The Italia Tourist Board highlights the countrys artistic and cultural offerings, and looks forward to welcoming guests in 2021.
From Roman ruins to renaissance masterpieces, Italy's artistic and cultural sites offer a trip through history, art and culture. The monuments, piazzas, palaces and buildings serve as open-air museums open for guests to explore.
Italia Tourist Board has chosen a selection of the country's top art cities for year-round weekend getaways.
Rome:
Known as the city of a thousand vaces, the city's abundance of historical sites let guests travel back in time to the Colosseum, Imperial Forums and the Pantheon before wandering between the Renaissance and Baroque periods the city has lived through. Museums including the Borghese Gallery, the Doria Pamphilj Gallery and the Macro showcase the artists that have left their mark on Italy's capital city.
www.italia.it/en/travel-ideas/art-cities/rome.html
Milan:
Milan, the capital of Lombardy, offers a blend of historical and modern culture; the Duomo, a late-Gothic monument, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a pedestrian street encaved by glass-vaulted arcades of historic restaurants, bars and fashion boutiques and mosaic flooring.
www.italia.it/en/travel-ideas/art-cities/milan.html
Venice:
Venice is a gem of any tour, where churches, palaces, ancient bridges, monuments and piazzas reflect an artistic and cultural vitality. Its iconic canals let guests explore the Piazza San Marco, home to Italy's oldest caf?, Caf? Florian, the Rialto Bridge, the oldest and most famous in Venice. Venice also houses many modern treasures and the Peggy Guggenheim museum, which is not to be missed.
www.italia.it/en/travel-ideas/art-cities/venice.html
Turin:
The Piedmontese capital is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and a buzzing metropolis blending modernity with 18th century luxury. The epicentre of Italy's unifaction in 1848, the city bursts with history with an abundance of royal palaces, theatres and churches.
www.italia.it/en/travel-ideas/art-cities/turin.html
Florence:
Tuscany's capital dictated the art and culture of the Italian Renaissance, and has maintained its important place on the global artistic stage. The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is arguably the city's most famous landmark and is a must for many visitors. Also on offer is the Uffizi Gallery, hosting works from Boticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and the famous Vasari Corridor.
