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Museo del Merletto (Lace Museum)
Museo del Merletto (Lace Museum) The island of Murano in the Venetian lagoon is famous for its glass-making, but nearby Burano has its own crafty claim to fame - lace-making. The ancient tradition of hand-made lace is not nearly as common as it once was, but you can still see some women in Burano
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Scuola Grande di San Rocco (Scuola of San Rocco)
Scuola Grande di San Rocco (Scuola of San Rocco) The Scuola Grande di San Rocco was one of the many “Scuole Grandi” in Venice, typically established by the church for charitable purposes. The “Great School” of San Rocco was founded in the 15th century by a group of Venetian aristocrats, although o
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Naples Cruise Port
Naples Cruise Port You’ll catch your breath at the sight of Mt. Vesuvius hovering on the horizon as you enter the Bay of Naples, and the encircling panorama of Naples lining the harbor. Naples’ busy shipping port is the gateway city for some of Italy’s most famous attractions, with the island of C
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Trastevere Tours
Trastevere Tours The Trastevere neighborhood of Rome is one of the city’s oldest districts; walking through its cobbled streets during the day you’re apt to forget the busy Roman streets and crowds outside the Colosseum. In the Trastevere, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d walked into an Italia
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Knights Square (Piazza dei Cavalieri)
Knights Square (Piazza dei Cavalieri) In Roman and medieval days, the Knights’ Square was Pisa’s central city square, a place for meetings and discussion. The piazza was lavishly remodeled by the famous architect Vasari in the 16th century, creating a landmark example of spacious Renaissance town
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Guggenheim Museum (Peggy Guggenheim Collection)
Guggenheim Museum (Peggy Guggenheim Collection) Peggy Guggenheim was an important art collector who left the USA to live in Venice for the last thirty years of her life. When she died in 1979 her collection of early 20th century European and American art founded the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in
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Piazza Barberini Tours
Piazza Barberini Tours Atop the Quirinal Hill is the Piazza Barberini, one of Rome’s public squares that also serves as a bit of a traffic intersection. The piazza itself is pedestrian-only, making it at least possible to enjoy yet another of Rome’s public spaces, although the cars zipping around
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Piazza Santa Croce
Piazza Santa Croce The pretty Piazza Santa Croce is a public square in central Florence located just to the east of the Piazza della Signoria. The square gets its name from the main building facing the piazza, the Santa Croce Basilica.The Basilica of Santa Croce is a 15th century Franciscan church
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Civita di Bagnoregio
Civita di Bagnoregio With its crumbling ruins perched atop a precipitous mountaintop and reachable only by a footbridge that climbs up the cliff side, Civita di Bagnoregio is surely one of Italy’s most dramatically situated towns. Originally built by the Etruscans more than 2,500 years ago, Civita
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San Zeno Maggiore Church
San Zeno Maggiore Church The striking church of San Zeno Maggiore has two claims to fame: firstly for the fact that its crypt is the legendary setting of the marriage of Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare’s famous play, and secondly for its colorful Romanesque architecture. With an ornate façade cons
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Noto
Noto The city of Noto is located on the southeastern coast of Sicily, and it makes up part of the Val di Noto UNESCO World Heritage site. Settlements in Noto date back to the 3rd century B.C.E., in present-day nearby Noto Antica. The newer city of Noto was rebuilt in a slightly different position
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Marzamemi
Marzamemi The small town of Marzamemi sits at the southeastern-most point of Sicily, and is known for its pretty beach and abundant seafood. Historically, Marzamemi has long been known as an important seafood processing town. The Arabs who came to Sicily in the 9th century C.E. started some of the
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House of Livia Tours
House of Livia Tours Among the ruins on the Palatine Hill is a structure that experts believe was built for Emperor Augustus wife, Livia. Its known as the House of Livia, and is still being excavated.The House of Livia was probably built in the early 1st century B.C.E., with frescoes added later i
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Brunelleschis Dome
Brunelleschis Dome Standing tall over the city of Florence, Brunelleschi’s Dome is an architectural feat, the most prominent part of the Florence Cathedral, and a symbol of Florence itself. Located in the citys historic center, the cathedral complex that holds the dome is a UNESCO World Heritage S
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San Polo
San Polo Venice is home to six districts, or sestieri in Italian, and San Polo is the smallest of the bunch. It lies at the heart of the city, hugging one of the big bends in the Grand Canal on one side.Named for the Church of San Polo, this area is one of the oldest parts of the city, and it is a
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Stresa
Stresa Lying on the western flank of thin, wispy Lake Maggiore, Stresa is an elegant resort backed by the Alpine foothills of Monte Mottarone and beloved of travellers for the grandiose hotels spread along its tree-lined promenade. Summer sees lidos bordering the lake and visitor-thronged craft ma
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Gesú Nuovo Church
Gesú Nuovo Church Originally built as a palace, the Gesú Nuovo Church was converted into a place of worship by the Jesuits. It stands in a square by the same name in Naples historic city center.Built in 1470, the original palace façade was left intact when construction began to convert it into a c
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Dorsoduro
Dorsoduro Venice is one of Italy’s most iconic destinations—and as a result, it’s also one of the country’s most crowded. But travelers in the know say Dorsoduro, one of the city’s six sestieri, is home to incredible museum, delicious rustic food, impressive architecture and plenty of old-world ch
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Serravalle Designer Outlet
Serravalle Designer Outlet Shopping in Milan isnt limited to the boutiques in the city center; there are outlet malls near Milan, too, including the Serravalle Designer Outlet. The town of Serravalle Scrivia is southwest of Milan, en route to Genoa, and the outlet center there has nearly 200 shops
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Perugia
Perugia Perugia is the capital of Umbria, often called the “Green Heart of Italy,” and the region that lies next to Tuscany. Umbria is no longer the “undiscovered” gem that it might have been decades ago, but it still sees far less tourist traffic than its more famous neighbor - although that does
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