Italy 🇮🇹

Capital City of Italy:
Rome

Population:
60 Millions (2018)

Official language:
Italian

Best time to visit Italy

April to June, and September (there are pleasant temperatures and fewer tourists)

Top things to see

• Ancient Rome: the Colosseum, Forum, Palatine Hill and Pantheon and all the fountains.
• In Florence the priceless masterpieces of Uffizi and David at the Galleria dell’Accademia.
• Verona the city of the so famous Romeo and Juliet romance.
• Stroll along the canals in Venice and pay properly for a gondola ride (check the official prices before).
• The ruins of Pompeii, a thriving commercial town until Mt Vesuvius errupted in AD 79.
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Top things to do

• Walk and get lost in Rome – the city that has swept artists and lovers off theit feet since time began.
• Driving through the beautiful landscape of Tuscany by car – preferably electric
• Party between baroque architecture in Lecce, Puglia’s hip capital slap-bang on Italy’s boot heel.
• Boost your adrenalin: ski the Alps, hike the Dolomites, dive Sardinia’s golden coast or play with Sicilian volcanic fire.
• Savor a night at the opera at Milan’s La Scala, or enjoy an opera in the arenas of Verona 
• Lounge over an aperitivo (aperitif) and banquet of sumptuous antipasti in one of Turin’s historic cafe-bars.

The prettiest islands in Italy 🏝

• Aeolian Islands
• Borromean Islands
• Burano is one of a handful in the Venetian lagoon. Its houses are a kaleidoscope of bright colors, and the shops stock exquisite linen and lace.
• Budelli
• Secluded Caprera, off the forth coast of Sardinia, is part of La Maddalena Archipelago National Park. Visitors go hiking among the shady pine trees that cover the island, with trails leading to deserted coves and gin-clear sea.
• Capri
• Elba is best known as the island on which Napoleon was first exiled. Today, it is quiet compared to many of Italy’s shores, with a string of coves and bays dotted along the coast. Pristine beaches include the often empty Marina di Alberese.
• Giglio
• Ischia
• Lampedusa
• Levanzo
• Panarea
• Ponza
• Procida
• Sardinia is the foodie island. The culture here is Italian at its core, but more rustic and stripped back. On the north-east coast, Costa Smeralda is known for its crowd of billionaire jet-setters and Russian oligarchs. But the mountainous mainland disguises pretty villages, too.