Italy has the maximum number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Great architectures and monuments are found everywhere around the country. Rome, Venice and Florence are the major cities with the most number of tourists. Besides its cultural and architectural side, it also features beautiful coasts, alpine lakes and mountainous range. Bel Paese is another name to Italy, which means beautiful country.
Top 15 Tourists Places:-
1. Rome:
‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ is a common phrase used, and for visitors it is definitely time consuming to explore the best of the capital city. There are so many places to go and exciting sites to see. From exploring the amazing Colosseum to walking where Caesar died, visiting the holy Vatican City, or making a wish at the Trevi Fountain, Rome is certainly an important part of your Italy tour.
2. Venice:
Venice is an expensive tourist’s destination and ideal for couples, because it is very romantic. You will enjoy going on a gondola ride along one of the canals, stroll through the alleyways, and have some time out at the in St Mark’s Square lots of pigeons around. There are many old gothic churches where you get the true essence of Rome’s spiritual side.
3. Florence:
Florence is famous for being the birthplace of the Michelangelo’s famous statue of David. There is a huge gothic cathedral, Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, which is a very important tourist’s site and is a symbol of Florence. The Duomo is also another popular tourist’s attraction.
4. Piazza del Campo:
Piazza del Campo is one of Europe’s greatest medieval squares. It is well known all over the world for its beauty and architectural integrity. It has the Palazzo Pubblico and its renowned tower, as well as various palazzi signorili possessed by the wealthy families of Siena.
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5. Pompeii:
In 79 AD the volcano Vesuvius had erupted covering the nearby town Pompeii which was left with ash and soil, and then the city has been preserved in its state that painful day. After excavation, new have been provided that an extraordinary insight into the life of people living two thousand years ago.
6. Positano:
Positano is a small town situated on the Amalfi Coast. The coastline is known for its rugged terrain, natural beauty and towns which seem like pictures. Though the city had prospered during the medieval times, but by the mid 19th more than half of the population was gone. The again in the 20th century it transformed from a poor fishing village to a famous tourist’s attraction and the credit goes to author John Steinbeck who wrote about its beauty.
7. Lake Como:
Lake Como belongs to the Italian Lake District which is popular among visitors for more than 100 years. The lake looks like a shape of an inverted ‘Y’, with two branches starting at Como in the south-west and Lecco in the south-east. They merge half way up and the lake continues up to Colico towards north. The lake is known for the villas which have been here since Roman times.
8. Leaning Tower of Pisa:
The main attraction of Pisa is the leaning tower. Originally it had been built in 1173 to serve as the cathedral’s bell tower and then it started to lean because of the unstable ground at the base. There was a well panned project to prevent the tower from leaning further and that completed in 2001. The tower is now open to visitors and is a pretty popular among tourist’s destinations in Italy.
9. Capri:
Capri is a lovely Italian island. The in Gulf of Naples has been known as an important resort destination right from Roman times. The island is full of summer tourists and you could be lucky to find some celebrities who come to spend their holidays.
10. Abruzzo:
Abruzzo houses some of Italy’s best-preserved medieval hill towns. Most of them lie within regional and national parks so that they are not likely to be developed anytime soon. Abruzzo is one place in Italy which can give you the best of landscape view of Italy.
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11. San Lorenzo Maggiore:
San Lorenzo Maggiore is an attractive church in Naples, built in the 13th century. The most amazing part is the secret fact about the underground remains of the Greco-Roman city of Neapolis. Visitors are allowed to wander through the Greek Agora and also the old Roman streets. This is a well informative museum, with exhibits, archaeological excavations and historical stories.
12. Manarola:
Manarola is an old town in Cinque Terre. The “Five Lands” includes five villages noted for their beauty. The streets, trains and boats connect the villages, and cars cannot get in from the outside. The town buds out on the mountainside and gives an awesome view of the Mediterranean Sea.
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13. San Gimignano:
San Gimignano is a village located in Tuscany which is about 56 km from Florence. The families who belonged to this town had built more than 72 tower houses which were about 50 meters tall. They were wealthy and powerful and the towers were built to protect them from the enemy attacks. Unfortunately there was an epidemic and most of the people were devastated due to plague in 1348. Currently it is an important tourist’s destination which shows us masterpieces of Italian art which were there from the 14th -15th century.
14. Sorrento:
Sorrento could be the best final destination in Italy and leave you with a lot of memories you’d return with. It is a popular tourist destination located on Mornington Peninsula falling between Portsea and Blairqowrie. It faces the Port Phillip towards the north and the open waters of Bass Strait in the south. It is a gateway to the Amalfi coast and a popular tourists spot in summer.
15. Cinque Terre:
Cinque Terra gives an amazing view of five towns located on cliffs, overlooking the ocean. Tourists can go walking in the 12km trail that connects each town and explore the tiny streets. There are olive groves in the hills which you could go amidst.
