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Italy Travel - Hotels, Sightseeing Tours, Travel Packages, Attractions, Information
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Europe's kinky over-the-knee boot has it all: popes,
painters, polenta, paramours, poets, political puerility and potentates. Its
dreamy light and sumptuous landscapes seem made for romance, and its three
millennia of history, culture and cuisine seduces just about everyone.
You can visit Roman ruins, gawk at Renaissance art, stay in tiny medieval
hill towns, go skiing in the Alps, explore the canals of Venice and gaze at
beautiful churches. Naturally you can also indulge in the pleasures of la
dolce vita: good food, good wine and improving your wardrobe.
Hotel Zara Rome
This friendly, family owned hotel in the centre of Rome is strategically located between Termini station and the Quirinale (President's Palace).
This completely renovated antique building provides easy access to the city's main sources of transport ...
Manassero is youngest British Amateur champ
Matteo Manassero completed a dominant week at Formby Golf Club by winning the British Amateur, making the 16-year-old the youngest player and first Italian to win golf's oldest amateur tournament.
Manassero seized control toward the end of the ...
Private Tour: Perugia and Assisi
Discover all that the green Umbria region and its eternal cities have to offer on this private day tour from Florence.
Accompanied by your own private guide, enjoy personalized attention as you travel in style through Perugia. Admire the Maggiore ...
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Hotel Zara Rome
This friendly, family owned hotel in the centre of Rome is strategically located between Termini station and the Quirinale (President's Palace).
This completely renovated antique building provides easy access to the city's main sources of transport ...
Top Rated in Sorrento - Hotel Prestige Sorrento
The staff was extremely helpful and friendly. The facilities are beautiful and clean and the hotel has an excellent location. A bit out of the center in calm and green surroundings and close to both Sorrento and the Amalfi coast. Close to the hotel ...
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From the Arab-Norman and Byzantine wonders of
Palermo in
Sicily to the
majestic peaks of the
Dolomites, Italy is a movable feast of endless
courses. No matter how much you gorge yourself on its splendours, you always
feel you haven't made it past the antipasti. Few countries offer such
variety and few visitors leave without a fervent desire to return. The
Italians are not joking when they call their home Il Belpaese, the
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Italy is renowned for romance, art and history. However, it has so much more
to offer - from historical sites to ultra modern fashions, not to mention
great culture and cuisine! Rome delivers a dramatic history, Venice holds
the magic of Carnivale and the canals, Pisa offers the leaning tower, Naples
the birthplace of pizza,
Milan serves as the fashion capital, and here’s not
forgetting the enchanting architecture of Florence - also home of Dante and
Michelangelo.
For a more regional, some say a ‘real Italian experience’, try the
Sicilian Coast. Fly into Palermo or
Siracusa and then visit many coastal
towns. Step back-in-time in Apulia, or fly into
Brindisi and trek to nearby
vineyards on the Wines Road.
Campania features the breathtaking and world
famous Amalfi Coast, the eerie ancient city of
Pompeii and
Capri Island. Be
sure to also capture the legendary Tuscany landscape with its rich culture,
excellent cuisine and Chianti.
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Visit Rome - The Eternal
City (Region: Latium) - Rome, the Eternal City, Rome Caput Mundi. A unique city
worldwide because of the completely opposite styles of art and life that
manage to live side by side there: Imperial Rome and Baroque Rome,
sophisticated Rome and working-class Rome.
Rome is home to some of the most admired tourist attractions in the world -
St Peter's Basilica; the Coliseum; and, as Anita Eckberg highlighted, the
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Bologna (Region: Emilia Romagna) - Untouched by mass tourism, Bologna is the capital
of the prosperous Emilia Romagna region. Discover why Bologna has many
nicknames: La Dotta (The Learned), for its ancient university, La Rossa (The
Red) for the warm colors of its roofs and houses and La Grassa (The Fat) for
the wonderful food!
Hotels Bologna
Florence (Region:
Tuscany) - A
patron of the arts and capital of the region of Tuscany, Florence is the
birthplace of the Renaissance and its most influential craftsmen, including
Michelangelo, Leonardo De Vinci and Machiavelli.
Hotels Florence
Lucca (Region of
Italy:
Tuscany) - Lucca, the birthplace of Giacomo Puccini is a
lovely walled city. Its thick swathe of Renaissance walls, the almost
entirely medieval street plan, its palaces and houses make Lucca one of my
favorite cities in Italy.
Hotels Lucca
Milan (Region:
Lombardy) - Milan is all about worldly pleasures. Shopping is of almost religious significance. Theatre and cinema flourish in this fashionable milieu, as does a hopping club scene and a slew of tempting restaurants.
History is achingly prominent here. The breathtaking Duomo is one of the world's largest, most striking gothic cathedrals, while Milan's art galleries, many housed in former palaces, are home to a host of significant works that include Da Vinci's "Last Supper". You may even find yourself sinking your morning espresso in the same cafe that composer Verdi frequented. Milan receives more visitors than Venice or Florence, yet manages not to be a tourist trap - perhaps that's the real secret to Milan's style.
Hotels Milan
 Naples (Region:
Campania) - Naples has many excellent galleries, art museums, and other attractions, but its most popular sight is the oldest aquarium in Europe. The National Museum of Archaeology in Naples offers a myriad of interesting collections with many unique artefacts. Moreover, Naples is the tourist capital of Italy, and its restaurants serve gastronomic delights that are unlike anything in the world.
Hotels Naples - Last Minute Hotels Naples
Pisa (Region: Tuscany)
- Leaning Tower of Pisa: Now open again to tourists, the Leaning Tower of
Pisa offers great views and a superb lesson in the power of gravity – not to
mention a unique photo opportunity.
Do not miss the Museo dell’Opera, the Botanico di Pisa gardens and the
Piazza dei Cavalieri (Knights Square) for chivalry and romance. Situated in
Tuscany, Pisa is a great place to sample fine wines, especially in Piazza
Garibaldi, full of shops and cafes, which are open until late to form Pisa’s
social centre.
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Venice (Region: Veneto) - Finding words to express adequately the beauty and uniqueness of
Venice has occupied writers for centuries. It is the city’s
other-worldly, fairy-tale quality that attracts, keeping visitors
flooding its narrow calli and palazzo-packed campi. Not even the
less picturesque manifestations of today’s mass tourism – the shops
full of flashing plastic gondolas and the serried ranks of nylon
football shirts on stalls around the Rialto – can really tarnish the
romantic dream. It’s just as well, really. Were the magic to wear
thin, what would Venice do? Venice owes its origins to the collapse
of the Roman Empire. As Visigoths, Ostrogoths and other lesser Goths
swept across northern Italy, the natives took to the small islets
and sandbanks of what would become known as the Laguna Veneta.
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 Italy has numerous wonderful travel attractions, from scenic destinations
to cultural and heritage sites. While traveling in Italy you can see the
magnificent churches of Italy including St Peters Cathedral and the Sistine
Chapel in Vatican City and many others, richly endowed with sculpture and
paintings by the great Italian artists of the Renaissance.
Amazing ancient monuments such as the Coliseum in Rome and the Roman
catacombs are sure to amaze you with the creativity of their construction.
The fascinating Leaning Tower of Pisa, the romantic canals of Venice and the
tombs of the Medici rulers are other amazing sights among Italy Travel
Attractions.
Explore the streets and sidewalks of the cities of Italy and discover the
culture, cuisine and craftsmanship of Italy. Tour the grand monuments, bask
on the beautiful Mediterranean beaches and sail in a gondola along the
canals of Venice, while on tours to Italy.
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Italian Regions - Regions of Italy
Italy is geographically divided into 20 regions (regioni). A
kaleidoscopic reality with an innate vocation as a cultural melting pot,
ready to be discovered. Like France, many customs and attitudes in Italy are
regional. Even "Italian food" is basically made up of regional dishes. For
example, a traveller might like the wildness and open spaces of the
Abruzzo region, or the cheeses and
wines of the Piemonte region.
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Golfing
in Italy
Italy isn't a place that immediately springs to mind when one thinks of
great, global golf destinations. When most Americans think of Italy, they
probably conjure images of the Roman Empire, wine, pizza, beautiful
olive-skinned women and great loafers, not necessarily in that order.
The Italian government is hoping to make a small dent in that mentality,
trying to lure golfers, as have other countries recently bent on attracting
the type of American and European tourists who spend money, rather than
free-loading backpackers.
The country does have excellent - if not world-renowned - golf, with
courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Robert Trent Jones, Pete
Dye and Robert von Hagge, to name a few. Club Roma "Acquasanta" is the
oldest, built in 1903, and some of the layouts have dramatic, historical
backdrops, like Roman aqueducts and ancient villas.
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