Best places: Open air museums in Italy

Archaeological area protecting the ruins of Herculaneum, an ancient city destroyed by Vesuvius.

A carved frieze winds up around the outside of this column erected upon victory in the Dacian wars.

Storied 17th-century complex with multiple chapels filled with art & frescoes, plus amenities.

Excavated site with a 3,000-year-old well temple, Bronze Age ruins & a medieval Christian church.

👍 Nice experience, lovely guide lady. Entrance ticket is €8, the tour is around 10-15 min and then you can stay and enjoy on the park. Tours run every hour

16th-century building housing vast collection of Primitive & Renaissance paintings & masterpieces.

One-time villa residence of Gabriele d'Annunzio, with memorabilia & an amphitheater in the grounds.

Remains of 4th-century AD residential villa & estate, rich with Roman mosaics & wall paintings.

Wooded gardens built by a 19th-century pope with paths to caves, grottoes, waterfalls & Roman ruins.

👍👍 Breathtaking! This castle is a must see! You can walk all around and enjoy the 360 degrees views. There is also the entry to a small museum included in the ticket also. The information office has lots of interesting leaflets of other places to visit in Veneto too. The staff was cordial and polite. D...

👍👍 Beautiful little village with vibrant and interesting murals

👍👍 A wonderful experience in all regards! The staff is professional, courteous, and helpful. The entire tour was interesting and well executed. Highly recommended.

👍👍 Totally worth it. Was wondering if it was a tourist trap. It's not. The guy giving the tour is from the family who owns the property and talked about how past generations used it. It's beautiful. Walking around it is such a treat

👍👍 Meraviglioso borgo medioevale tra i più belli d'Italia, impossibile non emozionarsi attraversando le sua mura. Un tesoro nascosto della nostra penisola che merita almeno una visita.

👍👍 The fort is easily reachable from the center of Tresché Conca through an asphalted road, which leads to a large parking lot, before the entrance gates. At the entrance you can take advantage of the bathrooms and a modest restaurant and bar service, which is limited to sandwiches or a mixed platter...

Villa & archaeological site in the countryside featuring a museum with marble friezes & sculptures.

👍👍 Sehr schönes gepflegtes Landesmuseum in Bruneck. Hier kann man den geschichtlichen Alltag der bäuerlichen Bevölkerung kennen lernen. Es gibt dort sehenswerte Ausstellungsstücke und alte Gebäude. Absolut eine Besichtigung wert.

👍👍 Questo presepe non è solo un presepe. È un museo della civiltà contadina. Incapsula la vita dei contadini cremaschi nella prima metà del 1900. Sono esposri strumenti, mobili, indumenti del periodo. Sono raffigurato i mestieri del periodo e le attività quitidiane. Ci sono tantissime statute di animal...

Large, whimsical art installations inspired by tarot cards draw visitors to an indoor-outdoor park.

👍 I liked this city, they are creatives! I mean Comune, Municipal and city devolepment offices. Lots of Disney and famous cartoons wall street painting. Good job