ITALY TRAVELEscape

1001 things to see in Italy

Masterpieces, villages, wild coasts, castles and flavours: our selection of the places in Italy worth a journey, region by region.

By region

55 places

Piedmont

The infernot of Monferrato, The underground cathedrals of Canelli, Nizza Monferrato and the Barbera

20 places

Aosta Valley

Roman Aosta and the Arch of Augustus, The Collegiate Church of Sant'Orso, Arnad and its Lard

62 places

Lombardy

Bergamo Alta, Crespi d'Adda, Brescia and the Capitolium

45 places

Trentino-South Tyrol

Lake Braies, The Alpe di Siusi, The Three Peaks from Dobbiaco

62 places

Veneto

The Three Peaks of Lavaredo, Cortina d'Ampezzo, The Marmolada

35 places

Friuli Venezia Giulia

The Friulian Dolomites and the Campanile di Val Montanaia, Aquileia and its Basilica, Cividale del Friuli

40 places

Liguria

Genoa and the Palazzi dei Rolli, Monterosso al Mare, Portovenere

55 places

Emilia-Romagna

The porticoes of Bologna, The Sanctuary of San Luca, The Po Delta in Emilia-Romagna

89 places

Tuscany

The Basilica of Santa Croce, The Baptistery and the Gates of Paradise, The Medici Chapels

40 places

Umbria

Assisi and the Basilica of Santa Chiara, The Basilica of San Francesco, The Eremo delle Carceri

40 places

Marche

Raphael's birthplace, Urbino and the Ducal Palace, Ancona and the Cathedral of San Ciriaco

71 places

Lazio

The Banditaccia Necropolis, Castel Sant'Angelo, The Colosseum

35 places

Abruzzo

The Sagittario Gorges, Rocca Calascio, Bominaco

15 places

Molise

Castello Monforte of Campobasso, The Castle of Civitacampomarano and its Street Art, Larino

68 places

Campania

Santa Sofia in Benevento, The Royal Palace of Caserta, San Leucio and the silk works

60 places

Puglia

Alberobello and its trulli, Castel del Monte, Sanctuary of St Michael the Archangel

25 places

Basilicata

The Sassi of Matera, The Rock Churches of the Murgia Materana, Aliano and Carlo Levi

40 places

Calabria

Altomonte, Sibari, Cerchiara and the Grotta delle Ninfe

84 places

Sicily

The Valley of the Temples, Caltagirone and the Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte, Catania and the Pescheria

60 places

Sardinia

Sassari and its festivals, Su Nuraxi at Barumini, The Castello district and Bastione di Saint Remy

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