Everything you need to identify Italy in GeoGuessr — from the writing system and road signs to bollard colours, utility poles, and the landscape itself.
These are the fastest visual identifiers — things you should look for in the first few seconds of a round.
Italian uses à, è, é, ì, ò, ù — accent marks on vowels are common on signs
SS (Strada Statale) and SP (Strada Provinciale) road numbering on blue signs
Cypress trees lining roads in Tuscany — one of the most iconic Italian landscape features
Terracotta roof tiles and ochre/yellow/orange painted walls throughout
Extremely diverse — Alps in the north; Apennines through the middle; Mediterranean coast; Sicily and Sardinia islands
These details help narrow down a location once you've spotted the country — or confirm your guess when you're unsure.
EU-style; green for autostrade (motorways); blue for state roads (SS-numbers); white for local
White lines; yellow no-parking curb markings
Red and white
Red and white; blue and white in some urban areas
Concrete; wooden in rural southern Italy; some distinctive Italian metal poles
Latin (Italian)
Italy drives on the right side of the road. In-game, the Google camera car is on the right side — so oncoming traffic comes from the left. This is the norm for most of Europe, the Americas, and continental Asia.
Italy has more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country — 58 in total. It is home to the world's smallest country (Vatican City), the oldest operating university (Bologna, 1088), and has given the world pizza, pasta, opera, and the Renaissance.
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