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The Five Best Cities in Italy

Which are the five best cities in Italy? Very difficult question and I am going to do my best to answer it. I am sure you won't agree with all of them so please let me know your favorite Italian cities or what makes Italy so special for you.

Being Italian I know how passionate people can get about their home city so no doubt I will get some rude comments.

If it was about putting your own city first my family town of Vicenza would be top! Still if I did that my very rational, sensible and not Italian hubby would have never let me hear the end of it.

The five best cities listed are in no particular order. You will notice many are cities in northern Italy but that bias is perhaps because I have lived for over ten years in the north of Italy and anyway south of Rome there are no big cities I like - I really can't stand Naples in particular. A beautiful setting yes, but the people do there best to ruin that... now I'm in trouble:)

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1) Venice Italy

The most romantic city on earth, nowhere is quite like Venice Italy and Venice is certainly the best of all the cities in northern Italy if not the best city in Italy.

2) Turin

The city of kings, Turin or Torino is an elegant city full of palaces and some of the best food in Italy.

3) Florence

Probably my least favorite of the five, Florence is still a great place.

4) Verona

The city is wonderful and the Roman Arena is on my list of things that make Italy so special.

5) Rome

Last but certainly not least is Rome. Perhaps the greatest city on earth, chaotic and yet wonderful.

Which cities nearly made the list?

Lucca, Urbino, Sienna and maybe Bari. Naples and Milan are two cities I really don't like at all and would not even include them in the top twenty.

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