ITALY

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Best beaches in Italy
1. Cala Goloritzé (Baunei, Sardinia)
2. Punta Prosciutto (Porta Cesario, Puglia)
3. San Vito Lo Capo (Trapani, Sicily)
4. Spiaggia delle Due Sorelle (Sirolo, Le Marche)
5. San Fruttuoso (Camogli, Liguria)
6. Tropea (Vibo Valentia, Calabria)
7. Sabaudia (Latina, Lazio)

Best vacation spots in Italy
1. Amalfi Coast (Campania)
2. Taormina (Sicily)
3. Villasimius (Sardinia)
4. Lake Como (Lombardy)
5. Val d’Orcia (Tuscany)
6. Cortina d’Ampezzo (The Dolomites, Veneto)

Best wine regions in Italy
1. Piedmont (Barolo, Barbaresco, Asti Spumante)
2. Veneto (Prosecco, Soave, Valpolicella)
3. Tuscany (Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Vin Santo)
4. Umbria (Orvieto Classico, Sagrantino di Montefalco)

Best food areas or cities in Italy
1. Emilia-Romagna (Parma ham, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, mortadella, balsamic vinegar)
2. Naples & Campania (pizza, buffalo mozzarella, sfogliatella pastries)
3. Umbria (black truffles, Norcia cured meats, wild boar, strozzapreti pasta)
4. Puglia (olive oil, orecchiette pasta, burrata cheese, seafood)
5. Piedmont (white truffles, risotto, chocolate)

Best Agriturismo in Italy
1. Tuscany (around Pienza, San Gimignano)
2. Umbria (around Lake Trasimeno, Perugia, Assisi)
3. Puglia (the southern Salento area)


Best small towns in Italy
1. Mantua
2. Ravenna
3. Urbino
4. Assisi
5. Pienza
6. Alberobello

Best coastal towns in Italy
1. Positano
2. Portofino
3. Alghero
4. Otranto
5. Sperlonga
6. Cefalù
7. Vernazza (Cinque Terre)

Three Weeks in Italy:
Rome, Florence, Siena, Perugia, Orvieto, Matera, Naples, and Venice.