Visit Italy: Top 10 Tuscany & Central Italy (VIDEO)
Top 10 Places to Visit in Central Italy
• Florence is the birthplace of the Renaissance and home to Michelangelos David, the Duomo, and many museums.
• Siena is a Gothic city with the Piazza del Campo, where the Palio horse races take place.
• Lucca is a walled city with San Martino Cathedral and the opportunity to bike around the city walls.
• Pisa is famous for the Leaning Tower, but also has the Cathedral and the Baptistry.
• Ravenna is a Byzantine town with San Vitale Basilica and a unique blue-green-gold explosion inside the churches.
• Bologna is known for its red stone buildings, the unfinished Cathedral, and two leaning towers.
• San Gimignano is a medieval town with over 70 towers, a Basilica, and a Sacred Art Museum.
• Urbino is a Renaissance gem with the Ducal Palace and the birthplace of Raphael.
• Modena is the town where balsamic vinegar comes from, but also has a UNESCO World Heritage Site Cathedral and Ducal Palace.
• San Marino is the smallest Republic in the world and a great place to visit for its history and views.
Short things to remember about each city
• Florence: Birthplace of Renaissance, David and the Duomo
• Siena: Home of the Palio horse race
• Lucca: Beautiful walled city
• Pisa: Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Ravenna: Byzantine art
• Bologna: Leaning towers, San Petronio Basilica
• San Gimignano: City of towers
• Urbino: Birthplace of Raphael
• Modena: Birthplace of balsamic vinegar
• San Marino: Oldest democracy in the world, small fortresses, museums, crossbows
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Hey man you need better editing and a camera with some wind noise suppression .
What town do you suggest staying in to use as a base for seeing all these places. Thank you.
If you’ve not yet been to the Umbria region; which I’m going to assume you have, my top towns are Perugia, Norcia, Assisi, and Gubbio. Norcia and the Valnerina region of Umbria is my favorite both for the food (boar salume and truffle) and the natural beauty of the Apennines, but I’m biased because my mother’s side of the family is from nearby Sellano and I did a geology field course there 😉
thanks for the video and for highlighting the differences in the regions!
Come to Viareggio and Torre del Lago too 😀
I've been three times in Italy, and there is still too much to dircover there that and already planning my fourth and fifth time there.
im going in may to san gimignano,siena and Elba very curious about
Volterra!
– Oldest constantly populated city in Italy.
– Has one of 2 fully intact Etruscan arches in Italy.
– Awesome Roman theater
– One of the coolest cities I have seen, in Italy. (Never actually been)
Nobody will read it because I'm quite late but I'd like to point out that Ravenna, Bologna, Modena and Rimini are not in Central Italy. They are all provinces of Emilia-Romagna, a region geographically located in Northern Italy. I'm Italian and I live in Emilia-Romagna so I'm pretty sure about it. I live in a small village between Ravenna and Ferrara another beautiful town of my country.
Thank you for your beautiful descriptions of the Italian towns and cities, and the love you put in there.
Nobody will read it because I'm quite late but I'd like to point out that Ravenna, Bologna, Modena and Rimini are not in Central Italy. They are all provinces of Emilia-Romagna, a region geographically located in Northern Italy. I'm Italian and I live in Emilia-Romagna so I'm pretty sure about it. I live in a small village between Ravenna and Ferrara another beautiful town of my country.
Thank you for your beautiful descriptions of the Italian towns and cities, and the love you put in there.
nice video as usual but u missed Cortona and Pienza…those are very important and awesome towns to visit…
Ehi what about south italy??
all the regions of Italy are good im personally just not a fan of Lombardy,Trentino and some parts of Emilia-Romagna and Marche
Central Italy needs a top 100, rather than a top 10.
Another couple of beauties if you ask me: Arezzo, Volterra, Assisi, Perugia, Orvieto.
Honestly Pisa is just one square worth seeing. So I'd personally rather go visit one of these cities.
i think its san ji-min-yano 🙂
Mistake most amateurs make – viewers want to see the subject matter, even the great A. Hitchcock only appeared in cameos, learn from him.
In my opinion the definition of Central Italy is Lazio & Umbria, but thats just me and im sure most people would agree. Not hatin on Tuscany just sayin…
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ok 1st you said most people think of Central Italy as Tuscany. Actually most people think Tuscany is Northern because of were its located on the map, its not until you do your research that you find out its actually Central. 2nd, when people think CENTRAL ITALY they think ROME (LAZIO) lol thats kind of a no brainer…
hav you been to Arezzo Italy its in Tuscany I was thinking of going
grazie! my spelling sucks. apologies.