Italy Travel Guides: best cities to visit in Italy and how to plan your trip

With so much to see and do, planning a trip to many of the popular Italian cities can easily become overwhelming and stressful. This is why among our Travel Guides, we couldn't possibly miss a section devoted to Italy.

Here at Chasing The Unexpected, we pride ourselves on giving honest and tried-and-tested advice, and so we did with our Italian guides.

The best places to visit in Italy, the best restaurants where to try Italian traditional foods, great hotels in Italy where to stay, the things to do in popular cities such as Florence, Milan, Venice, or in more offbeat destinations such as Sardinia, Sicily, and Turin. You will learn all this and more in our Italy guides.

As we live in Rome, and there is so much to see and do, so many restaurants to try, and so many places to visit, we have launched a website entirely devoted to the Eternal City.

Some of our most popular Italy guides?

• A great two-week Italy itinerary to discover the most popular destinations from north to south
• Planning fantastic Sardinia holidays for all types of needs, be it a honeymoon, a family holidays or an all inclusive
• The best things to do in Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance, visiting its main landmarks such as Santa Maria del Fiore and the Uffizi Gallery
• The places to visit in Turin, Italy's gorgeous first capital, to delve into the country's modern history and the life of its former royal family
• The best things to do in Milan, known as a business destination but that has great artistic and historical landmarks to discover
• Exploring Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia, and discovering its history and beautiful natural landscape
• An offbeat guide to Sardinia, mysterious region where time seems to have stopped, to travel through its most hidden and unknown places

Make sure you also check out our Italy travel tips to know how to go about planning your trip and enjoy it at its best.

If you want to enjoy a relaxing holiday without the hassle of taking care of the logistics and prefer someone to do that for you, check out G Adventures tours.

Their 14-day Iconic Italy tour will take you to explore the country's ancient history, its Renaissance past as well as its natural beauty. The itinerary includes stops in Italy's most popular destinations impossible to miss if it's your first trip, such as Florence, Venice, Rome, and Pompeii.
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Their Ultimate Italy trip, too, lasts two weeks, and you will visit the Cinque Terre, the Como Lake, the beautiful Tuscany region not only in Florence but also Pisa, Siena and its famous countryside, and obviously Rome. This tour misses Venice, so if it's not your first time in Italy, it's great as you'll see new places.
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If you don't have so much time and can travel for a week, their Highlights of Italy tour is a crash course of all things Italian or at least the most important ones. You will see legendary masterpieces like Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper in Milan, Piazza San Marco in Venice, the Leaning Tower in Pisa, Rome's Pantheon and the Vatican City.
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Athletes and outdoors fans will love G Adventures' tours to Mont Blanc. Their 8-day Mont Blanc Explorer tour between Italy and Switzerland requires some fitness skills as you will be hiking at pretty high altitude, rafting, and engaging in other optional activities. Most of all, you will be enjoying the beautiful views of places such as Chamonix and Courmayeur.
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On a similar note, by booking G Adventures' 10-day Trekking Mont Blanc tour you will be up for a more challenging trip. You will spend your holiday trekking the Alps in France, Italy, and Switzerland enjoying memorable views of glaciers, deep valleys, and the Mont Blanc.
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