Italian heritage trips from San Diego

Trips from San Diego to the parts of Italy that sent families to North America, from Campania and Sicily to the Veneto, each with the cheapest round trip we've seen recently.

The cheapest matching round trip we’ve seen recently for each destination.

Cheapest right now: Catania $671 · Palermo $672 · Milan $743

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DestinationWhy goAxelDates
Naples (NAP)Naples, one of Italy's three official emigration ports, and the hill towns of Campania$921 (airline $971)Dec 8–15, 2026Check prices
Palermo (PMO)Palermo, another of the three emigration ports, and the villages of western Sicily$672 (airline $709)Dec 8–15, 2026Check prices
Catania (CTA)Catania, for eastern Sicily's towns around Etna and Messina, with Calabria across the strait$671 (airline $707)Nov 10–17, 2026Check prices
Rome (FCO)Rome, a base for the towns of Lazio and the Abruzzo and Molise villages a few hours east$805 (airline $848)Feb 12–15, 2027Check prices
Bari (BRI)Bari, for the towns of Puglia and Basilicata, with Matera about an hour inland$1,003 (airline $1,056)Nov 10–17, 2026Check prices
Milan (MXP)Milan, for roots in Lombardy and Piedmont, with Genoa's national emigration museum a train ride south$743 (airline $783)Nov 10–17, 2026Check prices
Venice (VCE)The Veneto, which sent more emigrants to Brazil than any other region, and Friuli to the east$757 (airline $801)Feb 4–9, 2027Check prices

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About these places

Italian birth, marriage and death records are kept by each town (comune), so find your family's town before you go.

Facts checked October 7, 2026. Sources: Italian diaspora (Wikipedia): the 1903 emigration ports of Palermo, Naples and Genoa · Italian Brazilians (Wikipedia): emigration from the Veneto · MEI, the National Museum of Italian Emigration, Genoa · Fondazione Paolo Cresci, Lucca

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