Editing Tourism in Italy (section)

==Other popular destinations==
[[File:Mantova - Piazza Sordello.jpg|thumb|[[Mantua]], [[Lombardy]]]]
Apart from [[Rome]], [[Milan]], [[Naples]], [[Venice]], and [[Florence]] are the top destinations for tourism in Italy. Other major tourist locations include [[Turin]], [[Verona]], [[Bari]], [[Padua]], [[Bologna]], [[Mantua]], [[Messina]], [[Perugia]], [[Palermo]], [[Genoa]], [[Sicily]], [[Sardinia]], and [[Salento]].

Two factors in each of these locations are history and geography. The [[Roman Empire]], [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Middle Ages]], [[Italian Renaissance|Renaissance]] and the following centuries of the [[history of Italy]] have left many cultural artefacts that attract tourists.<ref name="studiare"/> Winter and summer tourism are present in many locations in the [[Alps]] and the [[Apennines]],<ref name="alloggitaly"/> while seaside tourism is widespread in coastal locations along the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref name="turismo-oggi"/>

Italy is home to [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe#Italy|60]] [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]s, more than any other country, including many entire cities such as [[Verona]], [[Siena]], [[Vicenza]], [[Ferrara]], [[San Gimignano]], [[Urbino]], [[Matera]], [[Pompei]], [[Noto]] and [[Syracuse, Sicily|Siracusa]]. [[Ravenna]] hosts an unprecedented eight different internationally recognized sites.