Italy has always been a favourite for foreign visitors, and there is a strong tradition of renting holiday houses and villas in areas like Tuscany and Umbria.

Cities like Florence, Venice and Rome are enchanting, and the countyside, history and traditions of Italy are wonderful.

Lonely Planet Guide to Italy

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The top 40 Italian Cities and their populations:

1 Roma (Rome) 2,648,843, 2 Milano (Milan) 1,305,591, 3 Napoli (Naples) 1,046,987, 4 Torino (Turin) 921,485, 5 Palermo 689,349, 6 Genova (Genoa) 655,704, 7 Bologna 385,813, 8 Firenze (Florence) 381,762, 9 Catania 341,685, 10 Bari 335,647

11 Venezia (Venice) 297,743, 12 Messina 262,524, 13 Verona 254,146, 14 Trieste 222,589, 15 Padova (Padua) 213,072, 16 Taranto 212,381, 17 Brescia 190,059, 18 Reggio di Calabria 179,829, 19 Modena 174,686, 20 Cagliari 173,564

21 Prato 168,683, 22 Parma 167,685, 23 Livorno (Leghorn) 164,371, 24 Foggia 156,327, 25 Perugia 152,379, 26 Salerno 143,580, 27 Ravenna 137,129, 28 Ferrara 134,703, 29 Rimini 129,720, 30 Siracusa (Syracuse) 127,345

31 Sassari 121,455, 32 Monza 119,420, 33 Pescara 118,473, 34 Bergamo 117,096, 35 Latina 111,047, 36 Terni 108,521, 37 Vicenza 108,041 38, Forli 107,909 39, Trento (Trent) 103,269, 40 Novara 102,327

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