Where do Italians like to Vacation in Italy?

I like the tips about where to go in August!

An article suitable for a financial network - the content is based on the feathery opinions of three people and one's a real estate agent.

In summer Italians like to vacation, for the most part, on the coast or on the mountains.
On the coast closer to home, many have a second home for the summer vacation or weekend getaway. So for example many Florentines have a second house on the Tuscan coast where they spend their vacation (and summer weekends). People in Emilia Romagna do the same either on the Adriatic Coast, or (those from Parma especially) on the Marble Riviera (near Marina di Carrara) or in Versilia (from Parma it's a short drive via the A15 freeway). But in summer many spend time in seaside towns far from home in the south and the islands (Sicily or Sardinia or other minor islands). The best sea is in the south (Puglia and Calabria especially) and on the islands (Sardinia especially but also Sicily and many smaller islands).
Incidentally places that are very popular with Americans (Cinque Terre or Amalfi Coast) are not places that are on top of the list for Italians' vacationers. Maybe because of the crowds or the cost.
Many also like to vacation on the lakes and the mountains (Alps or Apennines). But I would say the majority prefers the sea. Very few Italians would consider vacationing in cities like Florence or Rome in summer. That is too crazy hot. In summer people stay away from those. Art cities is something Italians visit in spring or autumn but generally only for a few days, not for extended vacations.

If some crazy virus prevented me from going abroad in Summer, Sardinia and Sicily would be my first choices.

Free Camping in Abruzzo would turn out at the third place. I like bears.

Not Puglia only because I was forced to stay there any given summer till I was 15.

I did Tuscany when I was a biker, but it's like the measles: Once is enough. I return to Florence when there are special things to see, like the restoration of the Brancacci Chapel and the Bandini Pietà.

Food sucks on the Amalfi Coast and anyway it's Britons-Land.

Never heard about the Cinque Terre as such before the 90s, it was "the small cheap villages not far from Portofino". Today nobody goes there in Summer because of the crowds.

Frankly I have never heard anyone saying "Hey, this season Let's spend a couple of weeks in the Cinque Terre". Thanks to Ryan Air you can see all Europe with the same money.

@Roberto & @Dario

Most insightful and educational posts on the vacation preferences of Italia. Suggest you be greedy and keep the west coast of Sardinia to yourselves.

I did not like the CNN editorial giving away the name of the islands off Abruzzo, Nor the last paragraph. Could impinge on my style.

Regards Ron