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Along with fantastic food, holidays to Italy serve up pinch-yourself scenery, impossibly pretty towns and no end of ancient sights.
The good life
Postcard-perfect scenery, café-backed beaches and cities stacked with big-name sights – long-legged Italy manages to pack a lot into its borders. And no matter which part of the boot you plump for, you’ll find top-drawer food, fine wines and a healthy dose of la dolce vita.
Explore the boot
In the north, romantic Venice reigns supreme, while nearby Lido di Jesolo supplies the sands. A bit further south lies Campania, home to the dramatic Amalfi Coast and cliff-hugging towns like Sorrento, Ravello and Positano.
Dramatic landscapes
Italy’s most northerly regions are a different story altogether. Here, you’ll see some of Mother Nature’s best work, from glistening lakes to soaring mountains. When it comes to Italian lakes holidays, Garda, Como and Maggiore are the big names. Their glass-clear shores are fringed with forested slopes, tree-lined promenades and lavish villas. This spectacular scenery’s ramped up by the Dolomites – a cloud-tickling mountain range, where snow-crowned peaks mingle with village-lined valleys.
Italian islands
Holidays to Italy aren’t just confined to the mainland, though. At the toe of Italy’s boot is Sicily, which ticks off gorgeous beaches, ancient ruins and friendly resorts. And then there’s Sardinia, with its wild interior and sun-bleached beaches. Olbia's your gateway to the island's most famous stretch of coastline – the 34-mile-long Costa Smeralda.
At a glance
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Trek to the top of Mount Vesuvius
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Stroll along the shores of Lake Garda, Italy’s largest lake
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Explore the islands of Sicily and Sardinia
Destinations in Italy
Top Destinations
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Dolomites
Holidays to the Dolomites invite you to uncover beautiful secrets in one of the most stunning mountain ranges in the world, an Eden of striking peaks, lush valleys and hidden lakes.
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Lake Como
Holidays to Lake Como guarantee dramatic mountain backdrops, colourful villages, romantic villas and peaceful gardens.
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Lake Garda
Holidays to Lake Garda contrast the dramatic mountain backdrop with the peaceful, glistening waters of the lake, and the collection of traditional towns and villages with Italy’s most iconic cities, right on your doorstep.
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Lake Maggiore
Holidays to Lake Maggiore can be as relaxing or active as you like, with an enticing focus on fresh local food, regional wine and beautiful natural scenery.
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Sardinia
Offering sweeping white beaches, kaleidoscopic history and a unique recipe collection, holidays to Sardinia add their own colour to the green, white and red of the Italian flag.
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Sicily
Whether you’re picking a path through ancient ruins, unravelling spaghetti in a candlelit trattoria or picnicking in a field of orange trees, holidays to Sicily offer up a snapshot of ‘la dolce vita’.
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Tuscany
If you want to chalk off Italy’s big-name cities and superb countryside scenery without forfeiting your annual beach break, holidays to Tuscany are just the ticket.
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Veneto
Holidays to Veneto extend beyond the iconic city of Venice. This part of Italy, otherwise known as the Venetian Riviera, also offers up beaches, mountain ranges and scenes made famous by Shakespeare.
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Puglia
Holidays to Puglia reveal an untouched region of scenic Baroque towns, vineyard-sprinkled countryside and some of the prettiest beaches in Italy.
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Calabria
Holidays to Calabria paint Italy in a different light. In this southern part of the country, getaways are all about the beach and the sea.
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Campania
Holidays to Campania take you to Sorrento’s villa-studded hillsides, smouldering Mount Vesuvius, and Naples – the birthplace of pizza.
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
On holidays to Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the storybook setting’s just a snippet of what’s in store. Think fine wines, sedate villages and cities shaped by a pack of different predecessors.
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