Museo Storico dell'Aeronautica Militare, Vigna di Valle

First of all, as long you can get to it, entry is free. It is open every day except Mondays. For aviation enthusiasts this is a must see. The aircraft are presented immaculately and most have English text explanations. There are many rare aircraft exhibited including three Italian entries for the Schneider trophy. These are worth the visit on their own. For plastic modellers excellent reference photos are possible, especially of the Italian camouflage patterns. As an added bonus the restaurant is excellent and very cheap and also the museum is on the lake shore offering great views of Lago Bracciano. Highly recommended.

Awesome place, beautifully located and free entrance! Just two downsides (apart from the closed hangar they were renovating) was the lack of an English (or other) translation (everything is in Italian) and the disappointing museum shop. I was hoping to find a nice t-shirt of the museum for a fair price but was confronted with overpriced t-shirts and polo's that had very little to do with the museum, let alone aviation. Also a poor choice of gadgets and models not worth spending money on. On the plus side, a very nice collection of aircraft and a descend museum cafetaria.