Travel guides

Ancona
Ancona (100,000 inhabitants) is the capital of the province of the same name in the Marches region. Inland, the province is bordered by the mountains Monte Catria and Monte...
Bari
Bari (312,000 inhabitants), the capital of Apulia, has done much to improve its reputation. The population explosion of the last decades caused by urbanisation and fairly...
Bergamo
Today, just as in former times, the imposing church and city towers of Bergamo rise up above the hill. Entering the upper city through St Augustine's Gate (Porta Sant’Agostino)...
Bologna
Maybe it’s the colours of Bologna that make the most lasting impression. The matt colours of the façades in all possible tones of red, yellow and brown, and the colours of the...
Florence
Florence is a small scale metropolis and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Old and young, singles and couples, art lovers, gourmets, fans of shopping and...
Genoa
It would be a real shame if holidaymakers at the Riviera did not pay a visit to Genoa. They would miss out one of Europe’s most appealing cities. In recent decades Genoa...
Milan
You could easily spend a week in search of high culture, or checking out Milan’s young designer scene, or spend days window shopping – this city has many facets and each of...
Pisa
Every year millions of holiday makers admire Pisa’s famous landmark and ignore the rest of the town (88,000 inhabitants) near the mouth of the River Arno. And yet, this...
Rome
Even a genius like Goethe was so overwhelmed by “church and palace, ruins and columns” that Rome left the poet speechless - for a short time. It’s not surprising. The sites in...
Turin
Having been a rather sleeping beauty for a long time, Turin has woken up to new life. Turin was the first capital of the newly founded Kingdom of Italy (1861-1865). Now a city...
Trieste
Trieste is a legendary city. Everyone holidaying in the upper Adriatic region should visit this harbour town (205,000 inhabitants) in the Gulf in front of the Kras Plateau. Its...
Venice
No visitor to the lagoon city encounters this wonder of the world without preconceptions: It has been described, sung about and depicted in pictures and films so often that it...
Verona
Apart from Venice no other north Italian city evokes as many pleasurable associations as Verona (255,000 inhabitants), the city of Romeo and Juliet. Visitors look forward to a...