This video covers everything from the Italian language, food, tipping, how to behave in traffic, complicated opening hours of attractions and restaurants, common tourist mistakes, and much more.
This is a university town with many leaning towers, red brick buildings, home of bologna or mortadella, bolognese sauce for spaghetti. Bologna is a culinary delight, but there is also culture and night life to enjoy.
Vernazza is perhaps the most popular village in the Cinque Terre, along the Ligurian shores of Italy. If you visit in the off-season the village is much more quiet and peaceful, a great time to be there.
Vicenza is a city in north eastern Italy, in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance palazzi.
To the north of Rome lies Umbria; a landscape shaped by agriculture over the centuries. With historical towns and breathtaking landscapes, Umbria is still known for its local delicacies such as salami, olive oil and truffles.
What to see and do in the Puglia Region of southern Italy. Puglia is in the south of Italy; the heel of Italy’s boot. The region is not one of Italy’s traditional tourist destinations, but it is becoming increasingly popular as travellers discover the baroque towns, olive groves, blue sea and beaches, plenty of sunshine and excellent cuisine.
The Costa D’Amalfi in the south of Italy is both wild and beautiful, framed by the Tyrrhenian Sea and the foothills of the Lattari Mountains as well as historic and picturesque towns. Sorrento marks the beginning of a journey through the “land where the lemon trees blossom” and along one of the most beautiful panoramic roads in the world, the Amalfitana.
The ruins at Ostia Antica in Italy rival those of Pompeii, and are just a half-hour train ride from Rome. There’s lots to learn about ancient Roman lifestyles at this well-preserved site.
For a little early-Christian history, head outside the city of Rome, Italy, for a look at the catacombs via the Appian Way – ancient Rome’s gateway to the East.
Napoli is the capital of Campania in southern Italy where hustle and bustle combines with serenity and joie de vivre.
Along a beautifully isolated six-mile stretch of the most seductive corner of the Italian Riviera lie the Cinque Terre — five small, traffic-free towns gently carving a good life out of difficult terrain. On this leg of the Cinque Terre hike, you can descend from ridge-top Corniglia to coastal Manarola.
In Siena you can tour the town’s innovative medieval hospital, lavish cathedral, and a bakery that makes panforte (like fruitcake, only delicious). In Assisi, you can follow the footsteps of St. Francis, from his humble chapel to the Giotto-frescoed basilica that holds his tomb.
About two hours from Venice is Verona — a welcome sip of pure, easygoing Italy. Its main attractions are its wealth of Roman ruins and its 21st-century quiet, pedestrian-only ambience.
This video begins high on the German and Austrian border and takes us to Innsbruck, the historic capital of the Habsburgs. We then visit a Tirolean village before going to Italy at Reifenstein Castle. Then we’re out-of-doors, zooming up rock cliffs and hiking through alpine meadows in the Italian Dolomites.
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