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Venice Carnival
Written by Viator, December 2010
In stark contrast to Carnival festivities in Rio, New Orleans and elsewhere, the Carnival of Venice, like the city that hosts it, is straight out of a historical drama. Resurrected by the Italian ...
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Annual Free Monuments Weekend
Written by Philippa Burne, UK, March 2012
This year’s Open Monuments Weekend in Italy takes place on the 24th and 25th of March. If you’re in Italy at this time circle the dates in red in your diary. This is the one weekend in the year ...
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Italy’s Biggest New Year’s Eve Events
Written by Jessica, USA, December 2012
Italians will take advantage of just about any excuse to celebrate.
Couple that with their insane love of fireworks, and you’ve got the
makings of a great place to spend New Year’s Eve. Some areas ...
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Visiting Italy in the Spring
Written by Jessica, USA, March 2013
Travelers looking for the perfect balance of decent weather, reasonable prices, and smaller crowds are often drawn to what are called “shoulder seasons” in any destination. In Italy, that means ...
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5 Reasons to Visit Rome in April
Written by Philippa Burne, UK, April 2012
1. Easter. April 8th is Easter Sunday in 2012 and both Sunday and Monday are public holidays in Italy . Rome is a very religious city and home to the Vatican so it’s a special time here. The ...
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Capodimonte Museum
Written by Jessica, USA, March 2013
Unquestionably, the first museum stop for most visitors to Naples is and should be the city’s fantastic archaeological museum, which houses most of the statues, frescoes, and mosaics excavated from ...
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Carnival in Venice
Written by Philippa Burne, UK, February 2012
Life and theater, all in a mask. This is the theme of the 2012 Venice Carnival and what better stage setting could you find for acting out your daily life than Venice. Carnival marks the beginning ...
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Visiting Sicily in the Winter
Written by Jessica, USA, January 2013
Sometimes we choose winter vacation destinations because they’re winter
wonderlands. Sometimes, we’re trying to escape the cold. And then there
are places like Sicily —in the winter it’s neither ...
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Visiting the Amalfi Coast in Winter
Written by Jessica, USA, January 2013
Most people go to the Amalfi Coast
in the summer, when the weather is best suited to lounging on the many
beaches or swimming in the beautiful water. The summer months are, not
surprisingly, ...
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Visiting the Vatican in Winter
Written by Jessica, USA, November 2012
Most people visit Vatican City
during the summer, when they’ll certainly stand a good chance of
experiencing sunny days. Summer also means high prices and big crowds,
so if you’d rather enjoy ...
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Visiting Venice in Winter
Written by Jessica, USA, November 2012
Most of our romantic ideas of a trip to Venice involve being outdoors, wandering through the narrow streets, taking a gondola ride ,
or sipping wine at a canal-side cafe. When you imagine these ...
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When Venice Floods: What to Do if You Get Caught in High Water
Written by Jessica, USA, November 2012
It may not be surprising to learn that Venice
floods on a regular basis. The city is built on the water and it’s
sinking – if it didn’t flood regularly, that would be the shocking piece
of ...
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Doing what: Chianti Region Wine-Tasting and Dinner Half-Day Trip from Florence
