City breaks in Italy

Three thousand years of ruins, and dinner outdoors on top.

The Renaissance in two walkable days: the David, the Uffizi and a sunset over the Arno.

A car-free city on water: San Marco, the Grand Canal and the lagoon islands in two slow days.

A raw, operatic city on a volcanic bay: the birthplace of pizza and the gateway to Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast.

Italy's red-brick food capital of endless porticoes, leaning medieval towers and the oldest university in the Western world.

Italy's fashion-and-design capital of the Gothic Duomo, the Last Supper, aperitivo and the Navigli canals.