Less than 55 kilometers separate the city of Naples from the coastal beauty of Positano – making this a perfect day trip. Positano is one of…
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Set just under 49 kilometers south of Naples, Sorrento is a perfect place to visit for a day trip. This charming Italian town is filled with…
Naples lies roughly 57 kilometers northwest of Positano, the Amalfi Coast’s main hub. By car, this journey will take about 90 minutes (longer in summer traffic),…
Only 100 kilometers north of Rome, the Umbrian town of Orvieto stands high above the Paglia valley on a crag of soft limestone called tufa. There…
Ancient Rome’s port of Ostia, now landlocked five kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea, is Italy’s largest excavation after Pompeii. Visiting Ostia from Rome couldn’t be easier,…
Padova, anglicized to Padua, is a city of visual contrasts. In a relatively compact area lie the narrow streets of its old town, the Renaissance grandeur…
PaestumThe plain near the Gulf of Salerno, part of the Tyrrhenian Sea, proved a poor site for the substantial settlement founded by Greeks around 600 BCE,…
Rome’s earliest known inhabitants lived on this hill above the Tiber many centuries before Roman rulers and aristocrats built their grand palaces here. Those palaces, temples,…
The Palazzo Pitti is Florence’s most important palace, and its combination of splendor, history, and the collections it houses make it one of the city’s most…
The principal palace in Florence seems like a living timeline, encapsulating the city’s rich history. As you explore its courtyard, climb Vasari’s grand staircase to the…