What part of Italy do I visit?

Question

I have always wanted to take a trip to Italy, but I'm not quite sure where to go. I am an intermediate photographer and I want to go somewhere with great architecture and great natural scenery. Any advice on where I should visit or where I should stay?

Answer 1

TORINO! then Rome, Milano, Firenze, Venezia, Napoli.

buon viaggio.....

Answer 2

Rome, Florence, Pisa, Pompii (naples), Venice. These are the best places it seems.

Answer 3

Italy is a pretty amazing place, if I had to recommend a single place I would say go to Florence.

Answer 4

Architecture, go to Rome. Natural scenery, go to Almalfi Coast. There are 2 places, very quite, very few tourist and very unique and great for both picture taking and visiting: Matera and Viterbo, google them.

Answer 5

u definitely must visit Rome,which is a really amazing city. I'd suggest to go to Venice, Florence and Pisa as well. For what concerns natural scenery Toscany has beautiful natural views. And u'll probably like Sicily too.

If you want to visit beautiful places which are not that famous around the world u can find amazing mountains in the region of Trentino Alto Adige.

I hope these information will be useful, for any tip contact me.

Answer 6

sardinia is lovely . areas there are porto cervo , la maddalena, many coastal spots there its an island in the med. tom cruise and katie holmes even go there.  off of la maddelna is the island of caprera where garibaldi lived.

Answer 7

If you like the water, and interesting architecture, Sicily is great.  Taormina and Giardini Naxos offer beautiful views of the Mediterranean.  Agrigento is the location of Greek ruins that are fascinating.  Palermo has the catacombs, and  Zafferana is a nice little town on Mount Etna, which offers interesting subject matter as it is an active volcano.

Answer 8

Florence, Rome and Venice are very nice cities.  Assissi and Padua are also very nice to see.  You would probably be able to get beautiful pictures in most of the cities because it is a beautiful country.

Answer 9

I'm Italian,,, and I really have to say that here.. there's so much to see and visit!

First of all, our grate cities:

Rome: panoramic view from the Gianicolo (an hill), St Peter, "Fori Imperiali" (in front of the Colosseum), th Circo Massimo, the "Via Appia", an ancient street where you can find the catacombs, Caracalla (thermal baths), Villa Adriana in a small town near Rome, Tivoli.

Venice: its lagoon, its islands: Murano (famous for its glass making), Burano (lacework), San Lazzaro degli Armeni (where there is a beautiful monastery),

the whole Veneto (the region of Venice), with famous villas designed by Andrea Palladio

http://www.palladio2008.info/html/home.p...

Milan, that is quite a modern city, but you can't miss: the Dome, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele (besides the Dome), Castello Sforzesco (a castle), St Ambrogio Church, Palazzo Reale (always interesting exhibitions) near the Dome... Brera (an area of the center)

http://www.duomomilano.it

Tuscany:

Florence: Santa Maria Novella, the Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio, ....

Siena (sooooo beautiful), with its Piazza del Campo

San Gimignano    http://www.sangimignano.com/

Volterra

Monteriggioni

Pisa, and its famous Leaning Tower

Naples, especially some quartiers: the Vomero, Posillipo, and the area of Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast, Capri, ...

Sicily, the Greek Valle dei Templi (Agrigento), the Etna volcano, Palermo and its Arab quartier, named "La Kalsa"

... Umbria: Assisi (birthplace of St Francis), Gubbio (medieval town)

Emilia Romagna: Ravenna (a typical Byzantine city, where you can also find Dante's Tomb)

... if you're looking for interesting sceneries...

the Dolomites (Belluno, Veneto)

Lake Maggiore and Lake Como (and all those little cities around theme: Erba, Stresa, Bellagio, ...) .. and Lake d'Orta, and Lake Garda.. it's full of Lakes!!

the countryside of Tuscany, Umbria, ... amazing!

Answer 10

palermo.get the real italian experiance.

Answer 11

Italy is beautiful. I've been to Italy 2 times.U should visit Rome in Rome:Colosseum,Foro Romano,Fontana di Trevi,San Pietro church(Vatican church)but u can take a touristic bus too to see Rome and visit the most touristic sites.Florence, in Florence:Piazza Michelangelo,Duomo di Firenze(the cathedral of Florence a very beautiful architecture)Ponte Vechio,Uffizi museum u can take a touristic bus too here it,s better to take one.Venice,in Venice u should take a water bus and u should visit the San Marco it's a great architecture and inside the church it's all with gold.Ponte dei sospiri(whispers bridge).Verona the Piazza di Verona and Juliet's balcony.Milan:Duomo of Milan magnificant architecture u should go there very very beautiful but I think it's better with a touristic bus. Have a good time.

Answer 12

Italy is a photographer's dream.  Take your pick of the beautiful cities and towns.  You can't go wrong.  My Italy photographs and our travelogues are online at:

http://www.thetravelzine.com