Italy: You should have seen these five travel destinations

Italy is undoubtedly one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world. In hardly any other country in the world will you find such a great combination of beautiful historic cities, dreamy coasts and islands, magnificent lakes, picturesque hilly landscapes and impressive mountains. And all this combined with the dolce vita of Italy. You can't help but fall in love with this country!

As the saying goes: all roads lead to Rome! That's why every traveler should have seen the "Eternal City" at least once in their life. There is no other place in the world where the history of antiquity and the Renaissance is as alive as here. A stroll through Italy's capital feels like a journey back in time. Ancient temples, Roman triumphal arches, baroque churches and Renaissance palaces can be discovered around every street corner.

St. Peter's Basilica and St. Peter's Square, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Trevi Fountain, the Sistine Chapel, Castel Sant'Angelo with the Bridge of Angels - the list of Rome's world-famous sights goes on and on. You can spend many days in the Eternal City without having seen everything.

Venice is also one of the cities that you absolutely must visit as a traveler. Venice is unique because of its location. Where else can you find a place that was built on wooden stilts in the middle of a lagoon and where you can only get around on foot or by boat?

A walk or boat trip through Venice is like a visit to an open-air museum. The city's canals are lined with magnificent palaces and churches that bear witness to the city's immeasurable wealth in the past. Venice's sights are therefore among the most famous and beautiful in the world. A photo of St. Mark's Square with the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica as well as the Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal belongs in every traveler's photo album.

For lovers of art and architecture, Florence is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The capital of Tuscany is world-famous for its numerous architectural and artistic masterpieces from the Renaissance. Florence Cathedral, with its grandiose dome and bell tower, is a masterpiece of architecture.

If you want to see perhaps the most famous statue in the world, Michelangelo's "David", you have to go to the Galleria dell'Accademia. And in the Uffizi art museum, masterpieces such as Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus" and Leonardo da Vinci's "The Annunciation" are on display.

With a length of over 50 kilometers and an area of 370 square kilometers, Lake Garda is not only the largest lake in Italy, but also one of the most beautiful lakes in the country. Nestled between the northern Italian Alps in the north and the Po Valley in the south, Lake Garda's location alone is breathtakingly beautiful. Both from the shore and from the water, you can enjoy a magnificent panorama of the lake and the surrounding mountains.

Lake Garda leaves nothing to be desired. Here you can not only swim, boat and surf, but also hike, mountain bike and climb. There are also numerous amusement parks on the southern shore of the lake, which are particularly popular with families with children.

Italy has many beautiful natural landscapes to offer its guests. However, if there is such a thing as a picture-book landscape, then it is Tuscany. With its picturesque hills full of olive groves and vineyards framed by cypress trees, the landscape of Tuscany is the perfect photo motif.

In addition to its stunningly beautiful landscape, Tuscany also has plenty of art and culture to offer. The region's cities, such as Florence, Siena, Lucca and San Gimignano, are among the most beautiful and interesting cities in Italy.