Travel Quizzes - Italy

Can you answer these questions about travel to Italy based on their hints? Features of Lonely Planet's travel books have been adapted into this quiz format.

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Last updated: May 15, 2020

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Italy's Top 18
Hint	Answer
Western Europe's first superpower	Rome
Home of Basilica di San Marco	Venice
Region home to Florence, as well as many museums and artworks	Tuscany
Coastline filled with mountains, crags, villages and forests	Amalfi Coast
Former town frozen in time after a famous catastrophe	Pompeii
Pink-hued, granite mountains with harsh, jagged summits in Northern Italy	Dolomites
Region of Italy home to the city of Bologna	Emilia-Romagna
Famous Italian city with the same name as another city in Florida	Naples
Part of the Graian Alps as well as the first Italian National park.	Paradiso
An Italian island containing rugged coastal beauty such as along Costa Verde	Sardinia
Trails that go through vineyards and hillsides that used to be a form of punishment	Italian Riviera
Called the most spectacular of the Lombard lakes	Lago di Como
Mountain range full of icy peaks that spans multiple countries	Alps
Extravagant royal palace in Turin	Savoy Palace
Made from many small tiles, and often mentioned as part of the Renaissance	Mosaics
Europe's largest volcano and a largely active one	Mount Etna

Need to Know...
Hint	Answer
Currency	Euro
Language	Italian
High Season (July to ____)	August
Low Season (_____to March)	November

If You Like...
Hint	Answer
Masterpieces
Michelangelo has a large ceiling fresco in this Roman chapel	Sistine Chapel
Food
Found in places like Tuscany and Umbria and described as the world's most coveted fungi	Truffles
Found fresh in coastal places such as Venice, Sardinia, and Sicily	Seafood
Italy's famous export eaten in America all the time	Pizza
One of Italy's famous cheeses, but not mozzarella	Parmesan
Islands and Beaches
Home to sandy beaches including Baia dei Turchi	Puglia
Many beaches like Spiaggia del Principe are located on this large Italian island	Sardinia
Island that sits in Europe's largest marine park is also one of the islands where Napoleon was banished to	Elba

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3 Comments

Level 82

May 15, 2020

If you ask for a coast - you should please accept the answer without needing the word "coast" as well. Likewise why not accept "riviera" and Como"?

Level 53

May 15, 2020

Thank you for the suggestions. Everything should be fixed now.

Level 79

Mar 20, 2026

Hi, some clarifications (I'm Italian):

The Savoy Palace doesn't exist, it's called the Royal Palace (Palazzo Reale).

The mosaics have nothing to do with the Renaissance; they're almost all medieval.