Cities ranking

Italy has quietly picked up a new global title.

Northern Italy is compact enough to explore easily by train, but varied enough that you can go from Alpine peaks to lagoon cities in a matter of hours.  If you’re trying to narrow down the best cities to visit in northern Italy, it helps to start with the heavy hitters.

Italy has once again earned a place near the top of TripAdvisor’s 2026 Travellers’ Choice Awards Best of the Best for destinations.

Italy’s Capital of Culture 2026 is a mountain city that most tourists still skip in favour of Rome or the Amalfi Coast.

Italy’s big survey by a respected national financial newspaper is a handy starting point if you are trying to pin down the best places to live in Italy for quality of life.

Florence has been crowned Europe’s best city in Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards 2025.

Siena has been named the winner of the EU Green Leaf Award 2027.

When we go on holiday, what we often seek is peace, relaxation, and tranquility. But getting a break doesn’t always mean choosing small villages or rural areas—many medium and large cities in Europe offer the same.

The annual survey by the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore on the quality of life in various Italian cities and provinces has recently been published. The well-being felt by residents and the services offered greatly influence the livability of an Italian city and its province.

Unveiling Italy’s crown jewel of wealth and exclusivity, this enchanting Ligurian town isn't just famous for its breathtaking coastline and glamorous lifestyle—it also boasts the highest per capita income in the country. Based on the income declared in 2023, referring to the 2022 tax year, the

It is well known that large cities offer services, leisure possibilities, and opportunities, but smaller towns and cities also have a lot to offer. In small cities, the quality of life is often very high, as the environment is decidedly more peaceful and relaxed.

Vienna tops the list of cities with the best quality of life in 2023/2024, followed by Zurich in second place, with Auckland and Copenhagen taking third and fourth places respectively. Geneva rounds out the top five, further confirming Switzerland's positive reputation for quality of life.

There are approximately 1.57 billion self-employed workers worldwide, corresponding to 46.6 per cent of the global workforce. Those who make a living as freelancers have to consider many factors when choosing the best city to move to, from the average salary to the number of available jobs.

For the first time in 34 years, the Sole 24 Ore's annual survey on the quality of life, based on 90 parameters not only economic, assigns the province of Udine the first place in the ranking, followed on the podium by Bologna and Trento.

Used house prices in Italy fell by 0.8% on a quarterly basis to an average price of €1,845 per square metre. However, the situation varies greatly in different areas, whose reality differs significantly from the national average.

In Italy, you know that wherever you go you can eat well. But there is a real ranking of the best restaurants in the world and, according to the Compare The Market study, there are two Italian cities in the top 5: Venice, which dominates at number one, and Milan, at number five.

Rising inflation and the resulting increases in interest rates have dominated the charts in the first half of 2023. The prime residential markets have borne the brunt of the problem, but it is the sales volumes, not the prices, that are the main winners.

In the second half of 2023, rents in Italy increased by an average of 10 per cent and, on average, rental property advertisements in 9 per cent of cases remain online for just 24 hours.

The pandemic in Italy led to an increase in smart working, resulting in more people choosing digital nomad lifestyle. But in which city is it most comfortable to live like this?

The latest real found that the average selling price of used homes in May 2023 is EUR 1,858/m2 (+1.9 per cent year-on-year). This figure is part of a context in which inflation and mortgage interest rates are also rising, making it more complicated for Italian households to purchase real estate.

The eleventh edition of the Traveller Review Award, released by the well known travel website Booking, has ranked the world's most welcoming tourist destinations. And the results show that it is Italy that is home to the most welcoming city in the world.

Are you fed up with the grey winter weather and need of some vitamin D?

Where is the best weather in Italy? Which cities have the best climate?

Italian municipalities are becoming increasingly digital. Although they have a long way to go, Italy's main cities are increasingly moving towards a digitised lifestyle, thanks in part to the post-pandemic push to make life easier.

What is the most welcoming city in the world? It's a southern Italian wonder, capital of culture in 2019 and a true Italian.