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Arts Venues
The Doria Pamphilj Gallery
2 Piazza del Collegio Romano
Rome

 
 
Galleria La Subbia
11 Via Padre Eugenio Barsanti
Pietrasanta

 
 
Galleria Tega
56 Via Provinciale Vallecchia
Pietrasanta

 
 
Gallerie Dell'Accademia
1050 Dorsoduro
Venice

 
 
Palazzo Grassi
3231 Campo San Samuele
Venice

 
 
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
701 Dorsoduro
Venice

 
 
Santa Croce
Piazza Santa Croce
Florence

 
 
Bars

 
 
Centrale Restaurant & Lounge
Piscina Frezzeria
1659B San Marco
Venice

”Just 100 feet from La Fenice opera house, Centrale Restaurant & Lounge is open for dinner—try the black squid-ink pasta...” MORE>>
 
 
Chuflay
2 Via Roma
Portofino

 
 
Excelsior
54–55 Piazza Martiri dell'Olivetta
Portofino

 
 
Fusion Bar
3 Vicolo dell'Oro
Florence

 
 
Il Colonnino
37-41 Via Sant'Andrea
Pisa

 
 
Il Fauno
13–15 Piazza Tasso
Sorrento

 
 
Imagina
3126 Dorsoduro
Venice

 
award winner
Teatro del Sale
111R Via dei Macci
Florence

”Patrons queue up for platters of tender boiled meats, or risotto al dente with salty mussels...” MORE>>
 
 
Terrace Bar
2b Via Capodimonte, Anacapri
Positano

 
 
Vineria Reggio
15 Campo dei Fiori
Rome

 
 
Clubs
Bar Morena
22 Piazza Martiri dell'Olivetta
Portofino

 
 
L'Eto
46 Via Galvani
Rome

 
 
Historic Sites
Antica Spezeria
Church of Santa Maria della Scala
23 Piazza della Scala
Rome

 
 
Castello Brown
Portofino

 
 
Palazzo Ducale
1 San Marco
Venice

 
 
Sedil Dominova
Via San Cesareo at Via Giuliani
Sorrento

 
 
Ship Ruins
Via Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
Pisa

 
 
Museums
Chiostro del Bramante
5 Via Arco della Pace
Rome

”The perfect—and perfectly peaceful—gallery......” MORE>>
 
 
Museo Bottega Della Tarsia Lignea
28 Via San Nicola
Sorrento

 
 
Museum of San Marco
3 Piazza San Marco
Florence

 
 
”The Vatican Museums are free on the last Sunday of each month...” MORE>>
 
 
Music Venues
Auditorium
Via Pietro de Coubertin
Rome

 
 
Teatro La Fenice
Campo San Fantin
Venice

 
 
Neighborhoods

”...the de facto capital of Apulia's southernmost Salento Peninsula...” MORE>>
 
 
Nightclubs
Gilda on the Beach
11 Lungomare di Ponente
Rome and Lazio

 
 
Parks

 
 
Museo del Parco
1 Molo Umberto
Portofino

 
 
Places of Interest
Laguna Blu
Via Monti dell'Ara
Rome and Lazio

 
 
Miraggio Club
83 Lungomare di Ponente
Rome and Lazio

 
 
Museum of Souls in Purgatory
Church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio
12 Lungotevere Prati
Rome

 
 
Pitti Palace
Piazza Pitti, Via Romana
Florence

”The paintings were indeed from the Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Palace in Florence—here were some 200 of them—and Major Linklater...” MORE>>
 
 
Poppiano
Montespertoli

”Countess Giuliana Guicciardini reflects as she recalls her days at Poppiano, the castle that her family, one of the oldest...” MORE>>
 
 
San Luigi dei Francesi
5 Via Santa Giovanna d'Arco
Rome

 
 
Uffizi Gallery
6 Piazzale degli Uffizi
Florence

”The paintings were indeed from the Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Palace in Florence—here were some 200 of them—and Major Linklater...” MORE>>
 
 
Villa Gregoriana
Largo Sant'Angelo and Piazza del Tempio di Vesta
Tivoli

”There's no villa at the Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli, 22 miles east of Rome—just the ruins of a second-century B.C...” MORE>>
 
 
Sacred Sites
Duomo
Corso Italia
Sorrento

 
 
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Via del Quirinale
Rome

 
 
Santa Maria del Carmine
Piazza del Carmine
Florence

 
 
”According to legend, it was built to exorcise the ghost of Nero...” MORE>>
 
 
Shops
Alab’Arte
28 Via Orti di San Agostino
Volterra

”...collector-worthy contemporary pieces, such as transparent spiral candleholders...” MORE>>
 
 
Annibale Gammarelli
34 Via Santa Chiara
Rome

”Roman dandies have discovered the pope's personal tailor, Annibale Gammarelli, for knee-length socks in cardinal red or bishop purple, while...” MORE>>
 
 
Antica Drogheria Manganelli
71–73 Via di Città
Siena

”You can purchase Amedei chocolate...” MORE>>
 
 
Antica Erboristeria
15 Via di Torre Argentina
Rome

 
 
Antica Farmacia Santa Maria della Scala
23 Piazza della Scala
Rome

”The weirder the better is Wang's motto when it comes to toothpaste flavors sourced from old-world apothecaries like this one....” MORE>>
 
 
Antico Setificio Fiorentino
4 Via L. Bartolini
Florence

 
 
Arsenale
64 Via del Governo Vecchio
Rome

”...shantung dresses and chunky knit jackets...” MORE>>
 
 
Bolero
5/6 Via del Governo Vecchio
Rome

”Gabriella Bolero’s flagship...” MORE>>
 
 
Brioni
79 Via Barberini
Rome

 
 
Busatti
14 Via Mazzini
Anghiari

”Beneath the vaulted showrooms...sit the original looms that the Busatti-Sassolinis have used to make linens since 1842....” MORE>>
 
 
Camicieria San Marco
1340 Calle Vallaresso
Venice

 
 
Carlo Fagiani
17 Via G. da Verrazano
Florence and Tuscany

”This airy boutique in the center of Panzano is filled with colorful buttery-soft driving shoes and moccasins that have classic...” MORE>>
 
 
Confexclero
6 Via Larga
Milan

”In image-obsessed Milan, the new pontiff has even inspired the latest trend: the rosaries and priestly turtleneck sweaters carried by...” MORE>>
 
 
Emporio Le Sirenuse
30 Via Cristofo Colombo
Positano

 
 
Galleria Marina Barovier
San Marco 3216
Venice

 
 
Ghezzi
32–33 Via de' Cestari
Rome

”The ecclesiastical clothing shop Ghezzi carries a fetching array of clerical cuff links and priests' rings....” MORE>>
 
 
Ilaria Miani
35 Via Monserrato
Rome

”...one-of-a-kind pieces...” MORE>>
 
 
Il Riccio
36 Via Damiano Chiesa
Florence and Tuscany

”Brothers Nicola and Michele Rossi make handmade shoes, belts, and briefcases that compete with the best bespoke leather goods in...” MORE>>
 
 
Josephine de Huertas & Co
59 and 68 Via del Governo Vecchio
Rome

”...Chloé and Missoni...” MORE>>
 
 
La Piazzetta
Portofino

 
 
La Speziaria de Venezia
200 Santa Croce
Venice

 
 
Le Cremolose
16 Piazza Alberigo Gentili
Palermo

”At Palermo's Le Cremolose he tried cashew and raw hazelnut gelato. 'In southern Italy, they use less cream, so the...” MORE>>
 
 
Le Gallinelle
76 Via del Boschetto
Rome

 
 
Living
67 Corso Italia
Sorrento

 
 
Loretta Caponi
4R Piazza degli Antinori
Florence

 
 
Madera
2762 Dorsoduro
Venice

 
 
Madova
1R Via Guicciardini
Florence

”A classic for Italian gloves. 1R Via Guicciardini, Florence; 39-055/239-6526; www.madova.com....” MORE>>
 
 
The Mall
8 Via Europa
Leccio

”...Tuscany’s most exclusive outlet complex...” MORE>>
 
 
Marinella
287A Riviera di Chiaia
Naples

 
award winner
Mercato di Testaccio
Piazza Testaccio
Rome

 
 
Mingo
9 Via Roma
Portofino

 
 
Murano Collezioni
1CD Fondamenta Manin
Murano
Venice

 
 
Nino di Nicola
69 Via Santa Caterina
Naples

 
 
Old World Books
1190 Cannaregio
Venice

 
 
 
 
 
 
Piemme
161 Corso Italia
Sorrento

 
 
Raro
18 Vico 1 Fuoro
Sorrento

 
 
Seghezzo
1 Via Cavour
Santa Margherita
Portofino

 
 
Seguso Gianni
3 Fondamenta Serenella
Murano
Venice

 
 
Sugar Beppe
21/23 and 43/45 Corso Italia
Florence

 
 
Tad
155A Via del Babuino
Rome

 
 
Tre Scalini
30-35 Piazza Navona
Rome

”...serves a tartufo loaded with bittersweet bits...” MORE>>
 
 
Valentino
13 Via Condotti
Rome

 
 
Vilca
53 Via Fratelli Bandiera
Colle di Val d'Elsa

”Every morning, patrons can watch artisans hand-blow delicate chalices and vases, then pick up their creations at the shop next...” MORE>>
 
 
 
 
Spas
Merano Thermal Baths
Piazza Terme
Merano

”Set to open this January, Matteo Thun's modern 15-acre steel-and-glass Merano Thermal Baths, 200 miles from Milan, will have sulfur-infused...” MORE>>
 
 
Wineries
Banca Del Vino
P. Vittorio Emanuele, 13 fraz. Pollenzo
Piedmont

”Concerned, a consortium of 280 Italian wine producers and the international organization Slow Food have created the Banca del Vino...” MORE>>
 
 
Capichera Winery
Arzachena

 
 
COS Winery
S.P. 3 Acate
Chiaremonte Ragusa, Italy

”Tours are free but reservations are required....” MORE>>
 
 
Dispensa
Contrada Dispensa
Menfi

”We also drove to the Planeta family's Dispensa winery in Menfi, where we met Francesco Planeta and tasted some of...” MORE>>
 
 
Planeta
Contrada Dispensa
Menfi, Italy

”Visits and tastings must be booked in advance....” MORE>>
 
 
Tenuta Dell’Ornellaia
191 Via Bolgherese
Bolgheri

”but the lush, all-Merlot Masseto is the collector’s prize...” MORE>>
 
 
Tenuta San Guido
27 Località Le Capanne
Bolgheri

”makes Tuscany’s most famous wine...” MORE>>
 
 
Tua Rita
81 Località Notri
Suvereto

”produces an inky Merlot called Redigaffi...” MORE>>
 
 
Valdicava
Montalcino

”...new-style Brunellos...” MORE>>