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Top 10 Places to Visit in Italy - Best Vacation Spots in Italy

There is no shortage of attractions, wine or places to visit in Italy for every type of traveler. From the top food and wine regions in the world to towering volcanoes and designer boutiques, Italy can surprise and delight art lovers, hikers, foodies, history buffs and everyone else.

1. Venice: Best for engineering and fish

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View dazzling Renaissance and Gothic design from Piazza San Marco or on a stroll along cobblestone boulevards.

Nearest air terminal: Fly into the Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo, and you have an eight-mile pontoon or transport ride away.

Top five activities:

  • Ride a gondola
  • Meander around Piazza San Marco
  • Witness Venetian glass blowing
  • Stroll along the Grand Canal
  • Eat like a neighborhood.

To what extent do I need? Two to four days.

Prescribed visit: A Venice strolling visit and gondola ride guides you through the restricted rear entryways and buoys down the Grand Canal to spots unusual.

2. Florence: Best for nourishment, wine and workmanship

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Wonder about the world-renowned Duomo while snacking on neighborhood nourishment and tasting Tuscan wine.

Nearest air terminal: Fly from Rome in a short time, take a train from Milan in one hour or Venice in two hours.

Top five activities:

  • Climb the Duomo and Bell Tower
  • Take in the view from Piazzale Michelangelo
  • See Michelangelo's David
  • Appreciate the workmanship in Uffizi Gallery
  • Find out about the craft of making cowhide.

To what extent do I need? One to three days.

Suggested visit: Experience The Best of Florence on a mobile visit and more with a super saver pass that incorporates a mobile visit and access to two of the most popular exhibitions in the city.

3. Rome: Best for history and design

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Experience over 3,000 years of history at ruins like the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Pantheon.

Nearest air terminal: Leonardo da Vinci International Airport is toward the west and is around a 50 minutes away. The Ciampino Giovan Battista Pastine Airport is littler, however sets aside a similar measure of effort to get to the downtown area.

Top five activities:

  • Make a desire at the Trevi Fountain
  • Visit the remains of the Colosseum and the Roman Forum
  • Stare at the Pantheon
  • Visit Vatican City and the Sistine Chapel
  • Eat your weight in pasta

To what extent do I need? Three to four days.

Suggested visit: A Best of Rome Afternoon Walking Tour has a specialist lead you around the city to noteworthy locales, for example, the Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain, wrapping up with gelato.

4. Milan: Best for urban sights and shopping

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Shop top of the line design like Dolce and Gabbana and Prada, and eat at Italian 5-star bistros.

Nearest air terminal: The Malpensa Airport is 50 minutes away on the Malpensa Express. Or then again you can take the Milan Linate Airport — one of the world's biggest — and is a brisk 30 minutes separation.

Top five activities:

  • Visit the Milan Cathedral (Duomo)
  • See The Last Supper very close
  • Stop by Castello Sforzesco
  • Take in the design of the Monumental Cemetery
  • Window shop at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

To what extent do I need? One to three days.

Prescribed visit: A Best of Milan Walking Tour takes you to must-see locales, for example, The Last Supper and La Scala.

5. Amalfi Coast: Best for sea shore darlings and cooking

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Mediterranean heaven with soak precipices, climbing trails and private sea shores.

Nearest air terminal: The Naples air terminal is the nearest approach to travel to the Amalfi Coast, at about and 1.5-hour transport ride.

Top five activities:

  • Take a journey through the turquoise waters
  • Visit Capri Island
  • Climb and drink in the beach front perspectives
  • Unwind on the sea shores
  • Invest some energy in Positano

To what extent do I need? A few days.

Suggested visit: Try the Sorrento Coast and Capri vessel visit to go to the best towns along the coast to wonder about design and unwind.

6. Pompeii: Best for history

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Meander through 79AD in this safeguarded old city.

Nearest air terminal: Fly into Naples Airport and drive a speedy 20 minutes to this old city.

Top five activities:

  • Visit the Lupanar
  • See the Forum Baths
  • See the frescoes at the Villa of the Mysteries
  • Stroll through the Forum
  • Visit the Garden of the Fugitives

To what extent do I need? At some point.

Suggested visit: Experience Pompeii on a guided strolling visit where you can investigate the remains and find out about Mount Vesuvius and the rich history of Pompeii.

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Investigate the Italian Riviera coastline with its bright towns and angling pontoons.

Nearest air terminal The nearest air terminal is Pisa International Airport, a 1.5-hour train ride.

Top five activities:

  • Climb from Manarola
  • Visit the Cinque Terre National Park
  • Appreciate a vessel visit
  • See the Church of San Francesco
  • Take a cooking class

To what extent do I need? One to three days.

Suggested visit: Take a Cinque Terre Full Immersion Tour drove by a neighborhood manual for experience every one of the five towns.

8. Sicily: Best for landscape, sea shores and nourishment

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Take in vistas of Mount Etna and appreciate supper on the coast on this island "off the boot."

Nearest air terminal: Choose from one of its two universal air terminals, contingent upon where you intend to visit. Catania-Fontanarossa is on the western side of the island, while Palermo Airport is on the east.

Top five activities:

  • Ski down or climb up Mount Etna
  • Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site Valley of the Temples
  • See the mosaics in Villa Romana del Casale
  • Attempt the neighborhood road nourishment
  • Visit probably the best sea shores at Mondello Lido.

To what extent do I need? 10 days to about fourteen days.

Suggested visit: You can't in any way, shape or form see this huge island in one day. This nine-day Treasures of Sicily takes you wine sampling and gives you Mount Etna and other must-see urban areas and locales.

9. Naples: Best for craftsmanship and nourishment

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Wonder about recorded strongholds and royal residences with hundreds of years of engineering — and amuse your taste buds in the city where pizza was conceived.

Nearest air terminal Fly minutes from the downtown area into Naples Airport.

Top five activities:

  • Eat pizza until you can't walk
  • Fly crosswise over to the island of Capri
  • Climb Mount Vesuvius
  • See the vestiges of Herculaneum
  • Look at underground Naples

To what extent do I need? One to two days.

Prescribed visit: See the best of the city on a Naples Food Tasting Walking Tour to encounter the culinary pleasures of Naples and see notable locales.

10. Tuscany: Best for nourishment and wine

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Try not to miss Italy's medieval peak towns neglecting slopes of vineyards.

Nearest air terminal Fly into Pisa's Galileo Galilei International Airport or the littler Florence Amerigo Vespucci Airport.

Top five activities:

  • Posture with the inclining tower of Pisa
  • Enjoy a wine visit
  • Eat your way through the district
  • Visit the city of Siena
  • Make a journey to La Verna
  • To what extent do I need? Five days to seven days

Prescribed visit: The Tuscany in One-Day Sightseeing Tour takes you through the shocking open country, to a Gothic basilica in Siena, to Pisa and to a wine bequest for lunch.