
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus hangs among the Renaissance paintings in the Uffizi’s vast galleries.
10 hr 23

Walk around the Colosseum and take in the tiers of arches that once framed the Roman games.
8 hr 24

Follow the porticoes to Piazza Maggiore, where the city’s daily life unfolds in the open air.
10 hr 46

Gold mosaics glow inside the Palatine Chapel at the Palazzo dei Normanni.
4 hr 36

The Cathedral of Syracuse incorporates columns from the ancient Temple of Athena into its walls.
2 hr 40

The Fontana dell’Elefante stands at the heart of baroque Piazza del Duomo.
1 hr 12

Stroll the Lungomare Falcomatà and look across the Strait of Messina.
2 hr 11

At noon, the figures on the Cathedral’s astronomical clock spring to life in a display of ingenious mechanics.
55 min