Much of the world’s most prized and skillfully crafted art hails from Italy and remains there, waiting for you to see it in person. From Michelangelo’s David sculpture to Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus painting to Da Vinci’s The
Last Supper fresco at the Chiesa Santa Maria, great art survives around every corner. You’re just as likely to find art in the streets and on the walls of buildings new and old as you are in the museums. Wherever your Italian adventure takes you,
carve out some time to view Raphael’s famous School of Athens fresco, Caravaggio’s dark and moody paintings, and Bernini’s elegant marble sculptures housed in the Galleria Borghese. Look up and marvel at Michelangelo’s murals
on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Make a wish at the popular Trevi Fountain in Rome. Visit the National Archaeological Museum in Naples to view both ancient Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art and artifacts recovered from Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other
ancient cities destroyed during the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD. Thanks to the abundance of fresh, local ingredients and the cultural importance of food, Italian cuisine is some of the best in Europe, from the Calabria region at the tip of the peninsula
to Lombardy and Piedmont on the northern border. Start your day with a cup of delicious espresso, Italy’s internationally loved contribution to the coffee world. If you’re in Italy during the spring or summer months, a panzanella salad is
a perfect lunch option, with its ripe, colorful vegetables and crunchy hunks of stale bread. If you have a hankering for pizza, you can easily find it by the slice in any of the major cities, whether you like the thin-crust Neapolitan style or the thicker
Sicilian style. No Italian adventure is complete without a taste of the local wine. For dinner, indulge in handmade pasta cooked in a variety of dishes, like spring vegetables with pesto sauce, spaghetti alla puttanesca with olives and capers, carbonara,
ragu, lasagna al forno, spaghetti alle vongole, and Bolognese. But don’t stop your journey through Italian food there! Dishes like Florentine steak, ox-tail stew, and risotto are just some of your pasta-exclusive options. It’s the little things—like
locally produced olive oil, freshly baked bread, and the many native cheeses that appear across dishes—that ultimately make dining in Italy a real pleasure, every meal. And the Italians know how to finish the gastronomic day on a high note: dessert
options include flavorful gelato, creamy panna cotta, rich tiramisu, and sweet cannoli, just to name a few.
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