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Italy
Italy (Italian: Italia) is a large country in
Southern Europe. It is home to the greatest number of UNESCO
World Heritage Sites - art and monuments are everywhere around
the country. It is also famous worldwide for its cuisine, its
fashion, the luxury sports cars and motorcycles, as well as
for its beautiful coasts, lakes and mountains (the Alps and
Appennines).
North - The North of Italy is the country's most
populated and developed portion. Cities like Turin, Milan, Bologna,
Verona and Venice share the region's visitors with beautiful
landscapes like the Lake Como area, impressive mountains such
as the Dolomites and the Italian Alps and first-class ski resorts
like Cortina d'Ampezzo and others.
Northwest - Piedmont (Piemonte), Liguria (home
of the Italian Riviera and Cinque Terre), Lombardy (Lombardia),
Valle d'Aosta
Northeast - Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto
Adige, Veneto
Central Italy breathes history and art. Rome boasts the remaining
wonders of the Roman Empire and some of the world's best known
landmarks such as the Colosseum. Florence, cradle of the Renaissance,
is Tuscany's top attraction, whereas nearby cities like Siena,
Pisa and Lucca have much to offer to those looking for the country's
rich history and cultural heritage.
Lazio (the region around Rome), Marche, Tuscany
(Toscana), and Umbria, Italy's green heart.
Southern Italy - Bustling Naples, the dramatic ruins of Pompeii,
the romantic Amalfi Coast and laidback Apulia, as well as up-and-coming
agritourism help making Italy's less visited region a great
place to explore.
Abruzzo, Apulia (Puglia), Basilicata, Calabria,
Campania and Molise
Italian islands - Sardinia (Sardegna) and Sicily (Sicilia),
the large island located to the south of the Italian peninsula
(the "ball" to Italy's "boot") also Capri,
Ischia, Elba, Procida, Aeolian Islands, Aegadian Islands, Tremiti
and Pantelleria
Cities
Of the hundreds of Italian cities, here are ten of its most
famous:
- Rome - (Roma): the capital, both of Italy and of the ancient
Roman Empire; center of the Roman Catholic Church (the Vatican).
- Bologna - A major trade fair city.
- Florence - (Firenze): History, art, architecture. Uffizi
gallery, David of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
- Genoa - (Genova) a vibrant and historical port city, birth
place of Columbus.
- Milan - (Milano) - shares with Paris the title of fashion
capital of the world and is the main financial and business
center in the country.
- Naples - (Napoli) with its famous gulf and Vesuvius volcano,
including Herculaneum and Pompeii.
- Pisa - home of the famous Leaning Tower.
- Turin - (Torino) was the host of the 2006 Winter Olympic
Games, is an important city of technology and industry and
so there are many events that worth a visit.
Venice - (Venezia): History, art. Saint Mark's Square. The
city is built on a lagoon, filled with canals, with no roads
for cars. Very poetic and romantic.
Verona - a restored Roman coliseum is the stage for modern
opera productions. Verona is the city where Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet is based.
Other destinations
- Capri and Ischia - the famed islands
in the Bay of Naples
- Cinque Terre - five tiny, scenic,
towns strung along the steep vineyard-laced coast of Liguria
- Vatican City - the independent city-state
and seat of the Pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church
- Lago di Garda - A beautiful lake in
Northern Italy
Italian Alps, including The Dolomites - Some of the most beautiful
mountains there are
Cuisine
Italian food inside of Italy is different than Italian in America
or western Europe. Italian food is based upon a few simple ingredients
and Italians often have very discriminating tastes that may seem
strange to Americans and other visitors. For instance, a sandwich
stand might sell 4 different types of ham sandwiches that in each
case contain ham, mayonnaise, and cheese. The only thing that
may differ between the sandwiches is the type of ham or cheese
used in them. Rustichella and panzerotti are two examples of sandwiches
well-liked by Italians and tourists alike. Also, Italian sandwiches
are quite different from the traditional Italian-American “hero”,
“submarine”, or “hoagie” sandwich. Rather
than large sandwiches with a piling of meat, vegetables, and cheese,
sandwiches in Italy are often quite small, very flat (made even
more so when they are quickly heated and pressed on a panini grill),
and contain a few simple ingredients, rarely, if ever lettuce.
The term panini may be somewhat confusing to travellers from Northern
Europe where it has erroneously come to mean a flat heated sandwich
ona grill, in Italy the term is equivalent to "bread rolls"
(plural) which can be simple rolls or sometimes with basic filling.
However instead of a sandwich why not try piadinas which are a
flat folded bread with filling which are served warm. Also, a
traditional Italian meal is separated into several sections: antipasto
(marinated vegetables, etc), primo (pasta or rice dish), secondo
(meat course), dolce (dessert). Salads often come with the secondo.
Americans will notice that Italian pasta often has a myriad of
sauces rather than simply tomato and alfredo. Also, Italian pasta
is often served with much less sauce than in America.
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