The 12 best things to do in Italy

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People swimming in the Furore Fjord or the Fiordo di Furore, the Amalfi Coast, July 2025.

Fiordo di Furore, the Amalfi Coast. Alexis Doyle for Lonely Planet

Nicola Williams

Writer

Lake Geneva

At home in France for more than half of my life, I live in a village overlooking Lake Geneva. Hiking, trail running and skiing in the French and Swiss Alps, dining incognito in the next best Parisian bistro, and drinking with Etna winegrowers in Sicily are all part of my work as a freelance writer, editor and destination expert. You'll mostly find me in France, Switzerland and Italy—invariably up a mountain, in an ice-cold lake or on a train. I have authored more than 100 guidebooks for Lonely…

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