Pompeii’s smaller, richer twin — buried so deep its wooden beams, doors and even food survived
Raphael's birthplace — a near-perfect Renaissance hill town and a ducal palace full of masterpieces
A Renaissance court city ringed by lakes — Gonzaga palaces, Mantegna frescoes and pumpkin tortelli
The capital of Sicilian Baroque — a honey-gold town rebuilt in golden stone after a 1693 earthquake
The "medieval Manhattan" — a Tuscan hill town bristling with stone tower-houses, 14 still standing
St Francis's pink-stone hill town, crowned by a basilica frescoed by Giotto
Europe's first planned Renaissance city — a moated castle, bicycles everywhere, and the Este legacy
Three colossal Doric temples standing almost intact after 2,500 years, south of the Amalfi Coast
Explore Carcassonne, a fortified medieval city in southern France. Walk the double ring of ramparts of the Cité de Carcassonne (a UNESCO World Heritage site with 52 towers), admire the Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus (known for its 12th-century stained glass and Gothic choir), and cross the Pont Vieux (a 14th-century stone bridge offering panoramic views of the city).
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