Known for its beautiful cities, glorious cathedrals, museums, cuisine, and stunning coastline, Italy also offers small towns, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Fashionable Milan, art-filled Florence, the canals of Venice, Rome’s Colosseum and Sistine Chapel, and Bologna’s food culture are among Italy’s many attractions. Italy also offers skiing in the Dolomites, cruising on Lake Como, exploring the ruins in Pompeii, and hiking the Mt. Etna volcano in Sicily.

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Coastal town with moored boats buildings and a distant hill
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The Ponte Vecchio bridge in Florence Italy spanning the Arno River surrounded by historic buildings
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A seaside cliff with a historic Italian town on top view of Vieste on the Gargano Peninsula
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Outdoor dining area with tables set on a terrace in an urban setting surrounded by buildings
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Historical building in an open square with people walking and gathering likely in Ortigia Italy
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St Peters Basilica and Square in Vatican City featuring a fountain and colonnades under a clear sky
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A view of the church of Il Redentore seen through a garden with greenery and a pathway leading towards the building located on Giudecca Island in Venice
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A hilltop village surrounded by green countryside and rolling hills
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A scenic stonepaved street in Castel Gandolfo Italy with a view of Lake Albano and surrounding hills
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Street scene in Parma, Italy, with buildings, pedestrians, and cyclists
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A canal in Comacchio, Italy, featuring a small arched bridge and buildings on both banks
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Spiaggia dei Conigli in Sicily
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Palazzo della Ragione (square), Comune Di Verona (Verona Town Hall right), Verona in the Veneto region of Italy, photo taken early morning.
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Florence, Italy skyline
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The historic center from the beautiful village of Pesche, in the Province of Isernia, Molise, Italy.
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An Italian village coastal view.
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Grand Canal in Venice
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Verenna, Lake Como
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Duomo in Florence
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Morred boats in Lake Como, Italy
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 Umbrellas and sunbeds at the free beach of the bay between Salerno and Vietri sul Mare
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Trieste channel and Ponte Rosso square view
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Buildings in Bellagio
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Lush garden overlooking a lake
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Bird's eye view of two pasta dishes.
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The beach at the Santavenere hotel
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View of Piazza Maggiore
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Harbor in Ponza, Italy
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Turin, Italy at Piazza San Carlo during twilight.
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