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Bay Of Naples
The Bay of Naples is one of those parts of Italy where you could quite happily spend a fortnight exploring and still feel that you've only scratched the surface.
It has everything you could possibly want from an Italian holiday — spectacular scenery, ancient history, beautiful towns, excellent food and, inevitably, a fair amount of noise, traffic and chaos.
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Capri
Capri is one of those places that has been photographed, painted and written about so often that you might wonder whether it could possibly live up to the publicity. Fortunately, it can.
The island sits in the Bay of Naples, just off the Sorrento Peninsula, and has been attracting visitors since Roman emperors discovered that it was a rather nice place to escape to. Today it attracts rather more visitors than it did in Roman times, but the beauty is still there.
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Florence
Florence is one of those cities where you can barely turn a corner without finding something important. Renaissance paintings, magnificent churches, grand palaces, sculptures, bridges and enough history to fill several books are packed into a relatively small area.
And that is one of Florence's great advantages.
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Liguria
Liguria is one of those parts of Italy that seems to have been designed specifically to make motorists stop every few minutes for another photograph.
Wedged between the mountains and the Mediterranean in north-west Italy, this narrow coastal region stretches from the French border almost to Tuscany and contains a remarkable mixture of sophisticated cities, colourful fishing villages, mountain scenery and some of Italy's most spectacular coastline.
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Milan
Milan is Italy’s second city and, in many ways, feels rather different from the Italy that most visitors imagine.
Forget the rolling Tuscan countryside, ancient ruins and sleepy hilltop villages for a moment because Milan is Italy at its most modern, fashionable and businesslike. It is a large, busy city, but fortunately it has enough history, architecture and character to stop it becoming just another European metropolis.
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Rome
Rome is a city where you can turn a corner and find yourself standing in front of a building that is two thousand years old, while a scooter shoots past you and a waiter shouts at somebody to move their car.
Rome is chaotic, noisy, occasionally frustrating and absolutely fascinating. It is also one of those cities where you could spend a week sightseeing and still only scratch the surface.
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Sardinia
Sardinia is one of those places where the photographs can almost make it look too good to be true. Turquoise water, white beaches, rugged mountains and little villages scattered across the landscape — and fortunately, much of it really is that beautiful.
Sardinia is very different from mainland Italy and feels more like its own little world, with its own traditions, food and rather laid-back way of life.
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Venice
Venice is one of those places that seems almost impossible to believe is real. A city built on water, with canals instead of roads, boats instead of buses and magnificent buildings seemingly rising straight out of the lagoon. It is spectacular, unique and utterly unlike anywhere else. It is also crowded, expensive and, at times, almost unbearably busy.
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