Where to begin
Italy's cities are where most trips begin and end: the capitals of its twenty regions, from Rome and Milan to Palermo and Aosta, and the smaller towns that hold just as much, in the Tuscan hills, on the Amalfi Coast or along the northern lakes. Each guide covers what to see, when to go, where to stay and what to eat, and the festivals worth planning around. Start with a region, or browse every city below.
1,275 cities

Santeramo in Colle
PugliaA town set high on the Murgia plateau southeast of Bari, surrounded by open farmland and pasture.
Scicli
SicilyA Baroque town in the Val di Noto, set where three valleys meet in the deep southeast of Sicily.
Cesenatico
Emilia-RomagnaThis Adriatic fishing port is built around a canal harbour designed in part by Leonardo da Vinci in 1502.
Conversano
Puglia
Correggio
Emilia-Romagna
Jesolo
VenetoA long sandy beach resort on the Adriatic just north of the Venetian lagoon.
Ruvo di Puglia
PugliaAn ancient town on the Murgia inland from the coast, famed in antiquity for its painted pottery.
Scandiano
Emilia-Romagna
Pompeii
Campania
Portogruaro
Veneto
Seriate
Lombardy
Vignola
Emilia-Romagna
Copertino
PugliaA Salento town set in vineyard country, dominated by a great moated Renaissance castle with a richly carved gateway.
Fossano
Piedmont
Ivrea
Piedmont
Noto
SicilyThe capital of Sicilian Baroque, rebuilt entirely after the 1693 earthquake in warm honey-coloured stone.
Pietrasanta
TuscanyA refined Versilia town at the foot of the marble Apuan Alps, long a magnet for sculptors.
Sulmona
Abruzzo
Castiglione delle Stiviere
Lombardy
Agropoli
Campania
Argenta
Emilia-Romagna
Bressanone
Trentino-Alto AdigeSouth Tyrol's oldest town, known in German as Brixen, set where two valleys meet beneath the vineyards of the Isarco.
Comacchio
Emilia-Romagna
Cortona
Tuscany
