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EXPLORING OTHER REGIONS
Many visitors enjoy exploring other iconic Italian cities besides Rome and we are committed to making this experience as fruitful and rewarding as possible. Whether it's Milan, Florence, Venice, Bari, or Assisi, LizLev Tours is committed to making it happen for you. Check out our offerings in other regions or contact us to customize a trip for you!
TUSCANY
Tuscany is renowned for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and of the modern Italian language, brought to the fore in literature by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, and Niccolò Machiavelli.
Tuscany is celebrated for its wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano, Brunello di Montalcino and white Vernaccia di San Gimignano, as well as the esteemed "Super Tuscans," from the Bolgheri area.
Tuscany is the second most popular Italian region for travellers in Italy, after Veneto, and its highlights include Florence, Siena, Pisa, San Gimignano, Cortona, Montepulciano, and Lucca.
UMBRIA
Umbria is a rustic region of central Italy characterized by its evocative hills, mountains, valleys and a plethora of historic towns such as the regional capital of Perugia, Assisi (home to Saint Francis of Assisi), Norcia (birthplace of Saint Benedict), Gubbio, Spoleto, Orvieto, Todi, Spello and other charming small cities. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Marmore Falls and is the only landlocked region on the Apennine Peninsula.
In the mid-14th century, the region was subsumed into the Papal States by Cardinal Albornoz and remained under papal rule until the end of the 18th century.
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
Emilia-Romagna an important region of northern Italy, whose capital Bologna boasts the world's oldest university (alma mater to our own Liz Lev!): the University of Bologna.
One of the wealthiest and most developed regions in Europe, Emilia-Romagna is a cultural, economic and tourist center, containing Romanesque and Renaissance cities, such as Modena, Parma and Ferrara, and the Western Roman Empire's former capital city of Ravenna.
Emilia-Romagna is also a foodie heaven and center of automobile production, home to companies such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Ducati.
CAMPANIA
Campania is the region immediately south of Rome, whose capital of Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world and a renowned cultural, artistic, and culinary center.
The region is home to 10 of the 58 UNESCO sites in Italy, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Amalfi Coast and the Historic Center of Naples, as well as the impressive Mount Vesuvius.
Tourism fluorishes in Campania and its iconic isle of Capri is among the most sought-after islands in the world. The Sorrentine Penincula features among the most visited sites in Italy and Vesuvius is the most visited and well-known volcano in the world.
PUGLIA
Puglia (Apulia in English) is a region forming the "heel" of the Italian boot, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the southeast. One of Italy's most up-and-coming regions, Puglia is Italy's primary producer of olive oil and its breads are exported throughout the peninsula and beyond.
Puglia is one of the richest archaeological regions in Italy and was one of the centres of Magna Graecia, with the foundation of many Greek city-states along its coasts.
Puglia's capital town is Bari, home to the original Saint Nicholas, and the beautiful city of Lecce is often referred to as the Florence of the south because of its unique Baroque architecture.
LOMBARDY
Lombardy is a northern Italian region nestled between the Alps mountain range and tributaries of the river Po, and includes Milan, its capital, the largest metropolitan area in the country.
Boasting a veritable Who's Who of famous citizens, Lombardy was the birthplace of Virgil, Pliny the Elder, Saint Ambrose, Caravaggio, Antonio Stradivari, Cesare Beccaria, and Alessandro Manzoni as well as Popes John XXIII and Paul VI.
Lombardy is also home to a bustling tourist industry, drawing numerous visitors to Milan, Lake Garda, Lake Como, Bergamo, Brescia, Mantua, and Lago Maggiore.
VENETO
Veneto, located in the north-east of the country, is the fourth most populous region in Italy with Venice as its capital and largest city. Besides Venice, the region is also home to the splendid cities of Belluno, Padua, Rovigo, Treviso, Verona and Vicenza.
After Italy's feudal period, the maritime Republic of Venice was self-governing until 1797 and besides Italian, most residents also speak Venetian.
Tourism is one of Veneto's main economic resources and one-fifth of Italy's foreign tourism gravitates towards Veneto, the number-one tourist region in Italy, with over 60 million visitors every year.
SICILY
The island of Sicily is the largest and most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea and was main source of grain for the ancient Roman Empire.
Sicily's sunny, dry climate, scenery, cuisine, history, and architecture attract many tourists from Italy and abroad. Mount Etna, the beaches, the archaeological sites, and major cities such as Palermo, Catania, and Syracuse are favourite destinations, as well as the picturesque town of Taormina and the Aeolian Islands. Sicily is home to some of the best-preserved temples of the ancient Greek period.
