Page 12 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Italy

10  INTRODUCING IT AL Y

DISCOVERING ITALY

The following tours have been designed to Next come two 7-day tours, covering the
take in as many of the country’s highlights as north and the south of Italy. These can be
possible, while keeping long-distance travel combined to make a superb 2-week tour of
to a minimum. First come three 2-day tours of the whole country. Finally, two themed
Italy’s most glamorous cities: Rome, Florence itineraries have been designed for anyone
and Venice. These itineraries can be followed looking to tailor their trip according to a
individually or combined to form a week-long specific interest. Pick, combine and follow
tour. Extra suggestions are provided for those your favourite tours, or simply dip in and
who want to extend their stay to 10 days. seek inspiration.

TRENTINO-
ALTO ADIGE
Lake LOMBARDY FRIULI-
VALLE Como VENEZIA
D’AOSTA GIULIA
VENETO
Vicenza
Milan
Verona Venice
PIEDMONT Padua
EMILIA-
LIGURIA ROMAGNA
Cinque Terre
Lucca
Pisa Florence
San Gimignano
Golden Fields of Tuscany Siena MARCHE
The Tuscan countryside, with its rolling hills and pencil-thin TUSCANY
cypress trees, is a dream for artists and visitors alike. UMBRIA
A Week in A Week in Rome ABRUZZO
Northern Italy Southern Italy LAZIO
MOLISE
• See the artworks of the • See treasures of the classical
CAMPANIA
Pinoteca di Brera and shop world in Rome’s museums Naples PUGLIA
in fashionable Milan. and people-watch from Pompeii
• Take a relaxing cruise on the Spanish Steps. Amalfi Coast
Lake Como and walk in the • Marvel at sculptures Key Capri BASILICATA
surrounding countryside. and mosaics in Museo Northern Italy tour
Archeologico in Naples,
• Look up at Juliet’s balcony Southern Italy tour

in Verona and marvel at the and sample fantastic pizza
in the city of its origin.
architecture of Vicenza.
• Visit the evocative ruins of CALABRIA

• Admire world-famous Pompeii and take a ferry to
frescoes in Padua. the island of Capri.
• Enjoy a vaporetto ride along
• Marvel at the beautiful views Palermo
Venice’s magnificent from the towns along the
waterway, the Grand Canal. Amalfi Coast and enjoy the Monreale
• Take in stunning views of sea air at Ravello. Selinunte SICILY
Florence from the Duomo. • Take a night ferry to Palermo Piazza Armerina
• Walk the dizzying pathways in Sicily and visit the glittering Agrigento
and hillsides of the Cinque Palazzo dei Normanni. Noto
Terre coastline. • Discover the Valley of the
• Explore the three enchanting Temples near Agrigento.
Tuscan towns of Lucca, Pisa • Explore the magnificent

and Siena. Baroque town of Noto.
A Court Scene, from Mantegna’s 15th-century fresco in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua
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