Look around Italy, regularly getting surprise (7)
I believe the answer is:
startle
'surprise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'look around italy regularly' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'stare' (stare is a kind of look**).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternating letters of 'italy' are 'tl'.
'stare' enclosing 'tl' is 'STARTLE'.
'getting' is the link.
(Other definitions for startle that I've seen before include "Shock, alarm" , "Rattles (anag.)" , "Shock (someone)" , "Alarm (someone)" , "Take (someone) aback" .)