Italy

Things to Do in Italy

20 places across Rome, Milan and 10 more cities — ranked by traveler ratings, with photos and where to find each one.

Colosseum

Rome · Lazio · historical landmark · ★ 4.8 · 504,038 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world.

Colosseum
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Trevi Fountain

Rome · Lazio · fountain · ★ 4.7 · 520,547 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Trevi Fountain is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762.

Trevi Fountain
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Pantheon

Rome · Lazio · historical landmark · ★ 4.8 · 285,414 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Pantheon is an ancient 2nd century Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church called the Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs in Rome, Italy. It is perhaps the most famous, and architecturally most influential, rotunda.

Pantheon
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Duomo di Milano

Milan · Lombardy · church · ★ 4.8 · 208,110 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗
Duomo di Milano
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Piazza Navona

Paris · Île-de-France · plaza · ★ 4.7 · 217,089 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the 1st century AD Stadium of Domitian and follows the form of the open space of the stadium in an elongated oval.

Piazza Navona
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Leaning Tower of Pisa

Pisa · Tuscany · historical place · ★ 4.7 · 200,737 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, or simply the Tower of Pisa, is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation. The tower is one of three structures in Pisa's Cathedral Square, which includes the cathedral and Pisa Baptistry.

Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Rialto Bridge

Venice · Veneto · bridge · ★ 4.7 · 196,149 reviews

The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the sestieri (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city.

Rialto Bridge
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Piazza San Marco

Venice · Veneto · plaza · ★ 4.7 · 192,900 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Piazza San Marco, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza. The Piazzetta is an extension of the Piazza towards San Marco basin in its southeast corner.

Piazza San Marco
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Roman Forum and Palatine Hill

Rome · Lazio · museum · ★ 4.8 · 145,728 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗
Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
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Arena

Verona · Veneto · arena · ★ 4.7 · 168,207 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Verona Arena is a Roman amphitheatre located in the historic center of Verona, Italy. It is among the best-preserved ancient amphitheatres to have survived into the modern era. This remarkable state of preservation is largely due to systematic restoration efforts that began in the 16th century.

Arena
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Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

Florence · Tuscany · church · ★ 4.8 · 110,978 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Florence, Italy.

Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

Milan · Lombardy · shopping mall · ★ 4.7 · 115,696 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of Milan. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
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Uffizi Gallery

Florence · Tuscany · art museum · ★ 4.7 · 94,313 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.

Uffizi Gallery
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Vatican Museums

Rome · Lazio · church · ★ 4.7 · 93,074 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that time, it has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity.

Vatican Museums
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Amalfi Coast

Amalfi · Campania · scenic spot · ★ 4.7 · 92,935 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗
Amalfi Coast
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Pompeii Archaeological Park

Pompeii · Campania · museum · ★ 4.7 · 86,411 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗
Pompeii Archaeological Park
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Treasury Museum of the Basilica of San Francesco

Assisi · Umbria · church · ★ 4.9 · 50,438 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Villa Borghese

Rome · Lazio · park · ★ 4.6 · 95,407 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Villa Borghese is a landscape garden in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums and attractions. It is the third-largest public park in Rome, after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphili and Villa Ada.

Villa Borghese
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Zoom Torino

Cumiana · Piedmont · zoo · ★ 4.4 · 25,965 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗

Zoom Torino is a zoo and amusement park in Cumiana, near Turin, northern Italy, created in 2009. It covers 180,000 square metres (220,000 sq yd).

Zoom Torino
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La Pelosa Beach

Stintino · Sardinia · beach · ★ 4.5 · 16,699 reviews · Open in Google Maps ↗
La Pelosa Beach
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