Italy is a beautiful country sitting in southern Europe and is instantly recognisable on a map due to it being unusually shaped like a boot. Italy offers much to see and explore, in the northwestern regions the Alps offer stunning skiing opportunities, further south is beautiful countryside and city holidays in Rome and Naples.

One of Italy’s most beautiful and well-known cities is Venice. This city on the water is unlike any other and attracts visitors from all over the world; many are couples looking for a perfect location for that romantic holiday. The thing that most people think of when thinking of Venice is the Gondolas making their way down the famous Canal Grande, but Venice is also home to various beautiful and historic sights such as the Doge’s Palace and the Rialto Bridge.

Italy’s capital is Rome, one of the most historic and visited cities in the world. There are many things to see and do in Rome; one of the most popular attractions is the Colosseum, once a place used by emperors to entertain the public with battles to the death, stands today in ruin. Other great attractions include the Pantheon and the Circus Maximums, once used for Chariot Racing.

The Alps run into northern Italy and offer many runs to ski down for skiers of all skill levels. The Alps and the surrounding region offers amazing scenery that few other places in the world can match. Italy is also famous for it’s Vineyards and there are many throughout the country that allow their visitors to taste the produce.

Nestled in the heart of Rome is the Vatican City, an independent city-state that is the home of the Catholic faith. The city is visited by millions of people each year and is full of historic attractions; the most famous of these include the Sistine Chapel, Saint Peters Square and the various museums throughout the city.

There is a wide variety of self catering holiday accommodation in Italy ranging from villas and apartments to rent on the coast to mountain chalets, cottages and ski lodges in the Alps.

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The Valley of the Temples - Agrigento, Sicily
A collection of Doric temples constructed in the 5th century B.C. and are in a remarkably well preserved state.

Cinque Terre - Liguria
Five villages built into the cliffs on the Italian Riviera and are now a Unesco World Heritage site.

Uffizi Gallery - Florence
A word renowned museum and gallery containg works from Botticelli, Caravaggio, Correggio, Dürer, Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Mantegna, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandt and Rubens amongst others.

Colosseum - Rome
The world famous amphitheater built to house 50,000 spectators to watch the gladiatorial battles.

Sassi di Matera - Matera
This is a collection of homes dug out of the rock and is thought to be the oldest human settlement in Italy.

Ancient Pompeii - Pompeii
The ancient Roman city of Pompeii was buried under ash from the nearby Mount Vesuvius volcano in the first century and has now been excavated to display the perfectly preserved way of life in Roman times.

Vatican - Rome
Vatican City is an independent state within Rome and is headed by the Pope with the main attractions for the tourist being Saint Peter's Square, the Basilica of St. Peter, the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museums, and the Raphael Rooms.

Saint Mark's Basilica - Venice

Roman Forum - Rome

Leaning Tower of Pisa - Pisa

Self Catering Holiday Homes in Italy

Abruzzo
Chieti - L'Aquila - Pescara - Teramo

Basilicata
Matera - Potenza

Calabria
Catanzaro - Caulonia - Cosenza - Crotone - Reggio Calabria - Vibo Valentia

Campania
Amalfi Coast - Avellino - Benevento - Caserta - Cilento - Ischia - Island of Capri - Naples - Salerno

Emilia Romagna
Bologna - Ferrara - Forli-Cesena - Modena - Parma - Piacenza - Ravenna - Reggio Emilia - Rimini

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Gorizia - Pordenone - Trieste - Udine

Lazio
Frosinone - Latina - Rieti - Rome - Viterbo

Liguria
Genova - Imperia - La Spezia - Savona

Lombardy
Bergamo - Brescia - Como - Cremona - Lecco - Mantova - Milan - Sondrio - Varese

Marche
Ancona - Ascoli Piceno - Fermo - Macerata - Pesaro-Urbino

Molise

Piedmont
Alessandria - Asti - Biella - Cuneo - Novara - Somano in Cuneo - Turin - Verbania - Verbano-Cusio-Ossola - Vercelli

Puglia
Bari - Brindisi - Foggia - Lecce - Taranto

San Marino

Sardinia
Cagliari - Carbonia-Iglesias - Medio-Campidano - Nuoro - Ogliastra - Olbia-Tempio - Oristano - Sassari

Sicily
Aeolian Islands - Agrigento - Caltanissetta - Catania - Enna - Messina - Palermo - Ragusa - Siracusa - Trapani

Trentino-Alto Adige
Bolzano - South Tyrol - Trento

Tuscany
Arezzo - Florence - Grosseto - Livorno - Lucca - Massa Carrara - Pisa - Pistoia - Prato - Siena - Tuscan Islands

Umbria
Amelia - Assisi - Cascia Norcia Valnerina - Citta di Castello - Foligno - Gubbio - Orvieto - Perugia - Spoleto - Terni - Todi - Trasimeno

Valle d'Aosta
Antey-Saint-Andre - Aosta - Aymavilles - Bionaz - Cervinia - Challand-Saint-Victor - Chamois - Champoluc - Charvensod - Cogne - Courmayeur - Gignod - Gressan - Gressoney - Introd - La Thuile - Montjovet - Nus - Pila - Saint-Pierre - Saint-Vincent - Sarre - Torgnon - Valgrisenche - Valtournenche - Villeneuve

Veneto - Venice
Belluno - Dolomites - Lake Garda - Padova - Rovigo - Treviso - Venice - Verona - Vicenza

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