The Best Museums in Italy

Florence and Rome

The Uffizi in Florence hangs Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael in rooms off corridors lined with statues; tickets should be booked ahead and queues form even with a time slot. Museo Stibbert is a villa outside the centre of Florence with a collection of European and Japanese armour. The Galleria Borghese in Rome, in the Villa Borghese park, shows Bernini's marble sculptures and admits visitors in two-hour slots. The Vatican Museums are listed under Vatican City.

Naples, Taranto, Genoa

The Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples holds the frescoes, mosaics and statues from Pompeii and Herculaneum, and many visitors pair it with a trip to Pompeii. The National Archaeological Museum of Taranto shows the gold of the Greek colony. The Galata Museo del Mare in Genoa has full-size ships to board and a submarine moored outside.