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

Legnano
Lombardy
Matera
Basilicata
Molfetta
PugliaA working fishing and Adriatic port north of Bari, with one of the busiest fleets on the coast.
Olbia
SardiniaThe busy gateway to the Costa Smeralda in northeastern Sardinia, with the island's main airport and ferry port.
Agrigento
SicilyA hill city above the southern coast, overlooking the Valley of the Temples.
Faenza
Emilia-RomagnaFaenza gave the world the word faience, the tin-glazed maiolica fired in its kilns for six centuries.
Cerignola
PugliaA town on the Tavoliere plain in a country of wheat, vineyards and olive groves.
Foligno
Umbria
Manfredonia
Puglia
Tivoli
Lazio
Bitonto
PugliaA town in the olive country just inland from Bari, long renowned for its extra virgin olive oil.
Cuneo
Piedmont
Trani
PugliaAn elegant Adriatic town north of Bari, famous for its cathedral set right at the water's edge.
Modica
Sicily
Portici
Campania
San Remo
Liguria
Anzio
Lazio
Avellino
Campania
Herculaneum
Campania
Siena
Tuscany
Teramo
Abruzzo
Cava de' Tirreni
Campania
Civitavecchia
Lazio
Gallarate
LombardyA town on the plain near Malpensa airport, in the Varese pre-Alpine belt north of Milan.
