How to explore Rome’s Appian Way: the catacombs of St Callixtus, San Sebastiano and Domitilla, e-bike and golf cart tours, the Park of the Aqueducts and the Baths of Caracalla.
Milan for style lovers: the Quadrilatero della Moda, Villa Necchi Campiglio, Fondazione Prada, the Triennale, Armani/Silos, the Salone del Mobile and where to drink like a local.
The best art in Venice beyond the Doge’s Palace: the Accademia, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the Frari, San Rocco, Ca’ Rezzonico, Ca’ Pesaro, Palazzo Fortuny and La Fenice.
How to visit St Peter’s Basilica well: avoiding the queue, climbing the dome, the grottoes and necropolis, attending a papal audience and Santa Maria Maggiore.
Follow the Medici through Florence: Palazzo Vecchio and its secret passages, the Medici Chapels, Palazzo Medici Riccardi and Santa Maria Novella, with tickets and a two-day plan.
Which Colosseum ticket covers the arena floor, the Forum and the Palatine, when a guided tour is worth it and how to get in when tickets are sold out.
The Pantheon, Castel Sant’Angelo, the Capitoline Museums and Rome’s private palace galleries: what to see, which ticket to book and a two-day plan.
What is inside Palazzo Pitti, how to walk the Boboli Gardens, which ticket to book and how to spend a full day in Florence’s Oltrarno.
How to visit Ravenna’s UNESCO-listed mosaics: San Vitale and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Sant’Apollinare Nuovo and in Classe, which tickets to buy, Dante’s tomb and a day trip from Bologna.
How to plan Milan: Duomo rooftop tickets, the Teatro alla Scala museum, Castello Sforzesco and the Pietà Rondanini, shopping in the Quadrilatero, aperitivo on the Navigli and a two-day itinerary.