Museums & culture in Italy
Museums, galleries, open-air heritage sites and the collections worth planning a day around.
bell foundry town
Agnone
walled port
Alghero
walled village
Anghiari
historic city
Arezzo
village
Arquà Petrarca
historic city
Ascoli Piceno
hill town
Asolo
sculpture museum
Bargello Museum
bridge town
Bassano del Grappa
medieval village
Bevagna
monastic town
Bobbio
fishing cove
Boccadasse
wine village
Bolgheri
river town
Bosa
hill village
Brisighella
lagoon island
Burano
ruin village
Bussana Vecchia
capital city
Cagliari
hilltop village
Calcata
fishing town
Camogli
museum
Capitoline Museums
art museum
Capodimonte Museum
island town
Carloforte
quarries
Carrara Marble Quarries
medieval village
Castell'Arquato
crag villages
Castelmezzano and Pietrapertosa
citadel town
Castelsardo
coastal town
Cefalù
hill village
Certaldo
salt pans
Cervia Salt Pans
fishing town
Chioggia
historic town
Cividale del Friuli
arbereshe village
Civita
canal town
Comacchio
hill town
Cortona
ghost town
Craco
company town
Crespi d'Adda
bridge village
Dolceacqua
private collection
Doria Pamphilj Gallery
painted village
Dozza
mountain town
Erice
renaissance city
Ferrara
motor museum
Ferrari Museum Maranello
hill town
Fiesole
walled borgo
Finalborgo
wine hills
Franciacorta
museum
Galleria Borghese
gallery
Galleria dell'Accademia
island town
Gallipoli
hill town
Gerace
walled town
Glorenza
lagoon island
Grado
festival
Ivrea Carnival
port city
Livorno
hill village
Locorotondo
walled city
Lucca
opera town
Macerata
coastal town
Maratea
walled town
Marostica
wine town
Marsala
baroque town
Martina Franca
fishing village
Marzamemi
spa town
Merano
museum
Messner Mountain Museum Firmian
wine hills
Monferrato
harbour town
Monopoli
wine town
Montefalco
wine town
Montepulciano
tradition
Murano Glass
museum
Museo Egizio
museum
Naples National Archaeological Museum
hill town
Narni
hill town
Ostuni
modern art museum
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
ghost village
Pentedattilo
hill city
Perugia
art gallery
Pinacoteca di Brera
historic city
Pistoia
tufa town
Pitigliano
cliff town
Polignano a Mare
coastal town
Portovenere
island
Procida
spring village
Rasiglia
hill town
Recanati
sculpture
Riace Bronzes
tuff-cliff town
Sant'Agata de' Goti
fortified hamlet
Santo Stefano di Sessanio
hill village
Savoca
mountain village
Scanno
port town
Sciacca
fishing village
Scilla
coastal town
Sestri Levante
tradition
Sicilian Puppet Theatre
tufa town
Sorano
clifftop town
Sorrento
museum
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
historic street
Spaccanapoli
hill village
Spello
coastal village
Sperlonga
hill city
Spoleto
historic town
Sulmona
hill town
Taormina
museum city
Taranto
theatre
Teatro alla Scala
fishing hamlet
Tellaro
walled town
Termoli
festival
The Corsa dei Ceri, Gubbio
mural
The Last Supper
library
The Malatestiana Library
gallery
The Uffizi Gallery
hill town
Todi
salt pans
Trapani Salt Pans
quarter
Trastevere
historic city
Trento
canal city
Treviso
port city
Trieste
mountain village
Triora
cliff town
Tropea
rock art
Val Camonica Rock Art
alpine valley
Valtellina
gallery
Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
agricultural landscape
Vercelli Rice Paddies
festival
Viareggio Carnival
birthplace village
Vinci
tradition
Violin Making in Cremona
hill city