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Messina Cruise Port
Messina Cruise Port Messina is the door of Sicily. A busy port town located on the narrow Strait of Messina, famous for its unruly waters and conflicting currents, it is the closest city to mainland Italy and often a first port of call for travelers from other parts of Europe. The city has endured
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Lake Bracciano
Lake Bracciano Thanks to its close proximity to Rome, the idyllic Lake Bracciano has long been a favorite retreat for city dwellers, but the serene lake resorts still remain largely off the tourist radar and it’s the ideal place to experience local life. The villages of Bracciano and Trevignano ar
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Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace)
Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace) Palazzo Reale was the royal palace located in downtown Naples, still the heart of Naples today. Built around 1600 when Naples was under Spanish rule, it was not completed for two centuries. Inside, a beautiful double staircase leads you up to the royal apartments which
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Casa Milan
Casa Milan Opening its doors in 2014, the striking Casa Milan is the brand-new headquarters of Milan’s leading football team, A.C. Milan, located just 10 minutes from the famous San Siro Stadium. Housed in a futuristic glass-fronted façade, embossed with the team’s red and black logo, the Casa Mil
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Abano Terme
Abano Terme Set against a lush backdrop of the rolling Euganean Hills and blessed with natural thermal waters that reach temperatures of up to 80°C, Abano Terme has been renowned as a spa town ever since Roman times.Today, the small town makes a popular choice for a day trip from nearby Venice and
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Santa Lucia Station
Santa Lucia Station Those arriving in Venice from other Italian cities or elsewhere in Europe will likely find themselves pulling into Santa Lucia Station, the city’s main train station and the principal transport hub of the historic city. Dating back to the 20th century, the striking modernist bu
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La Reggia Designer Outlet
La Reggia Designer Outlet Shopping is a popular pastime in Italy, for tourists and Italians alike, but dont be fooled into thinking the Italians are always paying top prices for designer duds. Theyre often shopping at outlet malls, too. Near Naples, the outlet mall of choice is La Reggia Designer
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Emerald Grotto (Grotta dello Smeraldo)
Emerald Grotto (Grotta dello Smeraldo) The Emerald Grotto on the beautiful Amalfi coast lies south-east of Sorrento along a wondrously dramatic coastal road that swoops up cliffs and dives around switchback roads with typical Italian charm and recklessness. Discovered in 1932 by a local fisherman,
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Via Cavour Firenze
Via Cavour Firenze Via Cavour is one of the main roads in the historical center of Florence, Italy. It was named in 1861 when two ancient streets, Via Larga and Via San Leopoldo, were joined. Visitors walking down certain sections of the street should look closely for plaques commemorating well-kn
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Church of San Sisto
Church of San Sisto The Church of San Sisto is one of the oldest churches in Pisa, Italy and was built in the Middle Ages around the late 1000s in a Romanesque style. Despite several renovations throughout the centuries, the church you see today still looks very much like it did when it was first
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Pisa Cemetery (Camposanto)
Pisa Cemetery (Camposanto) Camposanto Cemetery is a monumental complex of buildings on Piazza dei Miracoli.Constructed in a cloister design with wings sprouting from a central dome, the massive complex was built on hallowed earth brought to Pisa from Calvary in the Holy Land, during the Fourth Cru
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Navigli District
Navigli District We’re all familiar with the canals of Venice - but did you know Milan has canals, too? Most of the city’s canals have long since been paved over, but a district to the south of the city center still has two that are visible. A canal in Milan is called a “naviglio,” so this neighbo
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Codex Atlanticus
Codex Atlanticus Leonardo da Vinci was famous for keeping extensive notes, sketching designs for things that were way beyond his time and writing in code so his discoveries wouldnt be stolen. Some of those writings are cataloged in whats known as the “Codex Atlanticus,” a 12-volume set spanning mo
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Mantua (Mantova)
Mantua (Mantova) The city of Mantua (Mantova in Italian) is one of the prominent cultural centers of the Lombardy region, and indeed of the whole country. It feels a bit like an island, surrounded on three sides by lakes that were created in the 12th century as part of the citys defense. The fourt
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Genoa Aquarium
Genoa Aquarium Genoa is associated, understandably, with the sea. Its Italys largest port city, and its home to the Genoa Aquarium – Italys largest aquarium, and one of the largest in Europe.The Aquarium of Genoa sits on the old harbor, the citys ancient port. When the area was redeveloped in the
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Bovolo Staircase
Bovolo Staircase Tucked away down a side street not far from the Grand Canal, the Contarini del Bovolo palace is worth a detour if only to marvel at the magnificent spiral staircase that curls up the front of the building. Added to the original building in 1499, the famous staircase was designed b
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Ciampino International Airport Tours
Ciampino International Airport Tours Ciampino was the first airport serving the Rome area, and though it was replaced for many routes by the larger, newer Fiumicino International Airport, Ciampino remains in operation for many of the domestic and shorter routes within Europe. It is also known as G
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Lake Trasimeno
Lake Trasimeno This idyllic Perugian lake is home to three islands, including Isola Maggiore, a historic fishing village inhabited by just thirty people. And while the popular lake attracts visitors looking to cast their lines in hopes of snagging carp and pike, the surrounding vineyards and impre
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Aeolian Islands
Aeolian Islands The Aeolian Islands are a collection of eight islands off the northeastern coast of Sicily. The archipelago takes its name from the Greek god of wind, Aeolus, and the islands themselves are the result of volcanic activity hundreds of thousands of years ago.The largest of the Aeolia
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Piazza & Fontana Pretoria
Piazza & Fontana Pretoria Palermo’s most famous piazza, the Piazza Pretoria, is just a few steps from the busy Quattro Canti - but a world away in terms of the kind of piazza experience it delivers.The centerpiece of the Piazza Pretoria is the fountain, known as the Fontana Pretoria. It’s huge, de
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