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Calabria

calabria travel guide
The extreme south-western region of Italy, washed by the Tyrrhenian and the lonian Sea. It is an essentially mountainous region, with a high central Apennine ridge, which crosses it lengthwise. The mountain slopes are overgrown with thick woods.

» Tuscany tours -Tuscany, with its towns with museums, cathedrals, historical buildings, streets, towns like Florence, Siena, Pisa and more.
» florence tours - Florence keeps an exceptional artistic heritage which is a marvellous evidence of its aged culture.
» Rome tours -The home of one of the world's greatest ancient civilizations, rampant with artistic and architectural treasures, pizzas and the Pope, Rome - at 3.000 years old today - is a must-see city.
» Roma tours -A comprehensive guide to accommodations, dining, sightseeing, arts, and entertainment in Rome.
» Venice tours -Located on the north east Italian coast, Venice is a historic city with a wealthy and rich heritage. Attractions in Venice include the romantic gondola rides on the small winding canals and the unusual water logged streets.
» Venezia tours -Venezia is a popular travel destination in Italy. Here is a list of essential resources for the visitor to Venezia Italy.
» Liguria tours -This picturesque and culturally rich region boasts a breathtaking Mediterranean coastline with a gorgeous mountain backdrop.
» Riviera tours -The Cinque Terre form one of the most unspoilt areas of the Mediterranean and one of the most extended areas in Liguria. They are a kingdom of nature and wild scents maintained as in the past.
» Portofino tours -Portofino Travel Guide - Find the best insider tips, reviews, and pictures from locals and travelers for Portofino hotels, restaurants, must see activities, etc.
» Bologna tours -After Venice, the city is one of the best looking in the country. The city centre is startlingly medieval in plan, a jumble of red brick, tiled roofs and balconies radiating out from the great central square of Piazza Maggiore. There are enough monuments and curiosities for several days' leisured exploration, but Bologna is really enjoyable just for itself.
» Milan tours -Milan (Milano), situated on the flat plains of the Po Valley, is the capital of Lombardy and Italy's richest and second largest city. Wealthy and cosmopolitan, the Milanesi enjoy a reputation as successful businesspeople, equally at home overseas and in Italy. Embracing tradition, sophistication and ambition in equal measure, they are just as likely to follow opera at La Scala as their shares on the city's stock market or their chosen football team, AC or Inter Milan, at the San Siro Stadium.
» Turin tours -Situated in the Italian north west, Turin is one of the wealthiest city's in the country. This is a city with a long history and is home to a multicultural population of more than one million people.
» Sicily tours -Sicily Travel guide provides information about touring, accommodations and many helpful information for Your vacations in Sicily.
» Calabria tours -Hospitality and welcome are linked with popular habits deriving from several foreign rules that took turns in Calabria through centuries and that left that huge cultural inheritance, which is now part of calabrian cultural and popular tradition.
» Puglia tours -Along with the splendid hexagonal Castel del Monte, Puglia is perhaps best known for its trulli, centred around the town of Alberobello, recently become a UNESCO world heritage site.
» Amalfi Coast tours -Amalfi is the principal jewel of the famous Amalfi Coast in Campania, Italy. The largest and most popular resort on this mountainous stretch of coastline, Amalfi is a popular holiday base for tourists wanting to explore the area. The Republic of Amalfi was once a major seafaring power, and the town's traditions and historical buildings bear witness to Amalfi's glorious past.
» Capri tours -Useful Capri travel links, all about hotels, itineraries, history, traditions, villas, etc.
» Ischia tours -The completest travel guide of the island of Ischia: hotels, villas, informations, news, resources, history, etc.
» Naples tours -In Naples, all the pride and resentment of the Italian south, all the historical differences between the two wildly disparate halves of Italy, are sharply brought into focus. This is the true heart of the mezzogiorno, a lawless, petulant city that has its own way of doing things. It's a city of extremes, fiercely Catholic, its streets punctuated by bright neon Madonnas cut into niches, its miraculous cults regulating the lives of the people much as they have always done.
» Positano tours -A holiday resort favored by the elite at the end of the 19th century, Positano has responded adequately to the tourism demand, and is today one of the most popular seaside and holiday resorts throughout Italy.
» Sorrento tours -The town of Sorrento is a veteran when it comes to dealing with tourism. Many tourists visit Sorrento in its own right, many more use the seaside town as a base for exploring the Naples area or the Amalfi Coast and Capri.
» Arezzo tours -In Arezzo you will see traces of different civilizations and traditions: the Etruscans, the roman and the medieval. Petrarca, Piero della Francesca, Luca Signorelli, Giorgio Vasari were all born here.
» Chianti tours -Chianti is the famous land of vineyards and hilltop towns, with Greve, Radda and Castellina forming a triangle in the very heart of Chianti.
» Siena tours -Siena has a very interesting historic town, but is most famous for the "Palio", a medieval horse race where different parts of town all have a horse race through the historic centre of town.
» Umbria tours -Often referred to as "the green heart of Italy", Umbria is a predominantly beautiful region of rolling hills, woods, streams and valleys, and despite the growing number of visitors has largely retained an unspoilt air.
» toscana tours -Nothing can surpass the exquisite beauty of the countryside of Tuscany-it is breathtaking.
» firenze tours -Under the patronage of the Medici dynasty, Florence became the center of the artistic explosion of the Renaissance. One of the most important collections of paintings in the world is in the Uffizi Gallery, and in the austere Bargello you can view the exceptional collection of sculpture by Donatello and Luca della Robbia. Michelangelo's David and Botticelli's Birth of Venus should not be missed, nor should a stroll through the outdoor markets of San Lorenzo. Cross the ancient Ponte Vecchio to the Pitti Palace to enjoy the exquisite works of Raphael and Titian, and then visit the Boboli Gardens for a marvelous view of Florence.

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