Italy is equally popular among the travelers both in winter and in summer. Every season thousands of travelers come here from all over the world to see the world-wide known sightseeigs with their own eyes, to go on the most exotic and impressive excursions, swim in the clear warm sea, rest on the long nice beaches and admire the breath-taking views of the local nature.

The northern part of the country is considered the “international Italy”, which at the first glance looks just like some regions of France or, for example, Sweden. All the main ski resorts and shopping centers are concentrated exactly in this area. The central part of the country may be associated with all the main historical and cultural sightseeings, including the amazing architectural sightseeings of Rome, Vatican, picturesque fields of Toscana and so on. And at last, the southern part, which may be truly called “the most Italian”, as the life there is so bright, hot, loud and vivid – just like in all those Italian movies we all used to watch.

Italy contains about 8000 big cities and small towns, but there are only few of them that have to be included in everyone’s “must-visit” list. Those are: Rome with its ancient medieval culture and Vatican, Salerno with its archaeological parks and Siracusa with its architectural monuments and ancient Greek world. Florence is a great center of the Italian art and Venice itself represents a huge amazingly gorgeous architectural sightseeing on the open air. All the shopping lovers should go straight to Milan and the most romantic persons will absolutely love the atmosphere of Verona. Beach resorts are placed all over the country and in general represent an area of about 7500 kilometers.

The most popular souvenirs to bring home from Italy usually are the Venetian masks, brooches or porcelain dolls, various jewelry, cut-glass, local wines and other traditional beverages and so on.