Italy is a Mediterranean nation shaped like a boot, home to more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country.

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Explore 20 cities and find local places in Italy.

Interesting cities in Italy

Pick a city to see what is worth visiting, what is new, and where locals eat, stay and go out.

Rome

Rome is the Eternal City, an open-air museum of Western civilisation, home to the Colosseum, the Vatican, t...

Venice

Venice is the world's most extraordinary city, a miraculous labyrinth of canals, bridges and palaces built...

Florence

Florence is the cradle of the Renaissance, home to Michelangelo's David, Botticelli's Birth of Venus and so...

Milan

Milan is Italy's fashion and design capital, home to Leonardo's Last Supper, La Scala opera house and the m...

Naples

Naples is the passionate, chaotic birthplace of pizza, a UNESCO-listed historic centre, the gateway to Pomp...

Verona

Verona is the city of Romeo and Juliet, with a magnificent Roman arena still hosting opera, a beautifully p...

Pisa

Pisa is home to one of the world's most recognisable monuments, but also a vibrant university city with bea...

Turin

Turin is the elegant Savoy capital, birthplace of the Shroud and Nutella, with a grand baroque centre, outs...

Bologna

Bologna is la Dotta, La Grassa, La Rossa — the learned, the fat and the red — a city of porticoes, the worl...

Genoa

Genoa is a proud maritime republic with a magnificent UNESCO-listed caruggi old town and the childhood home...

Palermo

Palermo is the extraordinary capital of Sicily, where Arab-Norman architecture, street food markets and a p...

Siena

Siena is a perfectly preserved medieval hill town in Tuscany, centre of the world-famous Palio horse race r...

Amalfi

Amalfi is the namesake jewel of its dramatic coastline, a cliffside town of lemon groves, pastel houses and...

Matera

Matera is an ancient cave-dwelling city carved into limestone ravines, one of the oldest continuously inhab...

Lecce

Lecce is the baroque capital of Puglia, nicknamed the Florence of the South for its ornate honey-colored st...

Bari

Bari is the lively capital of Puglia, with an atmospheric old town of pasta-making nonnas, a Norman castle...

Catania

Catania is a Sicilian city of black volcanic stone, baroque splendor and a buzzing fish market at the foot...

Cagliari

Cagliari is Sardinia’s sun-soaked capital, with a hilltop citadel, Roman amphitheater and beaches just minu...

Perugia

Perugia is Umbria’s hilltop capital, a medieval university city known for chocolate, jazz festivals and swe...

Trieste

Trieste is an elegant Adriatic port city with a Habsburg soul, grand coffeehouses and a striking blend of I...

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