Italy
Independent hotel guides, travel articles, and travel videos for Italy.
Destinations within Italy
Hotel guides
Spectacular Hotel Views is the defintive guide to the world's best hotel views. It has over 600 destination rankings with hotels ranked by view quality, uniqueness, and breadth of availability across the property, has a searchable database of 2,500+ hotels with exceptional views and also allows you to browse by view type.
Their Italy ranking provides a useful guide for finding hotels in Italy with the best hotel views.
Read the guide at spectacularhotelviews.com/en/rankings/italy.
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Secretplaces is a curated accommodation site focused on stylish, authentic hotels and holiday homes.
This page presents an Italy selection that appears to include boutique hotels, guest houses, luxury hotels, holiday homes, and villas, with examples such as Casa Fabbrini, La Darbia, and Su Gologone.
A unique selection of the most beautiful and authentic hotels and holiday homes in Italy
secretplaces.com/italy/best-boutique-hotels-holiday-homes
Travel videos
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Hungry Passport is a YouTube travel channel offering travel guides and tips for major destinations around the world.
This Italy travel guide video provides a helpful countrywide top-ten overview, including places such as Sicily, Alberobello, the Amalfi Coast, and Pompeii.
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Creative Travel Guide is a YouTube travel channel by a British couple sharing travel vlogs, advice, hotel tours, and destination guides.
This broad Italy travel guide video is useful for early planning, covering tips and destinations including Rome, Venice, Florence, Milan, Naples, Pompeii, and Lake Como.
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Rick Steves' Europe is a YouTube travel channel focused on European destinations, hosted by travel author and broadcaster Rick Steves. This travel guide video offers a strong cultural focus on Italy's churches, including Monreale Cathedral, Siena's Duomo, St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, and St.
Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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Hey Nadine is a YouTube travel channel by Nadine Sykora, focused on destinations, travel advice, and practical expertise.
This travel guide video presents Nadine Sykora's ten highlighted places in Italy, giving travelers a concise countrywide planning starting point.
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Brian and Carrie is a YouTube travel channel by Brian and Carrie, focused on affordable travel and life on the road.
This itinerary video outlines a practical 14- to 21-day Italy route, with references to Venice, Rome, the Amalfi Coast, Florence, and Puglia.
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Away Together w/ Nik and Allie is a YouTube travel channel focused on planning, affording, and enjoying DIY travel.
This practical video helps travelers prepare for Italy by covering ten tourist scams involving petitions, roses, impersonators, restaurants, ATMs, and other situations.
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Yellow Productions is a YouTube travel channel creating detailed travel guide videos, hotel reviews, restaurant reviews, and travel gear content.
This detailed travel video discusses 25 aspects of Italian life and travel that can help first-time visitors understand what may feel different in Italy.
Travel articles & blogs
Along Dusty Roads is an independent travel blog by Andrew and Emily, focused on selective destination guides and photography-led travel. Their Italy travel guide hub is a strong starting point for exploring the country's culture, food, landscapes, historic cities, coastlines, and beaches.
From historic cities to stunning coastlines and beautiful beaches, Italy is a dream destination. Our guides help you explore its culture, food, and landscapes.
alongdustyroads.com/italy
Legal Nomads is a food, travel, and celiac travel site shaped by Jodi Ettenberg's long-running travel perspective. Her gluten-free Italy guide is a practical resource for celiac travelers, pairing food guidance with an Italian restaurant card for easier planning.
Italy is surprisingly easy to travel in as celiac, with great dishes on hand. My guide of GF eats, plus a detailed Italian restaurant card.
legalnomads.com/gluten-free/italy/
A Dangerous Business is Amanda Williams' travel blog focused on realistic travel planning, weekend trips, road trips, and destination guides. Her Italy travel guide brings together practical tips and travel stories, making it a useful orientation for planning a realistic trip through the country.
Tips and stories about traveling to Italy.
dangerous-business.com/destinations/italy/
Going Awesome Places is an itinerary-focused travel brand built around detailed guides, trip routes, and practical planning. Their Italy guide is a helpful planning resource, covering things to do, places to eat and stay, what to expect, and broader trip advice.
The ultimate Italy travel guide, with tips and advice on things to do, where to eat, where to stay, what to expect & more to plan your trip.
goingawesomeplaces.com/destination/europe/italy/
Ciao Bambino is a luxury family travel agency with an extensive blog about family-focused trip planning. Their Italy destination collection is well suited to family planning, gathering expert posts about family trips and custom vacation ideas in one place.
We plan extraordinary custom family vacations and help famlies travel the world. Read our expert posts about Italy trips!
ciaobambino.com/blog_destinations/europe/italy
The Family Voyage is a family travel site focused on practical advice for trips with kids, packing, and destination planning. Their Italy travel tips article is a practical aid for families, combining attraction ideas with planning advice for a smoother trip with kids.
Planning a trip to Italy? Our list of Italy travel tips covers everything from must-visit attractions to practical advice for an amazing journey.
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Y Travel Blog is a travel site by Caz and Craig Makepeace covering destination guides, family travel, and practical trip advice. Their two-week Italy itinerary is useful for route planning, linking Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Verona, Cinque Terre, and Venice into a clear trip plan.
This 2-week Italy itinerary offers rich history, breathtaking landscapes, and cultural experiences in Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Verona, Cinque Terre & Venice.
ytravelblog.com/2-week-italy-itinerary/
Earth Trekkers is a family adventure travel site focused on detailed destination guides, road trips, maps, photos, and itineraries. Their Southern Italy itinerary gives travelers a well-structured 10- to 13-day route through the Amalfi Coast, Matera, Alberobello, Puglia, and other stops.
Plan your perfect trip to southern Italy with this itinerary that includes the Amalfi Coast, Castelmezzano, Matera, Alberobello, and more towns in Puglia.
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Finding the Universe is a travel and photography blog by Laurence and Jessica Norah, focused on visual guides and practical planning. Their 10-day Italy train itinerary is a helpful day-by-day framework for visiting Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Venice with practical pacing.
We've visited Italy dozens of times and got married there. Here's our 10-day itinerary by train through Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Venice, with day-by-day plans.
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Our Escape Clause is Kate and Jeremy Storm's travel blog, focused on detailed itineraries and practical independent trip planning. Their Italy trip cost guide is a practical budgeting resource, breaking down planning considerations across different spending levels.
How much does a trip to Italy cost? It depends! We break down the details of putting together an Italy budget here.
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Dreams in Heels is Olga Maria's solo female travel and lifestyle blog with Latina travel and cultural perspectives. Her Puglia towns guide is a thoughtful resource for exploring the region beyond major hubs such as Foggia and Lecce, with context on its wider appeal.
Over recent years the Italian region of Puglia has seeped into the collective consciousness of those seeking a more authentic experience when visiting Italy. Puglia, often referred to as the ‘Heel of Italy’ stretches beyond
dreamsinheels.com/best-towns-in-puglia-italy/
Ottsworld is Sherry Ott's travel blog and travel services site, focused on solo, active, and structured travel experiences. Her Italy food etiquette guide is a helpful primer on restaurant and bar norms, including practical guidance on when to order certain coffee drinks.
If you want to fit in while in Italy, then use these Italian food etiquette tips when you are at a restaurant or bar!
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Practical Wanderlust is a responsible budget travel blog and podcast combining practical advice, storytelling, humor, and social context. Their Southern Italy article gives useful cultural context through observations on regional differences, food, language, and social norms.
You know when people who travel a lot say stuff like "each part of [country you've never been to] is SO different," and you kind of roll your eyes because it just sounds like a way to brag about how many different parts of the country they've been to? Well ... in Italy, it's SUPER accurate. From the language to the food to the social norms, southern Italy is very different than the rest of Italy. Sure, there's pizza and pasta everywhere in Italy, but in Sicily your pasta come served with anchovies and dusted with pistachios, and the pizza in Naples is leaps and bounds more delicious than anything you'll get in Florence. (Important note: I did do some things other than eat on this trip, but not many.) In this post, I'm laying out all the things no one tells you about visiting Southern Italy. I can't guarantee you that they'll actually help you during your trip, but I thought they were interesting.
practicalwanderlust.com/southern-italy-travel/
Tales of a Backpacker is Claire Sturzaker's solo female backpacking and budget-travel blog with practical travel advice. Her Italy winter guide is a practical resource for comparing seasonal options such as skiing, winter sun, Rome, and Venice.
Check out my picks for where to go in Italy in winter, from skiing to winter sun and the chance to avoid the crowds in Rome and Venice in the wintertime!
talesofabackpacker.com/where-to-go-in-italy-in-winter/
Nomadic Matt is a long-running budget-travel advice site focused on cheaper, longer, and practical independent travel. Their Italy tour-company comparison is helpful for weighing multi-day trips, walking tours, and shorter excursions before booking.
Looking to take a tour in Italy? Whether a multi-day trip, walking tour, or short excursion, these companies are the best to use.
nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/best-tour-companies-italy/