🇮🇹 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)
- Mairano 2k
- Consandolo 2k
- Balsorano Nuovo 2k
- Nocera Scalo 2k
- Occhiobello 2k
- Bagnolo San Vito 2k
- Tonengo-Casale 2k
- Onigo 2k
- Mairano 2k
- Sferracavallo 2k
- Classe 2k
- Villa Ceccolini 2k
- Merì 2k
- Vigarano Pieve 2k
- Poli 2k
- Valdengo 2k
- Pasta 2k
- Miane 2k
- Viganò 2k
- Selvino 2k
- Quinto Vicentino 2k
- Cropani Marina 2k
- Firmo 2k
- Vitorchiano 2k
- Scerne 2k
- Baselice 2k
- Villaggio del Pino-Le Ginestre 2k
- Vignole Borbera 2k
- Cerro Veronese 2k
- Bene Vagienna 2k
- San Cipriano-S.Barbara-Centinale 2k
- Follina 2k
- Golfo Aranci 2k
- Alcara Li Fusi 2k
- Formignana 2k
- Serra de' Conti 2k
- Montagna in Valtellina 2k
- Sinopoli 2k
- Rignano Garganico 2k
- Izano 2k
- Guardavalle 2k
- Tavernola Bergamasca 2k
- Momo 2k
- Brusnengo 2k
- Piana San Raffaele 2k
- Vitulano 2k
- San Michele Tiorre 2k
- Piano di Conca 2k
- Povoletto 2k
- Montelera 2k
- Casco 2k
- Gello 2k
- Rovagnate 2k
- Marcellinara 2k
- Drubiaglio-Grangia 2k
- Monte Romano 2k
- Cassine 2k
- Saonara 2k
- Castelveccana 2k
- Benetutti 2k