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

Frascati
Lazio
Isernia
Molise
Mondovì
Piedmont
Palestrina
Lazio
Piazza Armerina
SicilyA hill town in the wooded centre of Sicily, near the Villa Romana del Casale.
Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Sondrio
LombardyThe capital of the Valtellina, set in the broad alpine valley of the Adda below terraced slopes.
Anagni
Lazio
Colle di Val d'Elsa
TuscanyA two-tiered town in the Val d'Elsa, its upper borgo perched on a ridge above the modern lower town.
Gaeta
Lazio
Grottaferrata
Lazio
Montecatini Terme
TuscanyItaly's grand spa town in the Valdinievole, its thermal establishments set in formal gardens.
Oderzo
Veneto
Recanati
MarcheThe hometown of the poet Giacomo Leopardi gave Italian literature one of its most loved lyrics.
Abano Terme
VenetoOne of Europe's oldest thermal resorts, set among the Euganean Hills near Padua.
Acqui Terme
Piedmont
Anguillara Sabazia
Lazio
Bellaria-Igea Marina
Emilia-Romagna
Castellana Grotte
PugliaA town above one of Italy's most spectacular cave systems, the Grotte di Castellana.
Ceglie Messapica
PugliaAn ancient Messapian hill town in the Itria valley, long regarded as one of Puglia's gastronomic capitals.
Cittadella
Veneto
Gallipoli
Puglia
Giovinazzo
PugliaA small Adriatic port just north of Bari, its compact old town gathered on a spur above a fishing harbour.
Orvieto
Umbria
