I don\'t know recent plane ticket prices USA - Italy, but i\'ve been to Italy multiple times and i love it. It\'s one of the main reasons i love Europe.
- the Toscany region, country side ; gorgeous landscape, beautiful vineyards. Though, i can\'t recommend it to party people who like to go out alot. For that, you need to go to the big cities.
- the city Florence (in the provence Firenze, the region is Toscany) ; one of my favs. great culture. The Duomo, Palazzo Uffizi, Palazzo Strozzi, the Rialto bridge etc.
- the city Venetia (in the provence Venetia, the region is Veneto) ; i went there twice. The Italians put in great effort in recent years to keep city maintenance high ; since the city is prone to it\'s water situation. San Marco Polo is worth it to visit although it seemed smaller to me than postcards suggest.
The smaller city of Verona is also in Veneto region. At it\'s piazza Bria is the opera collosseum where i saw the Aida by Verdi being performed. Impressive stuff, if you like classical music.
- Rome ; I\'ve only been there for 5 days but maybe that was enough already.
Impressive heritage like the Collosseum and of course the St. Peter\'s baselique & the Vatican. Rome is VERY touristic though and not cheap.
I can also recommend the Garda lake and many towns around it. Locarno is also a pretty cool place to be. The Marmolada mountains ; nice hiking trip. * edit ; how could i forget Pisa !? Hahah, the Pisa tower is fun !
I still need to go Naples, Milan etc.
Anyway, imo, Italy is :thumb: