Italy Travel Foodie Highlights For Summer 2026

Rome—Italian meals is all the time a trip favourite.

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Italy is all the time a perennial journey favourite, and there is all the time a great purpose to discover new delights, significantly culinary ones. From Lake Como and Pompeii to journey writers’ favorites of Campi Flegrei’s historic baths and Tuscany’s wild Garfagnana, these Italy journey tendencies have one thing for everybody, and with food-led journey booming, the seafront eating places in Positano, Sardinia, Liguria, and Puglia are drawing vacationers with a ardour for meals.

CNTraveler’s just lately listed of the Best Things To Do In Lake Como, such because the End of War museum, the place Mussolini was stopped on the finish of World War Two, the Silk Museum celebrating Como’s position because the silk capital within the nineteenth century, and Villa Gaze from the James Bond and Star Wars franchises.

Lonely Planet lists the Best Day Trips from Rome, together with the traditional ruins at Ostia Antica, the UNESCO World Heritage City of the Dead in Cerveteri, and, in fact, Pompeii. And its writers checklist the Underrated Italian Getaways, notably the traditional baths at Campi Flegrei, west of Naples and Garfagnana in Tuscany.

Italy Travel Food And Hotel Pairings

Italian journey specialists Citalia showcase Italy’s most spectacular seafront eating places, every paired with close by accommodations, following the pattern of individuals looking for cuisine-led journey—their analysis reveals that over two in 5 (42%) vacationers say foods and drinks is crucial issue when deciding on a vacation spot. Wine tasting and winery excursions are additionally standard.

La Sponda in Positano is the proper place to eat spaghetti with lobster at sundown, paired with the elegant Palazzo Murat. In Sardinia, strive Le Dune for Bottarga-topped pasta over a protracted lunch, with uninterrupted views throughout Campana Beach, staying on the Conrad Chia Laguna Sardinia.

On the Amalfi Coast, observe in Stanley Tucci’s footsteps in Searching for Italy to eat the signature dish at Ristorante Lo Scoglio, the Spaghetti alla Nerano—fried zucchini and Provolone del Monaco. You can swim within the sheltered coves of Marina del Cantone, eat within the household restaurant based in 1958 with produce grown on the household farm, and when the solar is low, you possibly can eat overlooking the ocean. The Hotel Marincanto is close by, on the water.

If octopus is extra your factor, you possibly can lunch, barefoot on the sand on the Michelin-starred La Pineta in Tuscany, staying on the Augustus Hotel and Resort. Heather Green of Citalia suggests “La Pineta feels effortlessly special because it doesn’t try too hard, you’re dining barefoot on the beach, yet the sourcing and technique are exceptional. I’d suggest timing your visit for lunchtime, when the sea and sunshine become part of the experience.”

Alternatively, you might go for the tasting menu for dinner at Ristorante Sarri in Liguria. Try the seafood crudo with Ligurian olive oil, led by Michelin-starred chef Andrea Sarri with sea bass tartare, fish carpaccio and seasonal pasta formed by what’s landed that morning on the menu. Explore the outdated city of Porto Maurizio earlier than heading off to Royal Hotel Sanremo.

Suspended inside a limestone cave above the Adriatic, Grotta Palazzese in Puglia, is one in every of Italy’s most theatrical eating rooms, excellent for sea bass, scollops, lobster and caviar. Arrive earlier than sundown within the place as soon as used for 18th-century banquets, it’s now led by Apulian-born chef Martino Ruggieri, whose tasting menus showcase regional seafood and refined southern flavors. You can spend your time swimming within the cove under the city’s bridge, Monachile, earlier than heading off to a room at Il Melograno, a Sixteenth-century masseria surrounded by olive groves.

Or strive Da Gemma, open since 1872, on the Amalfi Coast for the Linguine alle vongole, greatest at lunch after exploring Amalfi Town. Stay on the Hotel Marina Riviera with views over the Tyrrhenian Sea and a rooftop swimming pool, and cease by the Amalfi Paper Museum that’s housed in an outdated paper mill relationship again to the thirteenth century.

If you are seeking to strive new locations, in picturesque settings throughout trending Italy journey hotspots, these seaside gems ought to present some inspiration.

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