CENTRAL ITALY

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Central Italy is one of the most important area of the whole country. Beside the presence of Rome and Florence (two of the most beautiful cities of art in the world) this area boasts several interesting towns and cities. This territory is the land where the first great civilizations appeared in Italy (Etruscans and Romans). Central Italy represents the most commonly perceived image of the country probably because is the area of Florence, (The “Renaissance cradle”) and Rome (Italy’s capital and a world famous symbol of the Roman Empire and seat of the Vatican). Moreover Tuscany and Umbria regions are some of the best places for the countryside lovers with variety of landscape and unspoiled rural provinces.

TOP DESTINATIONS AND ATTRACTIONS IN CENTRAL ITALY

Tuscany: Florence (Duomo, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo della Signoria, the Uffizi Art Gallery), Siena (Duomo and Piazza Grande) , Lucca (historic city center) , Carrara (marble quarries), Arezzo, Versilia and Maremma seaside-coasts, Chianti district and Valdorcia, Pitigliano, Sorano and the "tufa cities".
Umbria: Perugia and Trasimeno Lake, Assisi (St.Francis birthplace and basilica), Orvieto (Duomo, St.Patrick well and etruscan sites), the Marmore Waterfalls (the highest in Europe), Castelluccio di Norcia.
Lazio: Rome and the Vatican (San Pietro), the Tuscia district (Viterbo, Civita di Bagnoregio, Bolsena lake), Tivoli (Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este), Gaeta, Sperlonga (The Riviera di Ulisse).
Marche: Urbino, Pesaro, Ascoli Piceno, The Frasassi caves, the Conero national park.
Abruzzo: L’Aquila, Sulmona and the Majella historic train, Gran Sasso and Abruzzo national park.