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Manarola
Manarola Manarola is the second smallest—and also the oldest—of the five towns that make of Cinque Terre. Its name derives from a Latin word meaning large wheel, which pays homage to a giant mill at the center of town.Travelers to Manarola will find the same rolling hillsides and picturesque hikin
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Riomaggiore
Riomaggiore Travelers wandering Riomaggiore’s main road—known to locals as Via Colombo—will find picturesque views of rolling hillsides and the Ligurian Sea that Cinque Terre is known for. This tiny hamlet has become famous for its Sciacchetra, a signature dessert wine available by the glass in mo
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Palatine Hill Tours
Palatine Hill Tours Rome is famously built on seven hills, but it’s the Palatine Hill that is the most legendary - it is said that it was on the Palatine Hill that Romulus originally founded the city. Because of this, many of Rome’s most famous archaeological sites are on or right around the Palat
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Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo) Tours
Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo) Tours In Ancient Rome, a “circus” was an oblong arena where events like chariot races, games, and other performances were held. As you might guess, the Circus Maximus was - in a word - huge. It was the Roman Empire’s largest stadium, measuring more than 2,000 feet lo
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La Pieta Tours
La Pieta Tours With all of the treasures contained in the Vatican Museums, it’s easy to forget that one of Michelangelo’s most beautiful sculptures, the Pieta, is a short distance away in St. Peter’s Basilica - and it doesn’t even require an entry fee.The term “pieta” is applied to any depiction
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Cagliari
Cagliari The capital city of the elite holiday island of Sardinia is a revelation, a city steeped in history with its roots in the Phoenician and pre-Roman eras. Sitting on Sardinia’s Mediterranean south coast, Cagliari may have grown a crop of workaday suburbs but its center is a delight of trium
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Padua
Padua Tucked away in the Veneto in northern Italy, Padua is a lively, stylish university city with an historic center hiding an often-overlooked secret. The outwardly plain Cappella degli Scrovegni was designed by wealthy medieval plutocrat Enrico degli Scrovegni, who commissioned the feted artist
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Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna Often forgotten in the headlong rush between Rome, Florence and Venice, the region of Emilia-Romagna stretches across northern Italy just south of Milan, bounded by the Apennine mountain range, the Adriatic Sea, the River Po and the tiny republic of San Marino.With elegant Bologna a
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Swabian Castle (Castello Normanno-Svevo)
Swabian Castle (Castello Normanno-Svevo) Bari is the main city of Puglia in southern Italy, with an ancient heart dominated by several grand churches – including the pilgrimage Basilica di San Nicola – as well as the fortified ramparts of Castello Normanno-Svevo. This castle has its origins in 113
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Piazza Tasso
Piazza Tasso Sitting astride the gorge that once divided cliff-clinging Sorrento in two, you’ll find Piazza Tasso, the central living room of the town. Piazza Tasso is where the locals come to see and be seen, to sit in cafes and bars, or to catch a bus; it all happens here. During the day it’s a
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Lecce Roman Amphitheatre
Lecce Roman Amphitheatre In addition to its present-day Baroque beauty, Lecce has a long history stretching way back over 2,500 years. Nowhere is this legacy better seen than in the Roman amphitheater that forms the southern side of the town’s central Piazza Sant’Oronzo. The horseshoe-shaped theat
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Lamberti Tower (Torre dei Lamberti)
Lamberti Tower (Torre dei Lamberti) At the heart of Verona is the Piazza delle Erbe and at the heart of this piazza is the Torre dei Lamberti. Rising high above the square, the narrow tower dates from the 12th century, although it has been added to and changed since then. Not least of all because
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Fontana di Piazza delle Erbe
Fontana di Piazza delle Erbe Veronas Piazza delle Erbe was once a Roman marketplace and continues its trading function with stalls of fruit, vegetables and herbs (hence the name), tourist souvenirs and lots of cafes. In the middle of all this hustle is Veronas oldest and best known fountain, Fonta
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Castle Ursino
Castle Ursino The most impressive vestige of medieval Catania is the formidable Castle Ursino (Castello Ursino), built by Emperor Frederick II in the early 13th century and now home to the Museo Civico (Civic Museum). Originally built high on the sea cliffs to guard the Sicilian coast, the castle
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Bari
Bari As the capital of Puglia, Bari has been the region’s premier trading port since pre-Roman times and has a somewhat checkered history. It passed from the Romans to the Saracens, fell to the Byzantine Empire and subsequently was invaded by the Normans in the 11th century. This turbulent past is
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Alberobello
Alberobello A tiny commune in the Bari region, Alberobello has a couple of picture-perfect Baroque churches and a few small museums, but it is chiefly known for its UNESCO-listed trulli houses – miniscule lime-washed dwellings shaped like cupcakes topped by conical gray slate roofs that are unique
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Juliet’s House (Casa di Giulietta)
Juliet’s House (Casa di Giulietta) The power of storytelling should never be underestimated. Every year hundreds of thousands of us trek to Verona to see the balcony where Juliet stood while Romeo declared his love. None of us care that its very possible that Romeo and Juliet were only figments of
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Lecce
Lecce Located in Puglia on the heel of Italy and remote from the well-beaten tourist track, the lovely Baroque town of Lecce is tinged with gold from the soft sandstone used in the construction of many of its 16th and 17th-century buildings. The modern city surrounds a centro storico gaily adorned
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Museo Ducati
Museo Ducati Fans of cars and Italian design wont want to miss a visit to the Ducati Museum, which celebrates the world of the motorcycle. Part of the Ducati factory headquarters, the site highlights the glorious motorcycles that have been manufactured here since 1926 with dramatically lit machine
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Castel dellOvo (Castle of the Egg)
Castel dellOvo (Castle of the Egg) Castel dellOvo (Egg Castle) is a fortified castle perched in the Bay of Naples. Built on the small island of Megaride, it is now connected to the mainland by a causeway. The site was originally settled by Greek colonists in the 6th century BC. Then the ancient Ro
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