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From Perth to Rome direct in under 16 hours: you land in Rome in time for a morning espresso.
French countryside, Italian style: why fly from Paris to the Mediterranean coast when you can catch a fast train?

You can take Italy’s ‘red arrow’ fast train even if you’re not in Italy

A business class trip passes in a blur of bucolic French countryside and Italian food and wine.

  • Chrissie McClatchie
Comacchio has the canals of Venice, without the crowds.

Italy’s ‘Little Venice’ is so overlooked even many Italians don’t know it

This small lagoon town, close to the Adriatic coast, is another of those tiny jewels in Italy’s vast treasure chest of cultural riches.

  • Justine Costigan
The new Lake Como Edition.

Como FOMO intensifies with new hotel opening

This famed area of Italy, much loved by the Byron, Napoleon and, of course, George Clooney, has turned a new page with the arrival of the Lake Como Edition.

  • Julietta Jameson
Arriving in Venice feels like stepping into a dream.

This ‘impossible’ city doesn’t make sense, but it makes my heart soar

The first time I arrived here, it felt like I’d stepped into a film set – or, perhaps, a dream.

  • Lee Tulloch
“The town is beautiful, so life is beautiful too”: Citta della Pieve lies near the border between Umbria and Tuscany.

Forget pizza and pasta: Italy’s best food is a sandwich in this hilltop town

The true foodie must look beyond Rome or Naples. Round the back of a church, to be precise, in a small, hole-in-the-wall sandwich shop.

  • Russell Higham
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Livorno’s coloured houses and new fort sit on its canals.

People skip this delightful city for Pisa. This is why you shouldn’t

Most travellers bypass this underrated stop en route to Pisa or Florence, but what I discover is an unexpected highlight best explored on foot.

  • Kate Armstrong
Cyclists pass over a bridge in the mountainous countryside near Tarvisio where the borders of three nations converge.

How Europe’s derelict rail lines became a bucket-list bike trail

Traversing two of Europe’s spectacular mountain ranges between Austria and Italy is made easier on an e-bike.

  • Luke Slattery
In the Dolomites, I won’t do the same run twice, in seven days.

In 25 years of skiing, this Olympic region delivered my best ever trip

With the highest concentration of Michelin stars in the French Alps, it’s no coincidence that the concept of the gourmet ski safari originated in the Dolomites.

  • Craig Tansley
San Giulio Island, Lake Orta, Piedmont, Italy.

No George Clooney, but this Italian lakeside village is just as suave

Orta San Giulio serves up all the romance of Lake Como without the crowds.

  • Jenny Hewett
Palermo’s medieval village of Cefalu.

Medal winners: The 30 best things in Italy (plus five you can skip)

Milan Cortina’s Olympics have just begun, but the host country is already a clear winner. Traveller names our gold, silver and bronze-medal highlights of this captivating and cultured nation.

  • Ben Groundwater