Guide to Women’s Travel In

Italy

Six Solo Trips to Italy for Women in 2025

These women-friendly trips to Italy will have you sailing through Sicily, journaling in Orvieto, or sipping limoncello on the Amalfi Coast.

Woman looking at the city of Florence from the viewpoint

JourneyWoman Staff

Where to Stay in Florence, Italy: Recommendations From Solo Women

Women share their top choices on where to stay in Florence, Italy, including hotels, hostels, and affordable options...

Aerial view of red modern high speed train moving near river in alpine mountains at sunrise in spring

JourneyWoman Staff

15 Stunning Train Trips to Inspire Your Travels in 2025

These train trips across Europe, Asia, Africa and Canada remind us that the journey can be more memorable than the...

View on Aventine Hill, Rome, at sunset in summer

JourneyWoman Staff

Where to Stay in Rome, Italy: Recommendations From Solo Women

Women share their top choices on where to stay in Rome, Italy, including hotels, hostels, and affordable options...

View of Mt Etna near catania sicily from Taormina

Carolyn Ray

Catania, Sicily, the Island of Dreams and Legends

Catania, Sicily offers rocky volcanic coastlines, where treasures of the ancient world sit next to Baroque monuments...

Woman eating mussels at the food market on a food tour.

JourneyWoman Staff

Will Travel for Food: Food Tours for Solo Women

Not only do food tours give insight into a culture, they are a great way for solo women to connect with locals and...

Experience Italy

Find a Woman-Friendly Tour to Italy

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More Stories From Italy to Inspire You

Florence, Tuscany, Italy during the low season at the Duomo.

Carolyn Ray

Christmas in Florence, Italy: Lights and Laughter

Jane Caporal of Row-Venice, teaching rowing in Venice

Diana Eden

Going to Venice? Learn How to Row Like a Venetian!

Diana Eden

Venice Travel Tips for Women Over 80

Sally Jane Smith

Sarah Winman’s “Still Life”: A Love Letter to Florence, Italy

solo woman with hiking poles who's not thinking about loneliness

Marion Broverman

Best Tips From JourneyWoman Readers From July 2023

Turquoise water and rocky cliffs in Capo Testa, Sardinia

Tina Hartas

Ten Great Books Set in The Mediterranean

Woman enjoying the sunset on Itsukushima Island or Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan

Marion Broverman

Best Tips From JourneyWoman Readers From April 2023

View of Split the second largest city of Croatia at night. Shore of the Adriatic Sea and famous Palace of the Emperor Diocletian. Traveling concept background. Mediterranean countries.

Carolyn Ray

From Dubrovnik to Split, Four Places For Adventurous Solo Women to Discover in Croatia

Adult woman eating pasta and drinking red wine while sitting in cafe indoors

JourneyWoman Staff

We Asked Women: “What’s Your Most Memorable Culinary Travel Experience?”

Guest Writer

Textile Travel: Five Places to See Stunning Artisan Crafts in India and Europe

Two women friends outdoors with paper city map

Breanna Schnurr

JourneyWoman Readers Share Their Top Travel Tips for May 2022

Kaluga region, Russia - March 2019: Monument to Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta), a Catholic nun. Ethnographic Park Ethnomir

Amanda Burgess

Finding Your Purpose Through Volunteer Travel

Carolyn Ray

Tembi Locke’s Book “From Scratch”: A Memoir on Healing and Love Set in Sicily

A group of women in a cooking lesson in Bali

JourneyWoman Staff

The Best Culinary Travel Experiences, Recommended by our Women’s Tour Operators

Santa Maria della Salute church in Venice at sunset books about italy

Tina Hartas

10 Books to Make You Fall in Love With Italy… Again

View of Tabaccara famous sea place of Lampedusa

Amanda Burgess

Five Stunning Less-Travelled Places for Adventurous Women to Explore

Guide to Women’s Travel In

Italy

Experience Italy

Discover Italy

Seduced by Sicily: How Palermo Captured my Heart

Ostuni, Italy: Wanders in Puglia’s Magical ‘White City’ in the Off Season

Called ‘the Florence of the South’, Puglia’s Best Kept Secret is a Baroque Jewel

JourneyWoman Webinar: Travel to France and Italy With Best-Selling Authors on March 26

Hotels We’d Travel the World For, Just to Stay Again

Literary Adventures: Travel in France and Italy With Best-Selling Authors

Where to Eat in Florence, Italy, From a Culinary Expert

Five Off-Season Day Trips from Florence, Including Cinque Terre, Siena, Pisa and Lucca

More Stories From Italy to Inspire You

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