Italian Peninsula

Italy

Italia/Repubblica Italiana

Region/Italian name (if different) in travel priority order:

Florence
Florence (Photo: nomadicmatt.com)

1. Tuscany

Toscana

      • Florence/Firenze (regional capital)
      • Siena
      • Pisa
      • San Gimignano
      • Lucca

Colosseum, Rome (Photo: skyscanner.com)
Colosseum, Rome (Photo: skyscanner.com)

2. Lazio

Latium

      • Rome/Roma (national capital, largest metro in nation, and regional capital)

Vatican
Vatican (Photo: everything-everywhere.com)

Vatican City

Status Civitatis Vaticanae

      • Vatican City

Gondolas at San Marco, Venice (Photo: footstepstravelblog.com)
Gondolas at San Marco, Venice (Photo: footstepstravelblog.com)

3. Veneto

      • Venice/Venezia (regional capital)

4. Campania

Neapolitan Region

      • Naples/Napoli (third largest metro in nation and regional capital)
      • Mount Vesuvius
      • Pompeii
      • Herculaneum
      • Amalfi Coast
      • Island of Capri
      • Paestum

Lake Como (Photo: latefordinner.org)
Lake Como (Photo: latefordinner.org)

5. Lombardy

Lombardia

      • Milan/Milano (national second city and regional capital)
      • Italian Lake District (including Lake Como)

Vernazza, Cinque Terre
Vernazza, Cinque Terre (Photo: handluggageonly.co.uk)

6. Liguria

      • Genoa/Genova (regional capital)
      • Italian Riviera and the Cinque Terre – Corniglia, Manarola, Monterosso al Mare, Riomaggiore, and Vernazza

Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna
Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna (Photo: 05varvara.wordpress.com)

7. Emilia-Romagna

      • Bologna (regional capital)
      • Ravenna

Mount Etna
Mount Etna (Photo: wpmucdn.com)

8. Sicily

Sicilia

      • Palermo (fifth largest metro in nation and regional capital)
      • Mount Etna

9. Apulia

Puglia

      • Bari (regional capital)
      • Trulli in Alberobello
      • Ostuni

Dolomites
Dolomites (Photo: sasscer.wordpress.com)

10. Trentino-South Tyrol

Trentino-Alto Adige

      • Trento (regional capital)
      • Dolomites

Turin (Photo: bendavidsonwriter.com)
Turin (Photo: bendavidsonwriter.com)

11. Piedmont

Piemonte

      • Turin/Torino (fourth largest metro in nation and regional capital)

Piazza Chanoux, Aosta
Piazza Chanoux, Aosta (photo: italystories.org)

12. Aosta Valley

Valle d’Aosta

      • Aosta (regional capital)
      • Mont Blanc (shared with France)
      • Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso

Porto Cervo (Photo: sardegnaturismo.it)
Porto Cervo (Photo: sardegnaturismo.it)

13. Sardinia

Sardegna

      • Cagliari (regional capital)
      • Porto Cervo

Perugia Piazza, Perugia (Photo: rebeccachapa.wordpress.com)
Perugia Piazza, Perugia (Photo: rebeccachapa.wordpress.com)

14. Umbria

      • Perugia (regional capital)

15. Friuli-Venezia Giulia

      • Trieste (regional capital)
      • Cividale del Friuli – Ponte del Diavolo

16. Marche

      • Ancona (regional capital)

17. Calabria

      • Catanzaro (regional capital)

Matera (Photo: findyouritaly.com)
Matera (Photo: findyouritaly.com)

18. Basilicata

      • Potenza (regional capital)
      • Matera

19. Abruzzo

      • L’Aquila (regional capital)
      • Pacentro
      • National Park of Abruzzo

20. Molise

      • Campobasso (regional capital)

San Marino (Photo: beerandcroissants.com)
San Marino (Photo: beerandcroissants.com)

San Marino

Most Serene Republic of San Marino

      • San Marino (national capital)