Italy regions checklist: how many of the 20 have you visited?

Italy has 20 regions, and most people's Italy is about four of them. Lazio for Rome, Tuscany for Florence, Veneto for Venice, Lombardy for Milan. That's the classic first trip, and it leaves 16 regions you haven't seen, each with its own food, dialect and coastline.

Here's an easy way to see where you stand. Go through the 20 below, tick the ones you've been to, and see your number. Whatever you tick saves on this device, so you can come back and finish later.

Prefer to see it than list it? The free Italy regions visited map colors in every region you pick and shows your percentage, the same count in map form.

The checklist

All 20 are here. Tick the ones you've been to and your progress saves in your browser.

Want it on a map instead? Open the free Italy regions visited map and the regions you ticked come with you, already filled in, ready to save or share.

The north west

Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria and the Aosta Valley. Turin and the Barolo hills, Milan and the lakes, the Cinque Terre and Portofino along the Ligurian coast, and then the Aosta Valley up against Mont Blanc, where the road signs are in French and the region is the smallest in the country. Milan usually hands people Lombardy without them noticing.

The north east

Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Emilia-Romagna. Venice and Verona, the Dolomites and the South Tyrol where the first language is German, Trieste with its Austro-Hungarian cafes, and then Emilia-Romagna, which quietly holds Bologna, Parma, Modena and most of what you think of as Italian food.

The centre

Tuscany, Umbria, Marche and Lazio. Florence, Siena and the hill towns get Tuscany ticked early, and Rome does the same for Lazio. Umbria is the green one next door with Assisi and Perugia, and Marche runs down the Adriatic side with beaches and the Sibillini mountains. Two of these four are on nearly every list, the other two on very few.

The south

Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria. Campania has Naples, Pompeii, Capri and the Amalfi Coast, so it's the one southern region most people have. Apulia is the heel, with Alberobello's trulli and the Salento beaches. Matera in Basilicata is the cave city. Abruzzo has the national parks and the bears, Calabria has the mountains and the toe, and Molise is the region Italians themselves joke does not exist.

The islands

Sicily and Sardinia, both big enough to be their own holiday. Sicily has Etna, Palermo, Taormina and Greek temples older than most of Greece's. Sardinia has the Costa Smeralda, the nuraghe towers and water people fly a long way to swim in. Two regions, two ferries or two flights, and a very satisfying pair of ticks.

See the whole collection

Every region has its own stamp in Stampie's Italian Regions collection, ready to add to your journal the day you visit.

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Quick note: Stampie is a small indie project made by people who love travel and collecting stamps. The region designs are our own, not official symbols or coats of arms. They're just a fun way to mark where you've been. 🗺️

The checklist and the map are a nice start, but they only live on this one device. To keep your regions for good, sync them across your phone and the web and line them up next to every country and city you've been to, that's what Stampie is for. Each region becomes a stamp in your journal, with your own photos and the dates you went, there whenever you want to look back.

So, how many of the 20 have you got?

FAQ

How many regions does Italy have? Italy has 20 regions. Fifteen are ordinary regions and five have special autonomous status: the Aosta Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sicily and Sardinia. They all count the same for travel, and the checklist above covers all 20.

What's the difference between a region and a province in Italy? Regions are the top level, 20 of them. Provinces sit underneath, and there are about 100, which is why an Italian address names a small province you may never have heard of. This checklist and the map work at the region level.

Is there a free Italy regions checklist? Yes. The checklist above lets you tick off every region you've been to, saves your progress on your device, and needs no account. You can also download it as a printable PDF, or color your regions in on the free Italy regions visited map.

Can I download or print the Italy regions checklist as a PDF? Yes. Tick off your regions above and hit Download as PDF for a clean, printable page with a checkbox next to all 20 and your progress at the top.

Does a train through a region count? That's up to you. Some people only count a region where they got off and did something, others count anywhere they set foot. Pick a rule and stick to it so your number always means the same thing. The Rome to Milan line alone crosses five regions.

Which Italian regions do most people miss? Molise, Basilicata and Calabria in the south, and the Aosta Valley up north. They're off the Rome to Florence to Venice route, so most people finish several trips to Italy with those still blank.

What's the best way to track the Italian regions you've visited? Something you can update in the moment beats a list you keep up from memory. Stampie turns each region into a stamp and fills in an Italy map as you go, synced across your phone and the web.