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

Castellammare del Golfo
Sicily
Guastalla
Emilia-RomagnaOn the right bank of the Po in the far north of Reggio Emilia province, Guastalla was once a small Gonzaga duchy.
Maglie
PugliaA market town at the heart of the Salento, long a crossroads of the peninsula's roads and trade.
Orbetello
TuscanyA town built on a thin strip of land in the middle of its own lagoon, joined to Monte Argentario by a causeway.
Urbino
Marche
Arona
Piedmont
Arzachena
SardiniaThe municipality that takes in much of the Costa Smeralda, set among cork oaks and weathered granite in the Gallura.
Cefalù
SicilyA handsome seaside town on the Tyrrhenian coast, gathered beneath a great rocky headland called La Rocca.
Fiesole
TuscanyA hill town set on the slopes above Florence, settled by the Etruscans long before the city below it existed.
Greve in Chianti
Tuscany
Locorotondo
PugliaOne of the prettiest towns of the Itria valley, named for its perfectly circular plan.
Massa Lubrense
Campania
Montepulciano
TuscanyA Renaissance hill town stretched along a high ridge between the Val d'Orcia and the Valdichiana.
Vieste
Puglia
Misano Adriatico
Emilia-Romagna
Piano di Sorrento
Campania
Seravezza
TuscanyA town at the foot of the Apuan Alps where two mountain torrents meet, set among the marble quarries of upper Versilia.
Cisternino
PugliaA whitewashed hill town with sweeping views over the Itria valley and its trulli.
Loreto
Marche
Monte Sant'Angelo
Puglia
Portoferraio
Tuscany
Venosa
BasilicataVenosa is a municipality in Basilicata, in Potenza province and the northern Vulture area.
Caorle
Veneto
Finale Ligure
LiguriaA Riviera di Ponente town with sandy beaches and a well-kept medieval quarter, Finalborgo, ringed by walls inland.
