After descending the green hills of the Metauro River Valley, and heading towards the Adriatic Sea, you'll reach the city of Fano. A large, ancient arch welcomes you to the city's historic center. Fano was originally named Fanum Fortunae after the temple of Fortuna built in ...

The city of Isernia is the capital of the small, central Molise region. It's situated on a hill surrounded by the Sannita Apennine Mountains. The Most Ancient Human in Italy The first human settlement here dates back to the Paleolithic era. The discovery and study of the ...

In Lazio's Viterbo province and in the heart of the ancient Etruscan land of Tuscia, lie two of the civilization's most important necropolises and tombs: Tuscania and Tarquinia. The two cities are just 25 minutes apart and make an excellent day trip from nearby Lake ...

Florence is absolutely one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. Its great art and culture is known practically all over the world. It's a fascinating city to experience both day and night, strolling through its ancient streets or across the Ponte Vecchio. The historic ...

Palermo has been called the "city of a thousand faces". Very few cities on the planet have witnessed a past as varied as that of Palermo. Today, it's an exciting coastal destination with multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites that has something for every kind of ...

Nettuno is a lovely, fun town on the coast of Latium just outside of Rome. It's full of restaurants and pubs which are located both in the marina and the seafront, but also throughout the center and especially in the medieval village. Perhaps the latter is one the ...

Italy's Basilicata region is one of the few that has two coastlines- one on the Tyrrhenian side and the other on the Ionian Sea. Maratea (Tyrrhenian) is probably the most famous beach destination in the region, but we're here to tell you that Policoro and ...

This is almost definitely an area of Italy that not many tourists get around to seeing. Today, we're in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (or "Friuli" for short) in northeastern Italy. This beautiful region that borders both Austria and Slovenia offers not only beach destinations along ...

Visiting Pavia: this northern Italian city can be visited in one day. From its lively historic center to its Visconti Castle, its famous covered bridge, and its Carthusian Monastery, you'll enjoy every minute of this Lombard city. Visconti Castle and Civic Museums We begin the visit with ...

There is so much to see in one of Italy's greatest cities that it would be impossible to describe it all in one article. Today we'll be exploring the Angevin Castle in Naples. Called a whole series of different names including the Angevin Fortress, Castel Nuovo, Castello ...