Italy

Italia/Repubblica Italiana

Region/Italian name (if different) in travel priority order:

1. Tuscany

Toscana

- - Florence/Firenze (regional capital)
  - Siena
  - Pisa
  - San Gimignano
  - Lucca

2. Lazio

Latium

- - Rome/Roma (national capital, largest metro in nation, and regional capital)

Vatican City

Status Civitatis Vaticanae

- - Vatican City

Gondolas at San Marco, Venice (Photo: footstepstravelblog.com)

3. Veneto

- - Venice/Venezia (regional capital)

4. Campania

Neapolitan Region

- - Naples/Napoli (third largest metro in nation and regional capital)
  - Mount Vesuvius
  - Pompeii
  - Herculaneum
  - Amalfi Coast
  - Island of Capri
  - Paestum

5. Lombardy

Lombardia

- - Milan/Milano (national second city and regional capital)
  - Italian Lake District (including Lake Como)

Vernazza, Cinque Terre (Photo: handluggageonly.co.uk)

6. Liguria

- - Genoa/Genova (regional capital)
  - Italian Riviera and the Cinque Terre – Corniglia, Manarola, Monterosso al Mare, Riomaggiore, and Vernazza

Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna (Photo: 05varvara.wordpress.com)

7. Emilia-Romagna

- - Bologna (regional capital)
  - Ravenna

8. Sicily

Sicilia

- - Palermo (fifth largest metro in nation and regional capital)
  - Mount Etna

9. Apulia

Puglia

- - Bari (regional capital)
  - Trulli in Alberobello
  - Ostuni

Dolomites (Photo: sasscer.wordpress.com)

10. Trentino-South Tyrol

Trentino-Alto Adige

- - Trento (regional capital)
  - Dolomites

11. Piedmont

Piemonte

- - Turin/Torino (fourth largest metro in nation and regional capital)

Piazza Chanoux, Aosta (photo: italystories.org)

12. Aosta Valley

Valle d’Aosta

- - Aosta (regional capital)
  - Mont Blanc (shared with France)
  - Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso

13. Sardinia

Sardegna

- - Cagliari (regional capital)
  - Porto Cervo

Perugia Piazza, Perugia (Photo: rebeccachapa.wordpress.com)

14. Umbria

- - Perugia (regional capital)

15. Friuli-Venezia Giulia

- - Trieste (regional capital)
  - Cividale del Friuli – Ponte del Diavolo

16. Marche

- - Ancona (regional capital)

17. Calabria

- - Catanzaro (regional capital)

18. Basilicata

- - Potenza (regional capital)
  - Matera

19. Abruzzo

- - L’Aquila (regional capital)
  - Pacentro
  - National Park of Abruzzo

20. Molise

- - Campobasso (regional capital)

San Marino

Most Serene Republic of San Marino

- - San Marino (national capital)

Italian Peninsula