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The sun, the magnificent sunsets, the beautiful hills, the small towns that haven't changed since the middle ages, the friendly people and the fantastic food!......hahaha, do I need to say more?
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They drive like there's no tomorrow ,and lineup's don't exist in italy : )
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631 Reviews When visiting Rome its a must to go to the Colosseum. I can recall many times seeing it on tv and always saying it would be so cool to go and actually be there and touch it. Im somewhat of a history...
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231 Reviews The public transportation system is fairly efficient and connects you to most zones in town. The best way to move around is by bus & metro (this latter having only 2 lines: A & B, although they are...
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5 Reviews and 1044 Opinions The Pantheon is my favorite building in Rome and might be my favorite building in the world. The...
396 Reviews Santa Maria della Salute is my favoured church in Venice, more than San Marco for a very practical reason: during my last two visits to Venice the queue at San Marco was so long that I abandoned any...
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6 Reviews and 467 Opinions My sisters and I stayed 2 nights at this hotel and our time there was priceless. Matteo and his...
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331 Reviews The Florence Cathedral is the centerpiece of the city and has been for centuries. Built with grand ideas, it sat dome-less for nearly 100 years. The builders were sure that someone in the future...
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6 Reviews and 915 Opinions My husband and I stayed at the hotel 4 years ago and loved it, so when I planned our family trip...
259 Reviews If you're going to Milan right now just to see the facade of the Duomo, you are going to be disappointed as its currently being renovated. (Note - renovations now complete) Don't be discouraged...
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123 Reviews It's a wonderful place that transmitted its ancient emotions in a special way. It seems to live there the atmosphere and the passion of Romeo & Juliet. Its perhaps one of the most romantic places in...
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35 Reviews Getting to Pompeii and/or Herculaneum is very easy and inexpensive by train from Sorrento (we did) or Naples. Go to the station and ask for round-trip tickets on the Circumvesuviana. It'll cost about...
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69 Reviews The Torre degli Asinelli lay next to the Torre di Gariselda and with its 98 meter height it is the taller of all Bologna towers. Climbing will be cheap in money (3-4 euros) but expensive in sweat...
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205 Reviews Its just one of those things you see all your life and you expect it to be dissapointing. Then you see it in person, and you think wow now I know why its so iconic. get here early to get tickets to...
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71 Reviews This is an elegant octagonal building dating from 1340. It is usually only opened during baptisms, but apparently visits can be made by appointment. This used to be part of the interior of...
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59 Reviews The area of sea surrounding the castle is populated by every species of sea organism existing in this part of the Adriatic sea. Therefor the Miramare Sea Park was created in 1973. Miramare castle and...
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136 Reviews Like most old towns the most impressive and expensive buildings were the ones devoted to religious functions and here in Siena there is no exception. The Duomo was closed for repairs on the day we...
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Travel to Italy and you'll never be the same. Stroll the placid canals of Venice, live the dream in a Tuscany villa, or hike the UNESCO-recognized Cinque Terre. The famous boot-shaped country has something for everyone. Languid days and festive nights are hallmarks of this European star. Art, fashion, music, and especially food are incorporated into everyday life here in a way that will make tourists consider burning their return tickets. It's no wonder that so many people who vacation in Italy soon start scheming how to move there and live "La Dolce Vita" full time.

I wasn't sure whether to put this in Off the Beaten Path or not but in the end decided it was positively one of my favourite things in all of Italy.After my...
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Q: I am wondering why this is true? Many will take a credit card number to reserve the room of course, but many do not take CC for...

A: We just returned from a 3+ week throughout Italy covering cities between Venice and Sorrento. We had absolutely no problems reserving for and paying with credit...
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Italy is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe. It shares the borders in the north with France, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia. Independent states of Vatican City and San Marino are...
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I love Italy, it is very close to my home country and I am visiting it regularly. Besides pleasure I visit it for business purposes too. Italy is not only Rome, Venice, Florence or Neaples, there are...
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Italia, my beloved Italia….. I was in Italy quite often as a kid (Adriatic sea, Roma, Napoli, Capri, and all these typical touristy places) and later I lost sight of it because I wanted to “conquer......
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On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Edgar Allan Poe from...
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