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

Lodi
Lombardy
San Giorgio a Cremano
Campania
Senigallia
MarcheSenigallia made its name with the spiaggia di velluto, the velvet beach of soft, fine sand that draws summer crowds.
Alghero
SardiniaA walled seaport on the northwest coast where Catalan was carried over from medieval Aragon and is still spoken today.
Biella
Piedmont
Gravina in Puglia
PugliaAn ancient town on the edge of the Alta Murgia, split by a deep limestone ravine, the gravina that gives it its name.
Bassano del Grappa
Veneto
Marino
Lazio
Torre Annunziata
Campania
Imperia
Liguria
Ladispoli
Lazio
Macerata
Marche
San Donà di Piave
Veneto
Albano Laziale
Lazio
Merano
Trentino-Alto AdigeA genteel spa town, Meran in German, set in a sheltered basin where palms grow beside Alpine peaks.
Sassuolo
Emilia-Romagna
Città di Castello
Umbria
Fasano
PugliaA town between the Itria valley and the Adriatic, set below the wooded heights of the Selva di Fasano.
Fondi
Lazio
Jesi
Marche
Rovereto
Trentino-Alto AdigeA town on the Adige south of Trento, long a centre of the silk trade, now best known for its art.
Caltagirone
SicilyA Baroque town in the hills of southeastern Sicily, celebrated for its centuries-old ceramic tradition.
Monreale
SicilyA town on the hills above Palermo, built around one of the supreme achievements of Norman Sicily.
Saronno
Lombardy
