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Villa di Masèr
A World Heritage site, the 16th-century Villa di Masèr is a spectacular monument to the Venetian bea vita (good life). Designed by the inimitable Andrea Palladio, its sublimely elegant exterior is matched by Paolo Veroneses wildly imaginative trompe l’œil architecture inside. Vines
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Miqwe
In the old Jewish ghetto, known as the Giudecca, you can visit an ancient Jewish miqwe (ritual bath) that lies buried 20m beneath the Alla Giudecca hotel. The baths were once connected to a synagogue, but were blocked by members of the Jewish community when they were expelled from
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Castello di Arechi
Hop on bus 19 from Piazza XXIV Maggio to visit Salerno’s most famous landmark, the forbidding Castello di Arechi, dramatically positioned 263m above the city. Originally a Byzantine fort, it was built by the Lombard duke of Benevento, Arechi II, in the 8th century and subsequently
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San Domino
Head to San Domino for walks, grottoes and coves. It has a pristine, marvellous coastline and the islands only sandy beach, Cala delle Arene . Alongside the beach is the small cove Grotta dellArene , with calm clear waters for swimming. You can also take a boat trip (€12 to €15 fro
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Quartiere Garbatella
A favourite location for TV and film-makers, Quartiere Garbatella was originally conceived as a workers’ residential quarter, but in the 1920s the Fascists hijacked the project and used the area to house people who’d been displaced by construction work in the city. Many people were
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Pinacoteca
Gathered around a tree-shaded courtyard, the second-largest art gallery in Le Marche sits inside the 17th-century Palazzo Comunale . It boasts an outstanding display of art, sculpture and religious artefacts; there are 400 works in total, including paintings by Van Dyck, Titian and
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Museo delle Culture del Mondo
Towering over the western end of town, Castello DAlbertis houses an eclectic museum showcasing artefacts collected by its globetrotting owner. The neo-Gothic edifice was built in 1892 on the ruins of a much older castle for the Capitano Enrico DAlbertis, who hauled back all manner
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Chiesa di San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa
St Francis is said to have stayed here in the 13th century, and you can still see the rock that he used as a pillow and his crucifix in his cell. Rebuilt several times, the churchs current incarnation dates from the 1680s. It contains one of Bernini’s most daring works, the Beata L
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Grotta dello Smeraldo
Four kilometres west of Amalfi, this grotto is named after the eerie emerald colour that emanates from the water. Stalactites hang down from the 24m-high ceiling, while stalagmites grow up to 10m tall. Buses regularly pass the car park above the cave entrance (from where you take a
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Museo delle Tavolette di Biccherna
Sienas state archives are housed in the magnificent Renaissance-era Palazzo Piccolomini . Enter from the courtyard and take the elevator to the 4th floor to visit this charming museum, which takes its name from the pride of its collection; a series of small late-13th-century painte
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Villa dei Misteri
This recently restored, 90-room villa is one of the most complete structures left standing in Pompeii. The dionysiac frieze , the most important fresco still on site, spans the walls of the large dining room. One of the biggest and most arresting paintings from the ancient world, i
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Roccia dellElefante
From Castelsardo, the SS134 Sedini road leads to one of the area’s most lovable landmarks, the Roccia dell’Elefante, a bizarre trachyte rock that looks just like an elephant raising its trunk towards the road. The monolith, whose shape is the result of nothing more mysterious than
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Museo Deleddiano
Up in the oldest part of town, the birthplace of Grazia Deledda (1871–1936) has been converted into this lovely little museum. The rooms, full of Deledda memorabilia, have been carefully restored to show what a well-to-do 19th-century Nuorese house actually looked like. Best of all
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Cripta di Santa Restituta
This crypt has been in use since pre-Christian times. It’s a huge, eerie, natural cavern where the echo of leaking water drip-drips. Originally a place of pagan worship, it became the home of the martyr Restituta in the 5th century and a reference point for Cagliari’s early Christi
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Castello di Serralunga d’Alba
On the highest point of Serralunga d’Alba, 15km south of Alba, the Castello di Serralunga d’Alba is the Langhe’s most absorbing castle, due to its intact but completely unrenovated, shell-like interior. Wandering around its echoing rooms, you’d swear you can hear the footsteps of t
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Basilica di San Paolo Maggiore
Despite dating to the 8th century, this glorious basilica was almost entirely rebuilt at the end of the 16th century. Its huge, gold-stuccoed interior features paintings by Massimo Stanzione and Paolo De Matteis and a striking geometric floor by Nicola Tammaro. Top billing, however
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Saepinum
One of Molise’s hidden treasures, the Roman ruins of Saepinum are among the best preserved and least visited in the country. Unlike Pompeii and Ostia Antica, which were both major ports, Saepinum was a small provincial town of no great importance. It was originally established by t
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Mercato di Porta Nolana
Naples at its most vociferous and intense, the Mercato di Porta Nolana is a heady, gritty street market where bellowing fishmongers and greengrocers collide with fragrant delis and bakeries, industrious Chinese traders and contraband cigarette stalls. Dive in for anything from buxo
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Museo della Civiltà Romana
A proven kid-pleaser, EURs most impressive museum was founded by Mussolini in 1937 to glorify Imperial Rome. A hulking place with huge echoing halls, it contains a number of intriguing displays. The best is a giant-scale re-creation of 4th-century Rome, but there are also detailed
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Museo Enzo Ferrari
While Maranello’s Ferrari museum focuses on the supersonic cars, this museum near Modenas train station, inaugurated in 2012, celebrates Signor Enzo Ferrari himself. The memorabilia is cleverly juxtaposed in two separate buildings. The traditional house where Enzo was born in 1898
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