiliaromagna-italy_med.jpg)
Emilia–Romagna
![](/assets/destinations/1034/vernazza-cinque-terre-the-italian-riviera-italy_med.jpg)
The Italian Riviera
![](/assets/destinations/704743/polignano-a-mare-bari-apulia-puglia_basilicata-and-calabria-italy_med.jpg)
Puglia, Basilicata, and Calabria
![](/assets/destinations/103/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-ii-milan-italy_med.jpg)
Lombardy and the Lakes
![](/assets/destinations/1045/vineyard-piedmont-and-valle-daosta-italy_med.jpg)
Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Pisa, Lucca, and Northwest Tuscany
![](/assets/destinations/712066/boats-marina-alghero-sardinia-italy_med.jpg)
Sardinia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Mount Etna and Eastern Sicily
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Sorrento and the Sorrentine Peninsula
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
The Tyrrhenian Coast
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Central Sicily and the Mediterranean Coast
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Chianti, Siena, and Central Tuscany
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
The Bay of Naples
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Palermo and Western Sicily
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Ischia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Side Trips from Rome
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Emilia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
The Aeolian Islands
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Lake Como
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Lake Garda
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Siracusa and the Southeast
![](/assets/destinations/713501/photo-database-top-200-1_med.jpg)
Cinque Terre
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Arezzo, Cortona, and Eastern Tuscany
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Lake Maggiore
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Romagna
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
The Barolo Region
All Destinations
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Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta
- Abbazia di Sant'Antonio di Ranverso
- Alba
- Aosta
- Asti
- Avigliana
- Bard
- Bardonecchia
- Breuil-Cervinia/The Matterhorn
- Casale Monferrato
- Castello Fenis
- Cogne and the Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso
- Courmayeur/Monte Bianco
- Gavi
- Novara
- Rivoli
- Sacra di San Michele
- Saluzzo
- Sestriere
- St. Vincent
- The Barolo Region
- Turin
- Venaria Reale
- Vercelli
Tuscany
- Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
- Abetone
- Arezzo
- Arezzo, Cortona, and Eastern Tuscany
- Asciano
- Bagni di Lucca
- Bagno Vignoni
- Barga
- Buonconvento
- Carrara
- Castellina in Chianti
- Castelnuovo Berardenga
- Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
- Chianciano Terme
- Chianti, Siena, and Central Tuscany
- Chiusi
- Colle di Val d'Elsa
- Cortona
- Elba
- Empoli
- Forte dei Marmi
- Gaiole in Chianti
- Giglio
- Greve in Chianti
- Livorno
- Lucca
- Massa Marittima
- Montalcino
- Monte Argentario
- Montecatini Terme
- Montelupo
- Montepulciano
- Monteriggioni
- Panzano
- Parco dell'Orecchiella
- Passignano
- Pienza
- Pisa
- Pisa, Lucca, and Northwest Tuscany
Puglia, Basilicata, and Calabria
- Alberobello
- Aliano
- Bari
- Camigliatello
- Castel del Monte
- Castrovillari
- Ceglie Messapica
- Cosenza
- Crotone
- Diamante
- Foggia
- Gallipoli
- Grotte di Castellana
- Lecce
- Locri
- Maratea
- Martina Franca
- Matera
- Mattinata
- Ostuni
- Otranto
- Peschici
- Pizzo
- Polignano a Mare
- Reggio Calabria
- Rende
- San Giovanni Rotondo
- Stilo
- Taranto
- Trani
- Tropea
- Vieste
Sicily
- Acireale
- Agrigento
- Alicudi
- Caccamo
- Caltagirone
- Caltanissetta
- Castelmola
- Catania
- Cefalu
- Central Sicily and the Mediterranean Coast
- Enna
- Erice
- Filicudi
- Lipari
- Marsala
- Messina
- Modica
- Monreale
- Mount Etna and Eastern Sicily
- Mt. Etna
- Noto
- Palermo
- Palermo and Western Sicily
- Panarea
- Piazza Armerina
- Ragusa
- Salina
- Santo Stefano di Camastra
- Scicli
- Segesta
- Selinunte
- Siracusa
- Siracusa and the Southeast
- Stromboli
- Taormina
- The Aeolian Islands
- The Tyrrhenian Coast
- Trapani
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