Rome. The Vatican, Colosseum, Spanish Steps, and a TON of other unreal stuff.

Florence (Firenze). The Uffizi, and a TON of other stuff

Venice. What a place.

Lake Como with a day in Lugano for shiggles.

The Amalfi coast. Spectacular.

Taormina. Beautiful. Watch Season 2 of “White Lotus” and you’ll see a ton of Taormina.

Verona. See the opera in the Verona Arena (bring a cushion) Carmen was spectacular.

Be careful around Bologna. Picked up a few traffic tickets there.

I like road trips. See the place. Flew into Palermo, and headed North, hop-scotching from place to place, ended up in Switzerland.

Toured the Beretta factory.

But if you want to fly in to one city ... unquestionably Rome. You can do Pompeii from there as well.

"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine