Italy Attractions?

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Jigyasu Prani

We had a trip to Venice, Florence and Rome last year.
Our objective was to cover as much as possible in limited possible budget.
Here is the list:
You can check full details at http://travelextracts.com/content/eurotrail-our-planned-europe-trip where we have posted our day wise plan.
Venice
1.Academy Gallery (Gallerie dell'Accademia)
2.Bridge of Sighs
3.Correr Civic Museum (Museo Civico Correr)
4.Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale)
5.Grand Canal
6.Naval History Museum (Museo Storico Navale) & Arsenale
7.Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto)
8.Rialto Market
9.Saint Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco)
10.San Rocco (Scuola of St. Rocco)
11.St. Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco)
Florence
1.Ponte Vecchio
2.Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi)
3.Basilica di Santa Croce
4.Duomo - Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
5.Duomo Museum (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo)
6.Galleria dell'Accademia
7.Giotto's Bell Tower (Campanile di Giotto)
8.Medici Chapels (Cappelle Medicee)
9.Piazza del Duomo
10.Piazza della Signoria
Rome
1.Borghese Gallery (Galleria Borghese)
2.Capitoline Museum (Museo Capitolino)
3.Colosseum (Colosseo)
4.Imperial Forums (Fori Imperiali)
5.Palatine Hill
6.Pantheon
7.Roman Forum (Foro Romano)
8.Spanish Steps (Piazza di Spagna)
9.Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi)
10.Villa Borghese
11.Castel Sant' Angelo
12.Vatican Museums
13.Vatican City
14.Sistine Chapel (Cappella Sistina)
15.St. Peter's Basilica (Basilica di San Pietro)
16.Barberini Palace
17.Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo)
18.Ostia Antica
19.Palatine

You can find more details about each of these here:
Venice: http://travelextracts.com/content/venice-attractions-guide
Florence: http://travelextracts.com/content/florence-firenze-attractions-guide
Rome: http://travelextracts.com/content/rome-attractions-guide

Also you can read about our experience about staying here:
Venice: http://travelextracts.com/content/venice-accommodation-our-experience
Florence: http://travelextracts.com/content/florence-accommodation-our-experience
Rome: http://travelextracts.com/content/rome-accommodation-our-experience

Cycwynner

I just gave this reply to someone looking for "lesser known places with fewer toruists", probably what a Honeymoon should be. "Italy has a great many lesser â€œknownâ€ gems, that are equally attractive, Iâ€™ll just give you a few I know particularly well and add a few superficial tips as to why.
Bolzano and Trento (the German and Italian Mountain traditions side by side); Udine (home of the autoctonous Friulani); Arona and Como (picturesque lakeside Spas), Aosta and Cuneo (Franco-Italian mountain traditions), Sanremo & Portofino (Italian Costa Azzurra), Mantova, Parma, Reggio and Ferrara (seats of Renaissance courts â€“ in particular Ferrara â€“ home to the Estes and Lucrezia Borgia), Ravenna (ancient Roman capital in the latter years, Byzantine esarcate) San Gimignano, Siena and Arezzo (Tuscan-Etrurian Mediaeval towns), Urbino, Gubbio, Orvieto and Assisi (Hill town Mediaeval towns â€“ Assisi, home to St. Francis, is spiritually unique ), Ascoli Piceno (ancient Longobard seat in the South), lâ€™Aquila and isernia (Mountain folklore in the beautiful Appenines), Viterbo and Rieti (the lesser known seats of pre-Roman culture); Caserta (for the Royal Palace); Ravello on the Costa amalfitana (less know but enchanting); Martina Franca (for the Trulli dwellings nearby) and Lecce (splendid baroque); Matera (for the curious cave dwellings and pre-Roman culture); Crotone (splendid coastal area); Nicolosi (starting point for an Etna excursion), Siracusa (Greek-Sicilian culture), Piazza Armerina (Mosaics in the Roman villa), Marsala (pre Roman Phoenician culture), Pantelleria (mysterious Island with hot springs); Santa Teresa di Gallura (enchanting little coastal town North of the Costa Smerada, Sardinia (nearby Nuraghi pre-Roman towers). And that is it, I could go on for ever, but I donâ€™t think you have the time.
Ps my favourite way to discover â€œMysterious Italyâ€ is just to fly to the nearest city and take off with my car (you can hire quite cheaply from any Airport) and discover the â€œhidden treasuresâ€ on my own, in small villages that even Italians know little about. Take Pratica di Mare, a small walled Mediaeval hamlet by Pomezia (ten minutes South of Rome â€“ I lived there over 3 years before â€œdiscoveringâ€ the hamlet - ). Used to be called Lavinium and tradition wants Aeneas to have landed there after he fled Troy with his father Anchise. Recently they discovered the 13 sacred Altars, where Roman and Preâ€”Romans used to come and worship. The small Museum is a real gem of Votive statues and jewellery, including life size statues of Minerva Tritonia. Have a look a short clip www.museopomezia.itand then just take off and discover other such places on â€œhear sayâ€, in the main towns. Near Ferrara (home town to one of the branches of my family) there is the Etruscan museum of Spina (used to be their Adriatic Port before sanding in). Practically unknown expect by locals." All very Romantic.

Mad Man

La rocca di reggiolo go see on google

LittleT22

Most of Italy will be expensive. I went to Italy a few years ago with my husband and some friends. We used a couple of the Rick Steve's books. He has some good ideas of less expensive travel and less touristy sites. I highly recommend his info. He has a show on PBS too.

I'm not sure what area of Italy you are going to and when but we went to the Cinque Terre. At the time it was not very touristy but I believe it may be now more people are hearing about it. It was really nice there.
I loved all of Italy except parts of Naples. It was really dirty.

Have fun & Good luck

Johnny the traveller

Hey visit Trevi Fountain, Trastevere. These are some better Rome attractions...
http://rome.placestostay.com/top-attractions.html
http://roomsnet.com/travel_guide/rome/attractions/trevi_fountain.html

Trevi Fountain is located in the Trevi Square in the Quirinale district. Pope Clement XII commissioned the fountain in 1732 and today it can be seen in all its glory with its figures and statues.

If u visit Trevi its free of charge

sporregar

It's all going to be expensive. Amalfi coast is nice. Herculaneum, Pompei. Stay away from Rome and any other religious site if it's any time during holy week or lent or any catholic holiday.

I suggest you get travel books (footprints, lonely planet, fodors, off the beaten path, etc.) and search through them.

It may be cheaper to rent someone's home or apartment and use that as a base of operations. You may not be able to get as far, but it would save on meals and hotel bills.

Matteo M

take a ship from Napoli.. and go to Capri or Sorrento.... and you guys will get really romantic!!!
for parting .... come to Milano..

ci vediamo!

SPLNTR

Try the catacombs under the Vatican, contact the uffizio scavi

lovetuscany

hello! yes, the others answerers are right, the most of Italy is expensive if you live it as a tourist. I can suggest you to have a look at this website www.ariannandfriends.com, and see what you can do and see and where to sleep in Tuscany.
have a great time!

ben_48_58 (the shadow)

That depends what period! Until June, an 'enormous' attraction are Eolie (or Lipari) Islands, belonging to Sicily, in the Tyrrhenian Sea (that of Rome). A very good place for calm and warm honeymoon: sea, sky, very white or very black beaches, unforgettable landscapes (there's the Stromboli Island with its still working volcano), free sulphuring thermal baths for making marvellous your skin, history and archeology, museums, music and fantastic food and wine (call for 'gamberetti', a sort of shrimps you can eat, by the warm water near the volcano, entirily as they are), people smiling and rental fisher's ships to visit the other islands, Tyrrhenian pearls!

www.hotelclub.net/hotel.reservations/E...
www.eoliando.it/info/eolie_arcipelago_...
www.itwg.it/area9088
wikitravel.org/en/Aeolian_Islands

Megan

Puglia isnt that expensive, or very well known. Especially food, you'll be able to eat a lot of amazing food for cheap prices.

Starlet

You should eat a pizza!

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