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

Otranto
PugliaItaly's easternmost town, a walled port on the Salento coast facing the Adriatic toward Albania.
Maiori
Campania
Montefalco
Umbria
Camogli
Liguria
Lovere
Lombardy
Santa Teresa Gallura
SardiniaA resort town on Sardinia's northern tip, looking across the Strait of Bonifacio to Corsica.
Amalfi
CampaniaThe coast's namesake town, once a powerful maritime republic that rivaled Venice and Genoa.
Civitella del Tronto
Abruzzo
San Vito Chietino
Abruzzo
Scilla
CalabriaThe rock of Homer's sea monster, where the Ruffo castle stands on a cliff above the Strait of Messina.
Maratea
BasilicataMaratea is a municipality in Basilicata, in Potenza province and on the Gulf of Policastro.
Montalcino
TuscanyA hilltop town crowned by a fourteenth-century fortress, the last stronghold of the Sienese republic.
Agnone
Molise
Baveno
PiedmontA lakeside resort on Lake Maggiore in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, set on the gulf that faces the Borromean Islands.
Bevagna
UmbriaA flat-set medieval town on the old Via Flaminia, Bevagna keeps a near-intact circle of walls and a quiet stone piazza.
Corinaldo
Marche
Gradara
Marche
Norcia
Umbria
Offida
Marche
San Teodoro
SardiniaA lively resort on the northeastern coast, set between a string of sandy beaches and a lagoon where flamingos gather.
Stresa
PiedmontThe grand resort of Lake Maggiore, its belle époque hotels strung along a promenade facing the Borromean Islands.
Ortisei
Trentino-Alto AdigeThe main town of Val Gardena, St.
Castell'Arquato
Emilia-Romagna
San Vito Lo Capo
SicilyA resort village at the end of a cape on Sicily's northwest coast, framed by the sheer Monte Monaco.
