Italy: travel information

Italy borders on France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia but also shares a sea border with Croatia and with the enclaves of San Marino and Vatican City. The islands of Sicily, Sardinia, Stromboli, Vulkano, Lipari, Capri Island, Ischia and Elba are also part of Italy.

There are many airports in Italy: the largest cities such as Rome, Milan, Geneva, Turin, Verona, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Naples and Palermo all have an international airport, whereas Trieste, Bergamo, Pisa, Perugia, Foggia, Bari, Brindisi and others only have small airports.

Numerous ferry services operate from Greece, Albania and Croatia and primarily go to Venice, Ancona, Bari or Brindisi. Other regular ferry services go from Corsica to Geneva, Livorno, Civitavecchia and Sardinia and from several north African ports to Sicily.

Italy: climate and geographic zones

Italy can be divided up into three climatic zones: the Po area, central Italy and southern Italy including the coast of Liguria. In the area around the Po river, winters are cold with generally hot summers. In central Italy, the tyrrhenic camber means that higher winter temperatures prevail on the Adriatic coast. In the south of Italy on the other hand, there is a mild Mediterranean climate.

The longest rivers in Italy are the Po, Etsch, Arno and Tiber. Lake Garda, the Lago Maggiore, Lake Comer, the Lago di Bolsena and Lago Trasimeno are the biggest of Italy’s lakes. In Italy there are also well known volcanoes, the Vesuvius on the mainland and mount Etna and Stromboli on the Italian islands. There are also several small volcanoes around Sicily. The highest mountain in Sicily is Mont Blanc de Courmayeur with an altitude of 4 748 m (15, 774 ft).

Italy's tourist attractions and cultural highlights

Rome (Italian: Roma), the capital of Italy and the city of the seven hills is home to the Vatican. There are two international airports in Rome: the Leonardo da Vinci in Fiumicino and the airport of Ciampino. Rome is located on the banks of the Tiber in the vicinity of the Tyrrhenian sea. The Abruzzi are to the east of Rome and in the north-east are the Sabine hills and in the south, the Alban hills. The area inside the Aurelian Wall, which was erected around the seven hills of Rome (Kapitol, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquilin, Caelius, Aventin and Palatin), counts as the inner city of Rome.

The independent state, Vatican City, forms an enclave in the centre of Rome. Vatican city and St.Peter’s Basilica were declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. Museums worth seeing in Rome include the Capitoline Museums, the Vatican museums, the Villa Giulia and the Museo Nazionale Romano delle Terme which was designed by Michelangelo. Interesting buildings are the Pantheon, the Colosseum, the Forum Romanum and the Forum of Augustus. San Paolo fuori le mura is a church that is also worth seeing, along with the Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano and the Piazza Navona with its three fountains.

Other important cities in Italy include Milan (Milano), known as the capital city of fashion, Naples (Napoli), Genua (Genova) the historical port and Turin (Torino), Venice (Venezia), Bologna, the trade centre, Florence (Firenze), Catania, the port at the foot of Mount Etna and Palermo, capital of Sicily.

	Outbound	Return	Airlines	Shop	Baggage	Price
Best option London Naples	Outbound 04/11/24 direct W46902 02h 45min	Return 12/11/24 direct W46901 03h 00min	Wizz Air Malta		?	£54
London Naples	Outbound 04/11/24 direct W46902 02h 45min	Return 12/11/24 direct W46901 03h 00min	Wizz Air Malta			£61

	Outbound	Return	Airlines	Shop	Baggage	Price
Best option London Pisa	Outbound 02/11/24 direct FR0588 02h 05min	Return 24/11/24 direct FR0585 02h 25min	Ryanair			£52
London Pisa	Outbound 02/11/24 direct FR0588 02h 05min	Return 24/11/24 direct FR0585 02h 25min	Ryanair		?	£58

	Outbound	Return	Airlines	Shop	Baggage	Price
Best option London Rome	Outbound 02/11/24 direct VY6225 02h 20min	Return 24/11/24 direct W46001 02h 50min	Vueling Airlines			£39
London Rome	Outbound 09/11/24 direct VY6225 02h 20min	Return 06/12/24 direct VY6224 02h 45min	Vueling Airlines			£40

	Outbound	Return	Airlines	Shop	Baggage	Price
Best option London Venice	Outbound 24/02/25 direct U28293 02h 05min	Return 26/02/25 direct U28298 02h 20min	easyJet		?	£81
London Venice	Outbound 26/10/24 direct U28360 02h 10min	Return 12/11/24 direct U28300 02h 20min	easyJet		?	£84

	Outbound	Return	Airlines	Shop	Baggage	Price
Best option London Luton Rome Fiumicino	Outbound 26/10/24 1 Stopover (BCN) FR7807, FR3180 14h 10min	Return 12/11/24 1 Stopover (TIA) W45012, W95005 22h 55min	Ryanair		?	£125
London Luton Rome Fiumicino Pay attention to transfer at connecting flight	Outbound 26/10/24 1 Stopover (SOF) W64306, W64315 09h 20min	Return 12/11/24 1 Stopover (TIA) W45014, W95005 07h 40min	Wizz Air			£133

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