Italy, all twenty regions.
Plan a trip you'll remember. Pick a region, read it like a book, and find the towns, the food, and the corners that don't make the guidebooks.
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The newest guides on the site, from the Gulf of Naples islands to the Greek temples south of Salerno.
Big set-piece guides
Five-to-seven-thousand-word articles for the trips you want to get right. Hand-picked images, current prices, an honest take on what to skip.
Naples
An editorial guide to Naples, the most under-visited major Italian city. The 535-year capital of an independent kingdom, the Bourbon-era cultural infrastructure, the Spaccanapoli centro storico, the underground city, the pizza, the day-trips. Where to stay and what to skip.
Pompeii
Pompeii — the single best-preserved ancient city in the world, buried by Mount Vesuvius on a morning in autumn 79 AD, partially excavating since 1748, still 40% unexcavated. The Forum with Vesuvius behind it, the plaster casts of the victims, the Villa of the Mysteries Dionysiac fresco, the Amphitheatre (oldest stone Roman), the House of the Vettii reopened 2023.
Saint Francis across Umbria
The places Francis of Assisi actually lived, walked, and died — from the Porziuncola and San Damiano to La Verna, Greccio, and the small edicola at Piandarca where he preached to the birds. A secular travellers guide to the geography of his life, with the 2026 centenary calendar.
Castellammare del Golfo
Castellammare del Golfo — the small Sicilian fishing town halfway between Palermo and Trapani, with a 10th-century Arab-Norman castle, a working fishing harbour, the Tonnara di Scopello and the Zingaro nature reserve on its doorstep, and the historical distinction of having exported half of the Prohibition-era American Mafia.
Or by theme
Already know you're going but looking for an angle: what to cook, who to read about, where to drive. From food and wine to garden tours and famous Italians, these cut sideways across the regions.
What kind of trip is it?
A weekend, a week, or two weeks plus. Pick the shape that fits the time you have, then dig into the region above to fill in the detail.
Plan your Italian trip.
Two clear next moves. Dig into one region above and read its hub end to end, or drop a note about the trip you’re shaping and you’ll get a useful reply on what to keep, what to cut, and what nobody else is going to tell you.