From ancient ruins to coastal towns, navigate la dolce vita like a local
Uber operates in Italy only as a premium service (Uber Black/Lux), so use Freenow or ItTaxi for everyday rides. Train tickets sell out fast. Book Trenitalia or Italo in advance, especially for high-speed routes. WhatsApp is essential as hosts, guides, and taxi drivers all prefer it over SMS or calls.
Delivers restaurant meals in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, Naples, Palermo and Catania.
Delivers restaurant meals in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, Naples, Palermo and Catania.
Delivers meals in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, Naples, Palermo and Catania.
Delivers meals in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, Naples, Palermo and Catania.
Fee-free euro spending for Italy's contactless-by-law card terminals, plus cheap ATM withdrawals for the small-town trattorias and beach clubs that still quietly insist on cash.
Italy's own QR payment app with millions of users, taken at supermarkets, bars, tabaccherie and small merchants, often with cashback promotions and no card involved at all.
Mid-market euro conversion for Italy, where you will still feed cash to small-town trattorias, beach lidos and the espresso counter more often than you planned.
The default communication app in Italy. Accommodation hosts, tour guides, taxi drivers, and restaurants all rely on WhatsApp.
Essential navigation tool for Italy, covering walking routes, driving, transit, and cycling across even small towns and coastal villages.
Official app for Italy's national rail network, covering high-speed Frecce trains, Intercity, and regional routes with mobile boarding passes.
Italy's private high-speed rail competitor, often undercutting Trenitalia on price between major cities. Offers frequent flash sales.
Leading restaurant reservation platform in Italy with real-time table availability and exclusive discounts up to 50%.
Reliable mobile internet at better prices than most travel eSIMs, with polished iOS and Android apps and support for making and receiving phone calls.
One of the biggest travel eSIM brands, with a very large destination catalog.
Known for unlimited-data plans in many destinations, at a higher price per gigabyte.
If you might want a longer or non-tourist plan, get a codice fiscale free from the Agenzia delle Entrate early on: a PDF or the official email is usually accepted rather than the plastic card. Passport registration is mandatory even at airport kiosks, so budget 5 to 10 minutes of paperwork. Some MVNOs such as Very Mobile require an Italian tax code and delivery to an Italian postal address, so they are not a tourist route, and EU roaming allowances are a capped sub-allowance rather than the full domestic bundle.
The old incumbent, with the best rural and mountain coverage.
Fastest 5G in cities and the best English-language support. Also the strongest network on Sardinia.
The largest network by tower count, with high-value bundles. Strong on Sardinia too.
The price disruptor, with transparent low-cost high-data plans. Few staffed stores, but its self-service Simbox kiosks issue a SIM in minutes.
The essential apps for Italy are Freenow, Glovo, Just Eat, Revolut, WhatsApp.
We've curated 15 apps across 7 categories for traveling in Italy, including 8 essential apps.
Freenow is the top-rated ride hailing app in Italy. Books app-dispatched car or taxi rides in Rome, Milan, Florence, Bologna, Turin and Naples.
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