Must-see attractions in Italy
Arezzo
This city park was clearly created with mellow, early evening walks in mind.
Giudecca, Lido & the Southern Islands
Sandy beach with all the usual facilities at the southern end of the Lido.
Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani
Messina
This 12th-century church is a fine example of Arab-Norman architecture.
Giudecca, Lido & the Southern Islands
An area of 'free beach', accessed through the Blue Moon complex.
Chiesa di Sant’Eligio degli Orefici
Centro Storico
A 16th-century goldsmiths’ church designed by Raphael.
Giudecca, Lido & the Southern Islands
Named after a glamorous nightclub that once stood on the beach, the Blue Moon serves the spiaggia comunale (public beach) at the northern end of the Lido…
Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands
La Certosa’s yacht marina complex includes a hotel, an alfresco restaurant-bar and a sailing club, which runs regattas and a summer sail camp for children.
Venice
German traders only had to walk a block from the trading floor of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi to pray for an upswing in the market for their goods. Through…
Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale
This monumental mausoleum – a dramatic 45m wide and 90m high – was built in 28 BC and is the final resting place of Augustus, buried here in AD 14, and…
Enna
Surrounded by woodland about 9km south of town is one of Sicily's few natural lakes. It's a popular summer hang-out with a few compact beaches, big resort…
Ferrara
This early Renaissance palace houses three museums: the Museo Giovanni Boldini, dedicated solely to Ferrara-born Giovanni Boldini; the Museo dell…
San Polo & Santa Croce
‘Tits Bridge’ got its name in the late 15th century, when neighbourhood prostitutes were encouraged to display their wares in windows instead of taking…
Turin
The 12th-century Castello di Moncalieri was the first fortress built by Thomas I of Savoy just south of the centre of Turin, commanding the southern…
Cagliari
Cagliari's medieval Ghetto degli Ebrei was situated in the cramped area between Via Santa Croce and Via Stretta. The city's Jewry lived here until they…
Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo
Laid out in the late 19th century as the centrepiece of an upmarket residential district, Rome’s largest square is an ill-kempt grassy expanse, surrounded…
Pisa
Closed for extensive (seemingly everlasting) renovation, this museum is a repository for works of art once displayed in the duomo and battistero…
Centro Storico
A real-life house of horrors, Palazzo Cenci was the scene of one of the 16th century’s most infamous crimes, the murder of Francesco Cenci by his long…
Eastern Sardinia
Tucked down a cobbled lane, this simple two-roomed house is where St Ignatius was apparently born (he died in 1781). The back room, with its low wood…
Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo
The church of Rome’s Filipino community contains a sparkling 4th-century apse mosaic, the oldest of its kind in the city. An enthroned Christ is flanked…
Capri
The striking flat-roofed red villa on the Punta Massullo promontory is Villa Malaparte, the former holiday home of Tuscan writer Curzio Malaparte (1898…
Museo Multimediale del Canto a Tenore
Eastern Sardinia
About 13km north of Orune via the SS389, the pastoral town of Bitti has achieved renown in recent years for its singing quartet, the Tenores de Bitti…
Venice
Housed in one of Cannaregio's last remaining squeri (boatyards) is a fascinating collection of 50 historic boats and their endlessly varied trimmings,…
Venice
Housed in the 15th-century palazzo of the Papafava family, who bought their way into the Venetian nobility in 1652, this museum offers insight into…
Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo
Porta Maggiore was built by order of the Emperor Claudius in AD 52. Then, as now, it was a major road junction under which passed the two main southbound…
Giudecca, Lido & the Southern Islands
Nonprofit Spazio Punch has transformed Giudecca's derelict beer factory into an occasional venue for temporary art, design and fashion events, which take…
Western Sardinia
In Ghilarza is the house where the famous early 20th-century political thinker Antonio Gramsci lived between 1898 and 1911. The small collection of photos…
Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo
Eastern Sardinia
The Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo retains little of its early Gothic origins. Inside, you’ll find an 18th-century pietà and a 17th-century portrait of…
Ancient Rome
Hidden by scaffolding on the Roman Forum, the Lapis Niger ('Black Stone' in Latin) is a large slab of black marble that covered an underground area said…
