Italy

If you’ve read my Primer, you already know my favourite thing about Italy: it isn’t one country, it’s twenty-odd regions that happen to share a passport. So think of this page as my Rolodex, the one I reach for when someone says, “We have ten days, where do we go?”

Below you’ll find the places I send people, grouped the way I’d actually plan them: the north for lakes, mountains and Venice, the centre for the Italy you’ve been picturing, and the south for the coast and the food. For each one I’ve linked to the page where I go properly deep, so you can wander as far down the rabbit hole as you like.

And remember the golden rule from my Primer: three bases, not four. Pick the pieces that make your mouth water and leave the rest for next time.