Atrani, Italy
Atrani
This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.
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Atrani, Italy
This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Rome, Italy
Roman-era ships unearthed...
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
Milan, Italy
This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.
Turin, Italy
A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
San Fruttuoso, Italy
A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.
Florence, Italy
Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.
Vilminore di Scalve, Italy
The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.
Siena, Italy
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
Riomaggiore, Italy
A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.
Sperlonga, Italy
The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.
Florence, Italy
Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.
San Gimignano, Italy
Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.
Tremosine, Italy
This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.
Collodi, Italy
Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
Florence, Italy
An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.
Milan, Italy
Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.
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This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
Marmore, Italy
Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Calcata Vecchia, Italy
Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.