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The Greatest Guide to Filming Locations in Italy

by ITALY SEGRETA TEAM

Traveling with a purpose is always better! In this case, said purpose is Italy’s best filming locations… Our country looks pretty dashing on screen, but even better in real life!! Here, 135 places to visit that have been featured on the big screen:

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ABRUZZO

  1. L’Aquila
    1. Campo Imperatore
      1. Serafino (1968)
      2. Ladyhawke (1985)
      3. King David (1985)
      4. The Name of the Rose (1986)
    2. Rocca Calascio
      1. Ladyhawke (1985)
    3. Campo Felice
      1. The Bridge’s Journey (1997)
    4. Rocca di Cambio
      1. Il ritorno di Don Camillo (1943)
    5. Ovindoli
      1. La Strada (1954)
  2. Sulmona
    1. Castel del Monte
      1. The American (2010)
  3. Pescara
    1. Pane e tulipani (2003)
    2. La Guerra degli Antò (1999)

Campo Imperatore

BASILICATA

  1. Matera
    1. No Time To Die (2021)
    2. Ben-Hur (1954)
    3. Wonder Woman (2017)
    4. Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo (1964)
    5. L’uomo delle stelle (1995)
  2.  Craco
    1. Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (1978)
    2. King David (1985)
    3. Il sole di Notte (1990)
    4. Ninfa Plebea (1996)
    5. Wertmüller e da La Lupa (1996)
    6. Terra Bruciata (1999)
    7. The Passion of the Christ (2004)

CALABRIA

  1. Cosenza
    1. Vorrei vederti ballare (2012)
  2. La Sila
    1. The Wolf of the Sila (1949)
    2. The Ballad of the Husbands (1963)
  3. Diamante
    1. L’abbuffata (2007)
  4. Reggio Calabria
    1. Un ragazzo di Calabria (1987)
    2. Corpo Celeste (2011)

Aerial view of Sumo village in Aspromonte

CAMPANIA

  1. Naples
    1. Purple Noon (1960)
    2. Royal Palace of Caserta
      1. Ciao, Professore! (1992)
      2. Star Wars Episode I (1999)
      3. Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
    3. Palazzo dello Spagnolo
      1. Il Giudizio universale (1961)
      2. Piedone lo Sbirro (1973)
      3. La Pelle (1981)
    4. Piazza Del Gesù
      1. Matrimonio all’Italiana (1964)
  2. Procida 
    1. Il Postino (1995) 
    2. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
  3. Capri
    1. Villa Malaparte
      1. Il disprezzo (Contempt, 1963)
  4. Ischia
    1. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
  5. Salerno
    1. Castellabate
    2. Benvenuti al Sud (2010)

Ischia

EMILIA ROMAGNA

  1. Modena 
    1. Novecento (1900; 1976)
    2. Corso Canalgrande
      1. Ferrari (2023)
  2.  Ferrara
    1. Ossessione (Obsession; 1943)
  3. Comacchio
    1. La Donna del Fiume (The River Girl; 1955) 
  4. Rimini
    1. The Grand Hotel
      1. La Prima Notte di Quiete (Indian Summer, 1972)
    2. Cinema Fulgor
      1. Amarcord (1973)
  5. Parma
    1. Castello di Torrechiara
      1. Ladyhawke (1985)
    2. Piazza Mazzini
      1. Novecento (1900; 1976)
  6. Bologna
    1.  L’incredibile Storia Dell’Isola Rose (2020)
    2. Piazza della Mercanzia
      1. Quo Vadis, Baby? (“Where Are You Going, Baby?”, 2005)
  7.  Raveena
    1. Po Delta Interregional Park
      1. Delta (2022)

Comacchio

FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA

  1. Udine
    1. Cividale
      1. Il Commissario Montalbano: L’altro capo del filo (2019)
    2. Coderno di Sedegliano
      1. Gli Ultimi (1962)
  2.  Trieste
    1. La Forza del Passato (2002)
    2. Diverso da chi? (2009)
  3. Tarvisio
    1. Camporosso
      1. Scappo a casa (2019)
  4. Gorizia
    1. Grado
      1. Medea (1969)

Comacchio

LAZIO

  1. Rome
    1. Museum of Roman Civilization
      1. Spectre (2015)
    2. Villa di Fiorano
      1. Spectre (2015)
    3. EUR District (Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, the Basilica of SS. Pietro and Paolo and the Congress Palace)
      1. Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio (The Temptations of Doctor Antonio, 1962)
    4. Garbatella
      1. Caro Diario (Dear Diary, 1993)
    5. Via Veneto
      1. Harry’s Bar
        1. La Dolce Vita (1960)
    6. Spanish Steps
      1. The Girls of the Spanish Steps (1952)
      2. Roman Holiday (1953)
      3. We Were So Loved (1985)
    7. Palazzo dei Conservatori
      1. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
    8. Trevi Fountain
      1. La Dolce Vita (1960)
      2. Risate di Gioia (1960)
      3. C’eravamo Tanto Amati (1974)
      4. The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)
    9. The Pantheon
      1. Umberto D. (1952)
    10. Piazza Navona
      1. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
      2. All the Money in the World (2017) 
    11. Fontana Dell’acqua Paola
      1. La Grande Bellezza (2013)
    12. Porta Portese
      1. Ladri di Biciclette (1948)
      2. Soliti Ignoti (1958)
    13. Il Pigneto
      1. Roma Città Aperta (1945)
      2. Accattone (1961)
    14. Trattoria Biondo Tevere 
      1. Bellissima (1951)
    15. La Veranda Dell’Hotel Columbus 
      1. La Grande Bellezza (2013)
    16. Necci dal 1924
      1. Accattone (1961)
    17. Osteria Margutta
      1. To Rome with Love (2012)
    18. Santa Maria in Campitelli
      1. House of Gucci (2021)
    19. Castel Gandolfo
      1. The Two Popes (2019)

Trevi Fountain

LIGURIA

  1. Genova
    1. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
    2. Bewitched (1986)
    3. Genova (2008)
    4. Scent of a Woman (1974)
  2. Portofino
    1. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
  3. Cinque Terre
    1. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 
    2. Luca (2021)

Portofino

LOMBARDY

  1. Lake Como
    1. Villa Balbiano
      1. Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
      2. Casino Royale (2006)
      3. House of Gucci (2021)
    2. Villa Erba
      1. Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
    3. Bellagio
      1. Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960) 
  2. Cremona
    1. Piazza del Duomo 
      1. Call Me By Your Name (2017)
  3. Lake Garda
    1. Quantum of Solace (2008)
  4. Mantova
    1. Santuario delle Grazie in Curtatone
      1. 900 (1976)
  5. Milan
    1. Villa Necchi Campiglio
      1. Io sono l’amore (I Am Love, 2009)
      2. House of Gucci (2021)
    2. Il Salumaio restaurant
      1. House of Gucci (2021)
    3. Piazza del Duomo
      1. Miracle in Milan (1951)

MARCHE

  1. Ancona
    1. Corsage (2022)
    2. The son’s room (2001) 
    3. Obsession (1943)
  2. Fabriano
    1. Gentile Theater
      1. The Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974)

Riviera del Conero, Marche

MOLISE 

  1. Campobasso
    1. Don’t Move (2004)
    2. Sole a Catinelle (2013)
  2. Isernia
    1. Venafro
      1. The Law is the Law (1958)
    2. Volturno River
      1. Continuavano a chiamarlo trinità (1971)

Art by @biancoshock for CVTA; Photo courtesy of @cvtastreetfest.

PIEDMONT

  1. Turin
    1. Profondo Rosso (Deep Red, 1975)
    2. Double Game (1977)
    3. Santa Maradona (2001)
    4. After Midnight (2004)
    5. Il Divo (2008)
    6. Venuto al mondo (2012)
    7. Lingotto 
      1. The Italian Job (1969) 
    8. Porta Palazzo
      1. La donna della domenica (1975)
    9. Villa Capriglio
      1. Suspiria (1977) 
    10. Valentino Castle
      1. War and Peace (1956)
  2. Alba
    1. The Truffle Hunters (2020)

Turin

PUGLIA

  1. Bari
    1. LaCapaGira (1999) 
    2. Pinocchio (2019)
    3. Stardust (1973)
    4. The Life Ahead (2020)
    5. Mio Cognato (2003)
  2. Gravina in Puglia
    1. No Time To Die (2021)
  3. Polignano a Mare
    1. The Girl with the Pistol (1968)

Polignano a Mare, Photo by Lavinia Cernau

SARDINIA

  1. Sassari
    1. Port of Palau
      1. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
    2. Hotel Cala di Volpe
      1. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
    3. Spiaggia Capriccioli
      1. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  2. Cagliari
    1. The Man Who Bought the Moon (2018)
  3. Medio Campidano
    1. Marina di Arbus
      1. Black Stallion (1979)
  4. Nuoro
    1. Cala Luna
      1. Mr. Robinson (1966)
    2. Oliena
      1. The Bible (1966)
  5. La Maddalena Archipelago
    1. Budelli
      1. Red Desert (1964)
  6. Oristano
    1. A Small Southern Enterprise (2013)

SICILY

  1. Palermo
    1. Bagheria
      1. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
      2. Villa Palagonia
        1. Baaria (2009)
  2. Cefalù
    1. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
  3. Trapani
    1. Tonnara di Scopello
      1. Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
  4. Marsala
    1. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
  5. Pantelleria
    1. Tenuta Borgia
      1. A Bigger Splash (2015)
  6. Savoca
    1. Bar Vitelli
      1. The Godfather (1972)
  7. Taormina
    1. La Regola d’Oro (2020) 
    2. The White Lotus (2022)
  8. Catania
    1. Mount Etna
      1. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (2005)
      2. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
  9. Siracusa
    1. Piazza Duomo
      1. Malena (2000)
  10.  Aeolian Islands
    1. Il Postino (1994)
    2. Caro Diario (1993), episode titled “Islands”
    3. Stromboli (1950)
    4. L’avventura (1960)

TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE 

  1. Bolzano – South Tyrol
    1. Val Senales Valley
      1. Everest (2015)
      2. Siberia (2020)
    2. Monticolo Lakes
      1. La befana vien di notte (2018)
    3. Neves Reservoir
      1. Where the Road leads (2020)
    4.  Three Peaks / Alta Pusteria
      1. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
  2. San Cassiano in Badia
    1. The Great Silence (1968)

Val Gardena, Trentino Alto Adige

TUSCANY

  1. Siena
    1. Quantum of Solace (2008)
  2. San Quirico d’Orcia
    1. The Gladiator (2000)
  3. Montepulciano
    1. The English Patient (1996)
    2. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)
    3. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
  4. Massa
    1. Carrara marble quarries
      1. Quantum of Solace (2008)
  5. Florence
    1. I Vitelloni (1953)
    2. Amici miei (1975)
    3. A Room with a view (1986)
    4. I Laureati (1995)
    5. Portrait of a lady (1996)
    6. Tea with Mussolini (1999)
    7. ​​Hannibal (2001)
    8. Inferno (2016)
    9. Santa Maria Novella
      1. Amici miei (1975)
  6. Chianti
    1. Villa Le Torre
      1. Quantum of Solace (2008)
  7. Arezzo
    1. La vita è bella (1997)
  8. Cortona
    1. Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
  9. Leccio
    1. Castello di Sammezzano 
      1. Tale of Tales (2015)

UMBRIA

  1. Perugia
    1. Benedetta (2021)
    2. Scuola di Cioccolato
      1. Lezioni di cioccolato (2007)
  2. Spoleto
    1. In Arte Nino (2016)
    2. Copperman (2019)
  3. Todi
    1. A Perfect Family (2012)
  4. Gubbio
    1. Romeo & Juliet (1968)
  5. Bevagna
    1. Benedetta (2021)
  6. Terni
    1. In Arte Nino (2016)

VALLE D’AOSTA

  1. Gressoney-La-Trinité and Gressoney-Saint-Jean
    1. House of Gucci (2021)
  2. Courmayeur
    1. Skyway Monte Bianco
      1. Kingsmen: The Golden Circle (2016)
  3. Bard
    1. Forte di Bard
      1. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Photography Valle D’Aosta, 1991 by Gabriele Basilico/Archivio Gabriele Basilico

VENETO

  1. Venice
    1. Rialto Market Santa Sofia
      1. The Tourist (2010)
    2. Piazza San Marco
      1. Moonraker (1979)
      2. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
      3. Casino Royale (2006)
      4. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
    3. Grande Canal
      1. The Italian Job (2003)
      2. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
    4. Hotel Excelsior
      1. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
    5. Palazzo Pisani
      1. Moonraker (1979)
      2. Casino Royale (2006)
    6. Grand Hotel des Bains
      1. Death in Venice (1971)
    7. Chiesa di San Barnaba
      1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
    8. Bridge of Sighs
      1. From Russia with Love (1963)
    9. Ca’ Rezzonico
      1. Moonraker (1979)
      2. Casino Royale (2006)
  2. Cortina d’Ampezzo
    1. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Elegant restaurant interior with blue walls, vintage mirrors, posters, white-tableclothed tables, and a bar visible through an open doorway. Elegant restaurant with blue walls, gold mirrors, red chairs, white tablecloths; posters and logos visible. Stylish adjoining room.

Campo Imperatore

Rocca Calascio

Campo Felice

Rocca di Cambio

Ovindoli

Castel del Monte

Pescara

Matera

Craco

Cosenza

La Sila

Diamante

Reggio Calabria

Naples

Royal Palace of Caserta

Palazzo dello Spagnolo

Piazza Del Gesù

Procida

Villa Malaparte

Ischia

Castellabate

Modena

Corso Canalgrande

Ferrara

Comacchio

The Grand Hotel Rimini

Cinema Fulgor

Castello di Torrechiara

Piazza Mazzini

Bologna

Piazza della Mercanzia

Po Delta Interregional Park

Cividale

Coderno di Sedegliano

Trieste

Camporosso

Grado

Museum of Roman Civilization

Villa di Fiorano

EUR District

Garbatella

Harry’s Bar

Spanish Steps

Palazzo dei Conservatori

Trevi Fountain

The Pantheon

Piazza Navona

Fontana Dell’acqua Paola

Porta Portese

Il Pigneto

Trattoria Biondo Tevere

Ristorante la Veranda

Necci dal 1924

Osteria Margutta

Santa Maria in Campitelli

Castel Gandolfo

Genova

Portofino

Cinque Terre

Villa Balbiano

Villa Erba

Bellagio

Piazza del Duomo

Lake Garda

Santuario delle Grazie in Curtatone

Villa Necchi Campiglio

Il Salumaio restaurant

Piazza del Duomo, Milan

Ancona

Gentile Theater, Fabriano

Campobasso

Venafro

Venafro River

Turin

Lingotto

Porta Palazzo

Villa Capriglio

Valentino Castle

Alba

Bari

Gravina in Puglia

Polignano a Mare

Port of Palau

Hotel Cala di Volpe

Spiaggia Capriccioli

Cagliari

Marina di Arbus

Cala Luna

Oliena

Budelli

Oristano

Bagheria

Villa Palagonia

Cefalù

Tonnara di Scopello

Marsala

Tenuta Borgia

Bar Vitelli

Taormina

Mount Etna

Piazza Duomo

Aeolian Islands

Val Senales Valley

Monticolo Lakes

Neves Reservoir

Three Peaks / Alta Pusteria

San Cassiano in Badia

Siena

San Quirico d'Orcia

Montepulciano

Carrara marble quarries

Florence

Santa Maria Novella

Torre in Chianti

Arezzo

Cortona

Castello di Sammezzano

Perugia

Casa del Cioccolato Perugina

Spoleto

Todi

Gubbio

Bevagna

Terni

Gressoney-La-Trinité

Gressoney-Saint-Jean

Courmayeur

Ford di Bard

Rialto Market Santa Sofia

Piazza San Marco

Grande Canal

Hotel Excelsior

Palazzo Pisani

Grand Hotel des Bains

Chiesa di San Barnaba

Bridge of Sighs

Ca’ Rezzonico

Cortina d’Ampezzo