With cooler weather and fewer crowds, autumn is a great time to travel to Italy. You’ll never lack for things to see and do in this country, but here are ten ideas for special travel experiences during the fall season.

1. GENOA: Don’t miss the Rolli Days (October 12, 13), when many of Genoa’s aristocratic palaces will be open to the public, some only for the event, or even for the first time. The Palazzi dei Rolli were those grand dwellings built typically in the 1500s and 1600s by the local nobility which became part the rolli, or lists, of fine homes approved by the government for foreign dignitaries to stay.