Rome
🗓 3 daysThe Colosseum, Vatican and la dolce vita.
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Few countries pack in this much: 3,000 years of history, the art capitals of the Renaissance, dramatic coastlines and the cuisine everyone loves.
Combine the classic trio of Rome, Florence and Venice with the Amalfi Coast or Tuscany's hill towns for the quintessential Italy trip.
The destinations worth building your trip around.
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The Colosseum, Vatican and la dolce vita.
Renaissance art, the Duomo and Tuscan charm.
Canals, gondolas and crumbling palazzos.
The Colosseum, Vatican and la dolce vita.
Renaissance art, the Duomo and Tuscan charm.
Canals, gondolas and crumbling palazzos.
Cliffside towns, lemon groves and blue sea.
The Colosseum, Vatican and la dolce vita.
Renaissance art, the Duomo and Tuscan charm.
Canals, gondolas and crumbling palazzos.
Cliffside towns, lemon groves and blue sea.
Visa rules change frequently. Visa-exempt nationals will need ETIAS; others a Schengen visa. Always verify with the official Italy immigration / e-visa website before travelling.
The heart of ancient Rome.
St Peter's and the Sistine Chapel.
Botticelli, da Vinci and the Renaissance.
Gondolas, St Mark's and hidden alleys.
The birthplace of pizza, gateway to Pompeii.
Y-shaped Alpine lake of villa gardens, mountain-foot villages and the soft glamour of pre-Riviera Italy.
The volcano that buried Pompeii in 79 AD — short hike from the car park to the crater…
A 12-km cliff path connecting five Italian fishing villages — easy day walks linked by short, frequent trains.
Five pastel cliff-villages on the Italian Riviera — linked by trails and tiny trains, walkable in two days.
A sheer-cliffed Italian isle off the Amalfi Coast, famous for the Blue Grotto sea cave and chic clifftop…
Europe's most active volcano at 3,357 m — cable-car-and-jeep up the south flank, with smoking craters and lava-rock…
A pastel cliff-village in Cinque Terre — the most photographed of the five, easy walk to Riomaggiore in…
Rome's ancient river — Trastevere's riverfront passeggiata, Tiber Island and golden evening light on Castel Sant'Angelo.
Italy's largest lake — sailing winds in the north, lemon groves in the middle, Roman thermal baths at…
A long alpine-edge lake shared by Italy and Switzerland — Borromean Islands with baroque palazzos, gardens at Villa…
A flooded sea cave on Capri where sunlight refracts through an underwater opening, lighting the water electric blue.…
A jade-green Dolomite lake at 1,500 m — wooden rowing boats, dawn mist over the Croda del Becco,…
