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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44. Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan)

Milan`s “Holy Mary of Grace” is a Dominican convent off Milan’s “Corso Magenta”, 18 minutes by subway from the Milano Centrale railway station (exit “Piazza di Santa Maria delle Grazie”). Completed in 1469 after decades of construction work, this Renaissance building is largely famous for housing Leonardo da Vinci’s fresco “The Last Supper”, surpassed in fame only by the Mona Lisa. Despite many mishaps and much neglect and consequent decay, the painting draws so many visitors that it is advisable to book an entrance ticket at least two months in advance.

45. Gran Paradiso National Park (Aosta)

Initially established by the future King Victor Emmanuel in 1856 to protect the alpine ibex from extinction by indiscriminate hunting, this 703 square metre region in the Graian Alps (northwest Italy) is now home to many other endangered species. Moreover it offers a wealth of winter sports in winter and summer skiing, mountaineering, rafting, horseback riding, paragliding and even golf in the summer months.

Aosta, the capital of the Valle d`Aosta, is an ideal starting-point for exploration of the Gran Paradiso National Park. Aosta lies 57 km southeast of Chamonix Mont Blanc in France or 176 km southwest of Zermatt in Switzerland and has its own airport.

46. Palazzo Reale (Palermo)

The magnificent Royal Palace of Palermo or Palazzo dei Normanni (Norman Palace) is the oldest royal residence in Europe. Built on the remains of Punic settlements still visible in its basement, the Palace combines arabic, norman and Renaissance influences in a truly fascinating way. Its Palatine Chapel boasts some of the finest Byzantine mosaics and Saracen arches still in existence, and it is also host to the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo and the seat of Sicily’s regional government.

Palermo, capital city of the island of Sicily, has its own airport. The Palazzo Reale is 13 minutes from Palermo railway station by bus (exit Piazza Indipendenza) or 22 minutes on foot.

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