There are so many tourist attractions in Italy that it is
difficult to establish what not to miss, I guess it depends on the area
visited. The Colosseum in Rome and San Peter’s Basilica with the Sistine Chapel
in the Vatican are at the top of the list, as well as Piazza San Marco in
Venice home to the famous San Marco Basilica, which combines elements of
Romanesque and Byzantine architecture and is one of the most unique churches in
Italy, the Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale), the Correr Museum and the Campanile
or Bell-Tower of St. Mark.
In Florence don’t miss Ponte Vecchio, the Uffizi Gallery,
one of the world’s greatest art museums displaying works by Botticelli, Giotto,
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian and Galleria dell’Accademia where
Michelangelo’s sculpture of David is kept.
Piazza San Giovanni and the adjacent Piazza Duomo provide
famous sights including the Baptistery, the Duomo itself - the Cathedral of
Santa Maria del Fiore - and the Campanile also known as Giotto’s Bell Tower,
which is open to visitors and the views over Florence rooftops are certainly
worth the climb.
Miracles Square in Pisa where the leaning tower of Pisa is
still standing is worth a visit. For scooter freaks, it's hard not to notice
the Vespa scooter as one of the main transportation means in Italy.
The Colosseum in Rome
The Mole Antonelliana in Turin, which, with its 167.5 m, is
the tallest masonry structure in Italy. The 360 degrees view over the city from
the top is outstanding as much as the climb through the see-through lift from
where to admire the stuccos that decorate the vaults with the sensation of
floating in an open capsule inside the cupola. Turin’s Egyptian Museum is the
largest in the world after Cairo’s and must not be missed. There are over 30000
exhibits from the Palaeolithic to the diffusion of Christian religion.
Ponte Vecchio in Florence
Other must see sights are Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii
in Naples, the Dome and La Scala theatre in Milan, and the northern Italian
lakes. Both Lake Como and Lake Garda in the north are fantastic as well as the
Tuscan countryside dotted with medieval castles.
Pompeii under Mount Vesuvius
The old monasteries in Abruzzo and Assisi where Saint
Francis came from make a fantastic break. The beautiful seaside resorts in the
South and the islands of Sardinia and Sicily. The Cinque Terre, 5 picturesque
fishing villages on the Ligurian coast between Genova and La Spezia, tiny towns
perched on rocky cliffs overlooking the sea linked together by hiking trails as
well as a road system and the rail offer unique sceneries.
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