What to See in Italy

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

With over fifty sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, Italy is the country with the most in the world. Quite logically, given its extraordinary history and heritage, these are primarily historic urban centres (Rome, Naples, Florence, Venice...), religious buildings, and archaeological sites such as Pompeii, which make up the bulk of this classification.

By Region

Each region of Italy is very rich in terms of sites and other places to discover:

• What to See in Northwest Italy: this is the border area with France, including the Aosta Valley, Turin, Genoa and the Mediterranean Riviera, the famous Cinque Terre, the lake region (Maggiore, Garda, Como...), Gran Paradiso National Park, and Stelvio National Park.

• What to See in Northeast Italy: the unmissable Venice, as well as the cities of Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Trieste, Verona, and the stunning Dolomites mountain range.

• What to See in Central Italy: including Rome and the Vatican, Gran Sasso National Park and Abruzzo National Park, plus all of Tuscany with the cities of Florence, Pisa, Siena, and the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago.

• What to See in Southern Italy: Naples and its stunning bay, the islands of Capri and Ischia, the Amalfi Coast, Pollino and Gargano National Parks, not to mention the sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum near Italy’s most famous volcano, Mount Vesuvius.

• What to See in Sicily: notably Syracuse, Catania, Palermo, the Baroque towns of the Noto Valley, the Aeolian Islands, and Mount Etna.

• What to See in Sardinia: the medieval town of Alghero, the Maddalena Islands, Gennargentu National Park, plus what makes the island unique, with the Costa Smeralda and Costa Verde for beaches and seaside resorts.