It is difficult – if not impossible – to limit a list of things to do in Italy to 100, and even more difficult to put them in order of descending significance or entertainment value: home to Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, with islands as diverse as dour Sicily and African-influenced Pantelleria and cultures as far apart as Renaissance Venice and the prehistoric Trulli in Alberobello, Italy is a vibrant and colorful hotch-potch, a land of stark and passionately defended contrasts.

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67. Riserva naturale orientata dello Zingaro

Established on Sicily in 1981, the Zingaro nature reserve is a stretch of coastline and cliffs approximately 7 km long on the Gulf of Castellammare. The area includes water sources and resting points as well as signposted paths for visitors, beautiful beaches and coves for swimming, some museums and the breathtaking Uzzo Grotto, and is home to 39 species of wild bird, including the kestrel and the peregrine.

The Zingaro Nature Reserve is best reached by car; public transport is poor. The nearest town is Scopello (around 1 hour 20 minutes from Palermo).

68. Porta Palatina (Turin)

Turin`s Palatine gate (aka Palatine towers) dates from the 1st century BC and is one of the best-preserved Roman gateways in the world. The only surviving example of originally four city gates, it consists of two sixteen-faced towers over 30 metres high with a 16 metre long windowed connecting structure (“interturrio”). Together with the 20.000 square metre archaeological park surrounding it, which was opened in 2006, the Porta Palatina offers an atmospheric and peaceful resting place from the bustle and noise of the city. Tip: the Cappella della Sacra Sindone, which houses the Holy Shroud of Turin, is only two blocks away!

69. Peggy Guggenheim Museum (Venice)

Lovers of modern and surrealist art shouldn`t miss this museum with its private collection of works by Picasso, Dali, Magritte, Klee and others. Idyllically set in an 18th century Venetian palace on the Grand Canal – which was Peggy Guggenheim’s home for thirty years – in front of the Nasher Sculpture Garden, the Museum invites the discerning visitor to linger a little longer just to enjoy the view!

The Peggy Guggenheim Museum can be reached by waterbus from the P. le Roma (Parisi) “E” landing station (exit Spirito Santo).

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