🇮🇹 Italy
Layers of history in every piazza, Renaissance masterpieces, coastlines and hill towns, and a regional food culture worth travelling for.
🌍 View on the globe- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Rome
- Best time to go
- April to June and September to October
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Italian
Quick guide: Italy essentials
🛂 Visa & entry
Part of the Schengen Area. Many passport holders (including Canada, the US, the UK and Australia) can visit visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across all Schengen countries. The EU Entry/Exit System (biometric registration at the border) is rolling out, and the ETIAS online travel authorisation is due to become mandatory; check whether it applies before you book.
💉 Vaccines & health risks
Routine vaccines. Hepatitis A and B may be considered for some travellers.
🚗 Driving
Drive on the right. Non-EU licence holders need an International Driving Permit with their licence. Historic centres have ZTL limited-traffic zones enforced by camera; driving in without a permit brings fines by mail. Blood alcohol limit 0.05% (zero for drivers licensed under 3 years).
🏥 Healthcare & emergencies
Good public healthcare; EU visitors can use their EHIC, everyone else needs travel insurance. Emergencies: 112.
⚖️ Drug laws
Possessing small amounts for personal use is an administrative offence (fines, licence or passport suspension) rather than a crime; selling is a crime. Sales of low-THC 'cannabis light' flowers were restricted in 2025.
🎉 Nightlife & party scene
Evenings start with aperitivo (around 6 to 9 pm) and dinner runs late; clubs fill after midnight. Milan has the biggest club scene; Rome's Trastevere and Pigneto, Florence's Santo Spirito and the summer beach clubs of Rimini and Sardinia are popular. Drinking age 18.
Last reviewed 2026-10-17. Entry, health and legal rules change and can depend on your passport; always confirm with official sources before you travel.
City guides
All cities in Italy (9,904)
- Cameri 10k
- Martinsicuro 10k
- Porto Recanati 10k
- Alatri 10k
- La Maddalena 10k
- Corleone 10k
- Spresiano 10k
- Montegrotto Terme 10k
- Induno Olona 10k
- Mandello del Lario 10k
- Ponzano 10k
- Procida 10k
- Belmonte Mezzagno 10k
- Partanna 10k
- Massa Lubrense 10k
- San Pancrazio Salentino 10k
- Nicosia 10k
- Vinovo 10k
- Leno 10k
- Cervinara 10k
- Ramacca 10k
- Trecastagni 10k
- Altavilla Vicentina 10k
- Creazzo 10k
- Lizzano 10k
- Gardone Val Trompia 10k
- Casteldaccia 10k
- Cologno al Serio 10k
- Campobello di Licata 10k
- Castelnovo ne'Monti 10k
- Gambettola 10k
- Villa Literno 10k
- Montignoso 10k
- Priverno 10k
- Lavinio 10k
- Terrasini 10k
- Orzinuovi 10k
- Casaluce 10k
- Celano 10k
- Randazzo 10k
- Sant'Agata di Militello 10k
- Pontassieve 10k
- Campobello di Mazara 10k
- Castel Goffredo 10k
- Acri 10k
- Ripa-Pozzi-Querceta-Ponterosso 10k
- Siano 10k
- Alfonsine 10k
- Botticino 10k
- Gerenzano 10k
- Sant'Agata Li Battiati 10k
- Mussomeli 10k
- Torre Santa Susanna 10k
- Quarrata 10k
- Capaci 10k
- Ariano Irpino-Martiri 10k
- Lurate Caccivio 10k
- Uboldo 10k
- Gualdo Tadino 10k
- Borgo San Lorenzo 10k