Italy things to do

The largest arena where gladiators used to do battle with beasts. The Italians would have loved to dedicate the Colosseum to football but so far only the ballerinas from the Bolshoi Theatre have been a...

An ingenious structure - a cylinder with a dome. A drum with a dome on top of it - the construction of the Pantheon is simple and yet inspired. Marcus Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus, had it built to h...

A stroll across the old bridge with its jewellery stores is particularly pleasant at sunset when the last rays of sunlight reflect in the river. The "Ponte Vecchio", the old bridge spanning the river A...

The symbol of the city with a history stretching back 600 years. The cathedral of Milan has grown in the course of many centuries. It remains a great example of the Lombardic Gothic style despite the l...

Milan's great meeting place, somewhere to see and be seen, to shop and to enjoy life. Il salotto, the parlour of the city with bars, restaurants, shops (including many bookshops), is a worldly temple o...

Rome's most attractive and most popular baroque square. This baroque arena with Neptune's Fountain is still the most popular meeting place for all Romans today. A magnificent setting.

The "most delightful salon in the world". The 175 m long, slightly trapezoidal St. Mark's Square is truly unique. The diverse range of moods that can be experienced there at different times of day and ...

A castle, a museum, a showpiece. The castle of the ruling families of Milan came to exist to allow them to live in safety from their own subjects - and not to protect the city from outside enemies. The...

These museums have a collection of a large percent of the world's priceless Christian art and artifacts, as well as Renaissance painting, poetry and architecture.