Solo Female Travel Safety in Italy

Bologna is the capital of Emilia-Romagna and an easy Italian city to visit alone. It has the oldest university in the Western world, and the large stu...

Taormina is a small hill town about 200 meters above the Ionian Sea on Sicily's east coast. The historic center is basically one 800-meter pedestrian ...

Venice is built on 118 islands connected by bridges, so there are no cars - you walk or take water buses. You will get lost in the narrow streets and ...

Milan mixes old and new - Renaissance palaces in Brera are a short walk from the glass towers around Porta Nuova. The coffee rules are real (cappuccin...

Naples sits on the bay with Vesuvius in the background. The historic center has Baroque churches, narrow streets with laundry hanging overhead, and lo...

Florence is compact enough to walk across the historic center in 30 minutes, which makes it easy to see the main sights quickly. The Duomo, Ponte Vecc...

Rome has ancient ruins, art museums, and good food. It ranks 29th on the Economist's Safe Cities Index.