
Wander the streets of Verona on a winter’s night and you might believe the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet to be true. Beyond the Shakespearean hyperbole, however, you’ll...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:410 Verona

From the look of it, you'd think Venice spent all its time primping. Bask in the glory of Grand Canal palaces, but make no mistake: this city's a powerhouse. You may...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:426 Venezia

Rarely will you sense the cross-cultural edge present in the air in this sometimes melancholy but immediately engaging Adriatic city. Held on a spit of Italian territory (added in 1918)...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:317 Trieste

Turin (Torino) is magical. It’s Italy’s fourth-largest city and has an illustrious past, resulting in elegant squares, world-class museums and historic cafés, flanked by some 18km of colonnaded walkways. History hasn’t stood...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:315 Torino

Men in wellies selling fish on corners, a collapsing historic medieval centre and an industrial horror show (with the worst emissions in the country) – Taranto’s distinctive characteristics protect an...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:349 Taranto

Historic adversaries, the Siena–Florence rivalry continues to this day, as every traveller seems to strongly identify with one over the other. It often boils down to aesthetic preference: while Florence saw...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:352 Siena

No other city comes close. It may no longer be caput mundi (capital of the world), but Rome is an epic, bubbling-over metropolis harbouring lost empires. One visit and you’ll be...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:382 Roma

One of Italy’s most famous seaside resorts, Rimini is not to everyone’s taste. Unless you’re happy to share an overdeveloped strip of sand with tens of thousands of like-minded holiday-makers, you...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:362 Rimini

Reggio is the main launching point for ferries to Sicily and home to the spectacular Bronzi di Riace. Otherwise it has the slightly dissolute feel shared by most ports and a...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:381 Reggio Calabria

Virtually enclosed within Florence’s urban and industrial sprawl and a mere 17km to its northwest, Prato is one of Italy’s main textile centres. Tuscany’s second-largest town after Florence, it houses the country’s biggest concentration...
zdenko 06 Oct 2011 Hits:381 Prato