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Italy has so many faces that a lifetime isn’t enough to see them all. Rome, Florence, and Venice are just the beginning; just around the corner lie Umbria, Puglia, Calabria, and Sardinia places that guidebooks from bookstores barely mention. What to see in Italy depends on what you’re looking for.
In this section, you’ll find guides to Italian cities and regions. What to see, where to eat great food without paying tourist prices, how to get around by train, and why Italy deserves more than just a quick stopover. Sicily has its own sub-section. It’s big enough to warrant one.
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Choose a city or region and start reading. Italy awaits and always has something to offer.
There are places that leave you in peace. The Aeolian Islands aren’t among them. Just as the Egadi Islands [read more in our guide to the Egadi Islands] left a brutal impression on us, so did the Aeolians. This is where we got up at 3:55 in the morning to...
Palermo doesn’t welcome you immediately. It’s a city you have to learn to read, like an old book with a battered cover, where behind every unremarkable gate hides a courtyard full of surprises. And that’s what this guide is about – we’ll go through the best places to see in...
Planning a trip to Sicily and wondering whether to rent a car or use public transport? You’re right to think about it in advance! Sicily, the pearl of the Mediterranean, is a place that deserves to be explored in depth. And believe us, without a car that’s almost impossible. Buses...
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We came to Katowice mainly as a transfer stop on the way somewhere else. But the city centre personally stopped me in my tracks – in a good way. I expected a grey industrial city and got a lively centre that breathes at first glance, and when I saw old...
