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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23. Sicily

For a widely variegated tourist destination, Sicily is hard to beat. From fabulous beaches and clear turquoise water to craggy mountains and shady forests, fascinating ruins to smoking volcano (at a height of 3.329 metres, mount Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe and one of the most active worldwide) and with an additional plus of unique culinary delicacies and great wines, Sicily has it all.

Sicily has three international airports – Catania, Palermo and Trapani – and ferries run from major ports such as Napoli or Civitavecchia (at least 10 hours, usually overnight). Some ferries take trains, making the trip easier to plan.

24. Sibillini National Park

Established in 1993 with the aim of protecting the environment and “providing a park for everyone”, the Sibillini National Park comprises over 70.000 hectares of unspoiled natural beauty, including the Sibillini mountains and most of the Marche and Umbrian wildlands. Home to the peregrine, the golden eagle, the wolf and many other rare and endangered species, as well as a great number of mediaeval abbeys and towns, the Sibillini National Park can best be experienced on foot, horseback or by bicycle.

Trains stop at Camerino, Spoleto and Ascoli Piceno; buses run to all of these and Fermo as well. Spoleto is around 60 km south of Assisi and can be reached by car in just under an hour.

25. Bridge of Sighs (Venice)

The Bridge of Sighs, or “Ponte dei Sospiri” as it is known in Italian, is a white limestone bridge in Venice connecting the interrogation rooms of the Doge`s palace to the New Prison. Constructed in 1600, it gained its name from reputedly offering convicts their last glimpse of Venice before their incarceration. Legend has it that lovers who kiss beneath the bridge on a gondola at sunset will gain eternal love and happiness.

The Bridge of Sighs is included in guided tours of the Doge`s palace, which is nine minutes from Venice`s Santa Lucia railway station or twenty minutes by bus.

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