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Aci Castello 1 Aci Trezza 3 Acireale 8 Acquapendente 1 Acquappesa 1 Acquaviva Picena 1 Acqui Terme 2 Agerola 5 Agrate Conturbia 1 Agrigento 48 Agropoli 4 Alassio 2 Alba 1 Alberobello 2 Alcara li Fusi 1 Alessandria 3 Alessano 1 Alezio 1 Algero 1 Alghero 86 Altamura 1 Amalfi 5 Ameglia 1 Amelia 1 Ancona 3 Andalo 1 Andria 1 Angolo Terme 1 Anzio 2 Aosta 7 Aquileia 1 Arbatax 1 Arbus 1 Arce 1 Ardea 1 Ardenno 1 Arezzo 17 Aritzo 1 Arona 1 Arta Terme 1 Ascea Marina 1 Ascoli Piceno 5 Assisi 27 Asti 7 Atri 1 Augusta 1 Avellino 1 Avola 2 Bacu Abis 1 Badesi 2 Badia Calavena 1 Bagnacavallo 2 Bagno a Ripoli 2 Balestrate 4 Bannio Anzino 1 Barberino Val D'Elsa 2 Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto 2 Bardonecchia 1 Bareggio 2 Barga 2 Bari 20 Barletta 4 Barùmini 1 Bassano del Grappa 4 Battipaglia 1 Bellaria-Igea Marina,Province of Rimini 1 Belluno 4 Belpasso 1 Benevento 1 Bergamo 71 Besozzo 1 Bevagna 1 Bionaz 2 Bisceglie 1 Bitonto 1 Bivigliano 1 Bologna 66 Bolzano 2 Bormio 1 Bosa 4 Boscoreale 1 Brancaleone Marina 1 Breno 1 Brenta 1 Brescia 9 Brindisi 13 Brisighella 1 Brunico 2 Budoni 1 Budrio 1 Burgio 1 Buseto Palizzolo 2 Cabras 2 Caerano di San Marco 1 Cagliari 96 Cala Gonone 12 Calabria 2 Calalzo di Cadore 1 Calasetta 1 Caltabellotta 2 Caltagirone 4 Caltanissetta 5 Camaiore 3 Cammarata 1 Campiglia Marittima 1 Campione del Garda 1 Campobasso 1 Campofelice di Roccella 1 Campomorone 1 Campora 1 Camposampiero 1 Cannigione 2 Capannori 2 Capo d'Orlando 3 Capoterra 5 Caprie 1 Caprino Veronese 2 Caraglio 1 Cardedu 2 Carini 1 Carlentini 1 Carmagnola 1 Carovigno 1 Caserta 2 Cassano D'adda 1 Cassine 1 Cassino 3 Castegnato 1 Castel di Tusa 1 Castel Gandolfo 2 Castel San Giorgio 1 Casteldidone 1 Castelfiorentino 2 Castellammare del Golfo 13 Castellammare di Stabia 1 Castellana Grotte 2 Castelletto di Brenzone 2 Castellina in Chianti 1 Castellina Marittima 1 Castelnuovo di Garfagnana 2 Castelpagano 1 Castelsardo 2 Castelvetrano 2 Castiglion Fiorentino 1 Castiglioncello 1 Castiglione d'Orcia 1 Castiglione del Lago 1 Castiglione di Sicilia 3 Castione della Presolana 2 Castro 1 Castrocaro Terme 1 Catania 91 Catanzaro 2 Cattolica 3 Cava de' Tirreni 2 Cavallino-Treporti 2 Cave 1 Cave 1 Cavriglia 1 Cecina 1 Cefalù 30 Ceraino 1 Cerrina Monferrato 1 Certaldo 3 Cervia 3 Cesena 1 Cesenatico 1 Cetona 1 Chia 1 Chianciano Terme 3 Chianti 3 Chiarano 1 Chieri 1 Chieti 1 Chioggia 5 Chiusdino 1 Chiusi 1 Ciampino 7 Cianciana 1 Cimbergo 1 Cinisi 2 Cinque Terre 51 Città della Pieve 1 Città di Castello 1 Cittanova 1 Civitanova Marche 3 Civitavecchia 4 Collazzone 1 Colle di Val d'Elsa 6 Collecorvino 1 Collescipoli 1 Colmurano 1 Comacchio 1 Como 9 Contigliano 1 Controguerra 1 Corato 1 Corigliano Calabro 2 Corleone 1 Correggio 1 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1 Cortona 8 Cosenza 6 Costa Paradiso 1 Cremona 1 Cropani Marina 2 Crotone 2 Cuneo 1 Custonaci 3 Darfo Boario Terme 1 Deiva Marina 2 Dervio 1 Desenzano del Garda 5 Dolo 3 Domaso 3 Dongo 1 Dormelletto 1 Edolo 1 Elba 3 Empoli 1 Enna 5 Ercolano 7 Erice 8 Este 1 Etna 6 Fabriano 1 Faenza 1 Falcade 1 Fano 5 Fauglia 1 Favara 1 Favignana 2 Felline-Alliste 1 Feltre 2 Fermo 3 Ferrara 9 Figline Valdarno 2 Filadelfia 1 Finale di Pollina 1 Fiuggi 3 Fiumicino 7 Florence 306 Floridia 1 Foggia 3 Foiano della Chiana 1 Foligno 3 Fontecchio 1 Forio 3 Forlì 4 Formello 2 Formia 1 Fosdinovo 1 Fossacesia 1 Fossano 1 Fossombrone 1 Framura 2 Francavilla al Mare 1 Francavilla di Sicilia 2 Frascati 1 Frassassi National Park 1 Frassinoro 1 Fregene 1 Frosinone 1 Gabicce Mare 4 Gaeta 3 Gaiole in Chianti 1 Galati Mamertino 1 Galatina 1 Gallipoli 5 Garda 1 Garessio 1 Gatteo Mare 1 Gavirate 1 Gazzo 1 Gela 1 Genazzano 1 Genga 1 Genoa 33 Giardini Naxos 13 Giarre 1 Giffoni Valle Piana 1 Ginosa Marina 1 Gioiosa Marea 2 Giugliano in Campania 1 Gonzaga 1 Gorizia 1 Granaglione 1 Gratteri 1 Gravedona 2 Greve in Chianti 2 Grosseto 3 Grugliasco 1 Grumes 1 Gubbio 2 Iesa Monticiano 1 Ilbono 1 Imola 3 Imperia 1 Impruneta 2 Island of Capri 16 Isle of Ischia 16 Ispica 1 La Maddalena 1 La Spezia 27 Ladispoli 1 Lago Trasimeno 1 Lagopesole 1 Lake Como 1 Lake Garda 3 Lake Iseo 3 Lamezia Terme 3 Lamporecchio 1 Lanusei 1 Lanuvio 1 Lastra a Signa 1 Latina 3 Laureana Cilento 1 Lavagna 1 Lecce 51 Legnano 1 Lerici 2 Letojanni 3 Levanto 5 Lezzeno 1 Licata 1 Lido degli Estensi 1 Lido di Fermo 1 Lido di Jesolo 4 Lido di Savio 1 Lido di Spina 1 Linguaglossa 1 Lipari 19 Livorno 10 Lizzano in Belvedere 3 Loano 1 Locorotondo 1 Locri 2 Loiano 1 Loreto 1 Loreto Aprutino 1 Lovere 2 Lucca 40 Lugo 1 Lumini 1 Lunamatrona 1 Macerata 9 Madesimo 1 Madonna di Campiglio 1 Magione 1 Magliano Sabina 1 Maglie 1 Maiori 7 Malcesine 1 Malgrate 1 Malpensa 5 Manciano 3 Manerba del Garda 2 Mantova 10 Maratea 3 Marcaria 1 Marcon 1 Marghera 3 Marina di Camerota 2 Marina di Massa 2 Marina di Ragusa 4 Marina Romea 1 Marsala 33 Martano 1 Martina Franca 3 Maruggio 1 Mascali 1 Mascalucia 1 Massa Carrara 2 Massa Lubrense 11 Massa Marittima 1 Matera 5 Matino 1 Mazara del Vallo 7 Melfi 1 Melito di Porto Salvo 1 Menaggio 2 Merano 3 Mercatello 1 Merone 2 Messina 5 Mestre 39 Meta 2 Miane 1 Miglianico 1 Migliarino 1 Milan 235 Milano Marittima 2 Milazzo 11 Milici 1 Minori 5 Mira 5 Mirano 1 Misano Adriatico 3 Modena 3 Modica 13 Mogliano Veneto 1 Molfetta 1 Mondragone 1 Monesiglio Langhe 1 Monfalcone 1 Monferrato 3 Moniga del Garda 1 Monopoli 6 Monreale 1 Monsampolo del Tronto 1 Monselice 2 Montasola 1 Monte Baldo 1 Monte San Giusto 1 Monte San Pietrangeli 1 Montecarlo 1 Montecatini Terme 7 Montecerboli 1 Montefiascone 1 Montefiridolfi 1 Montemarciano 1 Montemurlo 1 Montepulciano 1 Monteroni di Lecce 1 Montesilvano 2 Monza 1 Monzambano 1 Mormanno 1 Motta Sant'Anastasia 1 Muravera 1 Naples 164 Negrar 1 Nepi 1 Nerano 1 Nicolosi 6 Noale 1 Nocera Umbra 1 Noci 1 Nonantola 1 Norcia 2 Noto 12 Novara 1 Noventa di Piave 2 Novoli 1 Numana 1 Nuoro 5 Olbia 14 Oliena 3 Olmedo 1 Orbetello 2 Orgosolo 1 Oristano 10 Orosei 2 Orta San Giulio 3 Ortezzano 1 Ortona 1 Orvieto 11 Osimo 1 Ostia 6 Ostuni 7 Otranto 2 Otricoli 1 Paceco 1 Padua 21 Paestum 6 Pai di Torri del Benaco 1 Palermo 124 Palestrina 1 Palinuro 4 Palma Campania 1 Palma di Montechiaro 1 Palmi 1 Panicale 1 Pantelleria 1 Paratico 1 Parma 4 Partanna 1 Pastrengo 1 Patti 2 Pavia 4 Pedavena 1 Pelago 1 Pertica Alta 1 Perugia 35 Pesaro 6 Pescara 19 Peschici 1 Peschiera del Garda 4 Pescia 1 Pescopennataro 1 Pescosolido 2 Petralia Sottana 2 Pettenasco 1 Piacenza 2 Piano di Sorrento 8 Piazza Armerina 11 Picciano 1 Piedimonte Etneo 2 Pienza 2 Pietraporzio 1 Pietrasanta 2 Pieve di Cadore 1 Pieve Santo Stefano 1 Pineto 1 Piombino 1 Pisa 91 Pisano 1 Pistoia 5 Pizzo 1 Plesio 1 Pocenia 1 Poggiardo 2 Poggibonsi 1 Polignano a Mare 3 Pollina 2 Polsa di Brentonico 2 Pomezia 2 Pompei 27 Pontassieve 2 Ponte San Pietro 1 Pontedera 3 Porretta Terme 1 Porto Cesareo 1 Porto Santo Stefano 1 Porto Torres 1 Porto Venere 1 Portofino 1 Portovenere 1 Posada 2 Positano 13 Potenza 1 Potenza Picena 1 Pozzallo 6 Pozzuoli 2 Praia a Mare 2 Praiano 5 Prato 8 Procida 1 Prossedi 1 Puegnago sul Garda 1 Pula 2 Putignano 6 Quartu Sant'Elena 5 Racalmuto 1 Radda in Chianti 1 Ragusa 24 Rapallo 1 Rapolano Terme 1 Ravenna 9 Recanati 1 Reggio di Calabria 14 Reggio Emilia 4 Revello 1 Ribera 1 Riccione 4 Riccò del Golfo 1 Rieti 1 Rimini 47 Ripatransone 1 Riposto 3 Rivoli 1 Rocca Grimalda 1 Roccacasale 1 Roccadaspide 1 Roccaraso 1 Rome 866 Ronchi dei Legionari 1 Roseto degli Abruzzi 1 Rosia 1 Rosignano Monferrato 1 Rossano 1 Rovereto 2 Rovigo 3 Rufina 1 Russi 1 Sabaudia 1 Sala Biellese 1 Salerno 17 Salice Salentino 1 Salice Terme 1 Salina 5 Salò 1 Saluzzo 3 Salve 1 Sambuca di Sicilia 1 San Benedetto del Tronto 5 San Casciano in Val di Pesa 2 San Cassiano in Badia 1 San Ferdinando 1 San Gimignano 19 San Giovanni Rotondo 2 San Giovanni Valdarno 1 San Giuliano Terme 1 San Lazzaro 1 San Martino di Castrozza 1 San Martino in Badia 1 San Piero a Sieve 1 San Pietro d'Olba 1 San Pietro in Casale 1 San Quirico d'Orcia 1 San Severino 1 San Teodoro 1 San Venanzo 3 San Vigilio di Marebbe 1 San Vincenzo 3 San Vito 1 San Vito Al Tagliamento 1 San Vito dei Normanni 1 San Vito Lo Capo 5 Sanremo 9 Sansepolcro 1 Sant'Agata di Militello 1 Sant'Agnello 5 Sant'Ambrogio 1 Sant'Antioco 2 Sant'Antonio di Gallura 1 Sant'Eufemia Lamezia 1 Santa Caterina Valfurva 1 Santa Cristina in Val Gardena 1 Santa Margherita Ligure 1 Santa Maria di Leuca 1 Santa Marina Salina 1 Santa Teresa Gallura 3 Santo Stefano di Cadore 1 Santo Stefano di Sessanio 1 Sapri 2 Sarno 1 Saronno 1 Sassari 7 Sassetta 1 Sassoferrato 1 Saturnia 1 Savona 1 Scalea 1 Scandicci 1 Scarperia 1 Scheggino 1 Sciacca 14 Scicli 3 Scilla 7 Scopello 1 Segesta 4 Seggiano 1 Sella Nevea 1 Senigallia 2 Sermoneta 1 Sestri Levante 1 Sferracavallo 1 Siena 56 Signa 1 Silvi 1 Sinalunga 1 Sirmione 1 Sormano 1 Sorrento 57 Sorso 1 Sospirolo 1 Soverato 1 Sperlonga 2 Spinea 1 Spoleto 4 Statte 1 Stazzema 1 Stintino 5 Stresa 3 Stromboli 1 Sulmona 1 Susa 1 Suvereto 1 Syracuse 39 Tagliolo Monferrato 1 Talana 1 Taormina 37 Tarano 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About Italy

As the boot of Mediterranean Europe, Italy is a beautiful country to travel through. You could spend a lifetime here and still have more to explore! The Trenitalia railway system makes the country ideal for exploring by train, but some people prefer to drive themselves.

Many travelers find the best way to enjoy their time is to have a theme for their Italy trip, or perhaps a different theme for each city. This way, you can get the fullest experience based on your interests and passions. If your theme is food, you can spend hours a day sampling authentic Italian dishes such as pizza, tortellini, and spaghetti, and even visit the grocery stores to attempt your own pasta night at the hostel kitchen (or at least make an authentic Nutella recipe). Other recommended Italian themes are architecture, wine, art, religion, and history.

The Veneto region in the northeast is a great place to start your journey. The capitol of Veneto is Venice, which is also the largest city in the area. The city built on water absolutely cannot be missed, even for those who abhor typical tourist activities. Italy hostels in Venice are cheapest off the island, but staying on the island for at least one night is highly recommended, as the nightlife provides a completely different atmosphere. Although these Italy hostels typically cost a little more, you may break even, as you'll be able to walk through the maze of streets instead of taking a boat. Other suggested cities in Veneto are Vincenza; Padua; and especially Verona, the historic town that served as the setting for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."

From any Veneto city, it's just a few hours by train to arrive in Tuscany. As Tuscany caters to both students and travelers, hostels are diverse and abundant. Florence is a location friendly to the budget traveler. From art like Michelangelo's David, to architecture such as Brunelleschi's Dome, Florence is a visual treat. From there, you can explore the rest of the Tuscan region. Many people enjoy touring the vineyards, but you cannot miss the town of Pisa, best known for its Leaning Tower.

South of Tuscany is Rome, the capital city. Here is where you'll find icons such as the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps. Encased in Rome is the smallest nation in the world, Vatican City. It's worth several day trips to explore the Vatican Museums featuring the Sistine Chapel, entering Saint Peter's Basilica, and attending a meeting where the Pope speaks. Italy hostels in Rome are all across the board, so choose one that best caters your needs, location, style, and budget!

From Rome, you can explore further down the peninsula to well-known areas such as Napoli or Pompeii, or go to the islands of Sicily or Capri. Italy hostels can be found in larger cities, or if you'd prefer to set up a home base in Rome, there are many tourism services that escort you from Rome to Southern Italian attractions. When your time in Italy comes to an end, you can head to one of the many international airports, or go east to Bari and continue your journey by taking a ferry ride to Greece.
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Lucca is a beautiful medieval city, surrounded with the beauty of the Toscana landscape, truly a living fairy tale town.
I have visited Sorrento twice. I absolutely love it there, it is one of my favourite places in the whole world. I would strongly reccomend anyone to visit Sorrento and the surrounding area, as it is beautiful and the culture is fantastic! I can't wait to go back!
Positano is glamorous -- just as it is in the movies.
Most hostels in Rome are located near the train station. It's a very touristy area, but it's a reasionably central area in the city and it's nice to be able to walk directly to your hostel from the train station. If you stay somewhere not near the train station, there's also a metro stop at the train station, so …
Rimini used to be called the Teutonic (German) BBQ, because thousands of German holiday-makers lay on the beaches and turned over like steaks. It is still the same, just more international now. You've got to pay for most beaches and the beach strip is filled with restaurants, shops, and hotels. If one likes to party …
I wouldnt say there is a whole lot to do in Genoa, but the town itself is pretty vast and nice if you just want to do a little exploring. Traveling along the rocky coast is a must, and if you go far enough, the rocks turn into large flat stones that people sunbathe on in the summer. The water is amazing in color, …
I absolutly loved the town. It left Florence looking like another overcrowded, dirty metropolis by comparison. Siena has everything you could ask for, more history in a mile than you could imagine.
Florence is sort of a little-Rome. It has a similar feel, with several museums, cathedrals, and other assorted old stuff, but on a much smaller scale than the overwhelming abundance that Rome has.
I like Trent becouse is a beatuiful city and becouse it's Chiara Lubich's hometown.
Savona is my favourite place in the world. I wish I could stay there forever. If only I could find a job I would.
Salerno is definitely less dangerous than Naples. I duly recommend it to use it as a base for touring around the area (1 day in Pompei, 1 day on the Amalfi Coast, 1 day in Capri). Salerno has nothing really special to offer, but is quieter than Naples and from the train station to the hostel is a nice walk. From …
If you're in Verona in the summer don't miss the "Arena di Verona" summertime outdoor operas. Even if you're not into opera, it's an experience.
I went to Sperlongo 2 years ago in the summer time. I spent a month in August, it was very hot! Beautiful Beach. Lots to do for both young and old. I stayed in Old Sperlonga and had a great time! Met lots of nice people!
I have never been to Bionaz, but I hear that it is wonderful. It is where my people come from. There are very few of us in the U.S. Some day I will go there.
When you arrive in Venice go to the tourist info booth and get a "Rolling Venice" card. It's worth the price just for the money you save on vaporetto passes alone.