The Ultimate Italian Bucket List – Top 50 things to do in Italy

You may not have noticed, but we’re pretty big fans of Italy here at Italy Villa Holidays. We love how varied the country is, so we’ve put together some bucket list ideas for those heading there. Here are our top things to do in Italy – whether you go in the height of summer, or mid-winter you’ll be able to tick off a few of them:

1. Visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa
2. Climb up the Duomo in Florence
3. Road-trip the Cinque Terre
4. Take a pizza/pasta making class
5. Walk over the Ponte Vecchio bridge
6. Sample fresh olive oil from the groves
7. Take a gondola ride in Venice
8. Walk the city walls of Lucca
9. Sail across Lake Como
10. Visit the Marmore Falls
11. Go on a wine tasting tour
12. Walk through the streets of Pompeii
13. Throw a coin (or two) into the Trevi Fountain
14. Eat an authentic Italian gelato
15. Go to an open-air opera
16. Explore the old town of Matera
17. Pick up some local street art
18. Go truffle hunting
19. Wander the trulli-lined streets of Alberobello
20. Climb Mount Etna
21. Admire ‘The Last Supper’
22. Try the street food in Palermo
23. Ride a vespa
24. Go shopping in Milan
25. Climb along a via ferrata in the Dolomites
26. Visit St. Peter’s Basilica
27. Drink an espresso in Turin
28. Head to the Medici Aqueduct (in Pitigliano)
29. Check out the Castellana caves
30. Ride the chairlift to the top of Capri
31. Admire the Byzantine mosaics in Ravenna
32. Experience one of the medieval festivals
33. Swim in the hot springs in Saturnia
34. Walk the streets of San Gimignano
35. Drink limoncello in Sorrento
36. Eat pizza in Naples
37. Visit the Uffizi Gallery in Florence
38. Watch the glass blowers of Murano
39. Go for a hike in Sibillini National Park
40. Eat parma in… Parma
41. Tour the State Giuseppe Meazza in Milan
42. Walk around Civita di Bagnoregio (‘the dying town’)
43. Indulge in the chocolate festival in Perugia
44. Visit the Valcamonica rock drawings
45. Go rafting in Gran Paradiso National Park
46. See the fish at Acquario di Genova
47. Walk the Via Francigena
48. Reenact Shakespeare in Verona
49. Head to the Orto botanical gardens in Padua
50. Dine in Portofino

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