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Using fresh ingredients in Italian cooking seems to shame the UK and the USA. The joy of eating fresh tomatoes and excellent olive oil is without equal. It's hard to travel anywhere in Italy without enjoying the fine wines. Drinking wine with a meal is very much part of the culture here. If you have previously visited many of the larger Italian cities, you can wonder how the region around Lake Garda would compare.
You can read in your guidebook that...
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The Lakes in Northern Italy are the destination of local and international tourism.
It's an oasis of a mild climate in the middle of the Pianura Padana.
You are away from hot and humid summers and cold and foggy winters.
Lake Orta, Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano, and Lake Como have been vacation destinations for the Milanese for centuries. The rich and the poor. It takes just a few euros to go from Milan to one of these lakes using the cheap regional...
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2019 edition - Tuscany is located in the central western part of Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It gets its name from an Etruscan tribe that settled the area about three thousand years ago. It has belonged to the Romans, the Lombards, and the Franks.More than four hundred years ago under the Medicis, Tuscany became a major European center. It is undoubtedly one of Italy's top tourist destinations as well as an ideal place for your villa when you hit...
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Libro de Enrico Massetti con 50 fotografías en color.
Verona, magnífica ciudad cabecera del Véneto, conocida por su Arena, sugestivo anfiteatro de la época romana y elegida escenario del famoso drama de Shakespeare.
Esta es una guía de Verona, la ciudad con la Arena Romana y el Balcón de Julieta.
Verona tiene un centro histórico muy extenso y bien conservado. El municipio romano del año 49 A.C. reserva importantes pistas de aquella próspera...
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En este pequeño libro, cubro el camino de las Grandes Dolomitas. Cruza tres regiones: Südtirol, Trentino y Véneto. Es un itinerario clásico para visitar algunas de las partes más escénicas de las Dolomitas. Aconsejo a cualquiera que conduzca por ella que empiece en Bozen (Bolzano en italiano). La carretera está pavimentada y muy bien desarrollada; sin embargo, es muy curvilínea con una pendiente máxima del 12% y requiere una conducción real.Sólo...
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Enrico Massetti escribió este libro con 43 magos.
En efecto: Italia posee el patrimonio artístico y cultural más notable del mundo. Y su cultura no se encuentra sólo en las grandes ciudades creativas, sino que está difusa, "repartida" por todo el territorio nacional como en ningún otro país. ¿La prueba?
Le Marche. Su costa llana y arenosa se ve interrumpida por precipicios escarpados y rocosos, una región con un paisaje rico y variado junto...
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The Amalfi Coast is, without a doubt, the most spectacular and beautiful coastline in Italy. Moorish style villages cling to the dramatic jagged cliffs, perched over the rippling waves below. The air scented with lemons and wild herbs, and of course, the sea. The villages that string along the Amalfi Coast have cobblestoned streets lined with bougainvillea-covered villas, Arabic arches, and many corners with million-dollar views. The magic of the...
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En este pequeño libro, cubro el camino de las Grandes Dolomitas. Cruza tres regiones: Südtirol, Trentino y Véneto. Es un itinerario clásico para visitar algunas de las partes más escénicas de las Dolomitas. Aconsejo a cualquiera que conduzca por ella que empiece en Bozen (Bolzano en italiano). La carretera está pavimentada y muy bien desarrollada; sin embargo, es muy curvilínea con una pendiente máxima del 12% y requiere una conducción real.
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If you are planning to tour Europe, you should consider the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy, bordering on Austria and Slovenia. For simplicity's sake, we abbreviate the region's full name to Friuli. This lovely region may be an ideal vacation spot. You can get classic Italian food and other specialties and wash it all down with excellent local wine. Trieste, with a population of about two hundred thousand, is the region's largest...
10) Florence to Rome
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There is no better introduction to Italy than the classic itinerary of Rome, Florence, and Venice. But it is not dummy-proof, which is why we enlisted three of Italy's most knowledgeable Italy experts to pen this guide, which was revised after Italy's pandemic lockdowns. Their helpful advice and honest, opinionated recommendations will allow you to find the hidden gems that other visitors miss, avoid crowds and lines, and, most importantly: plan the...
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This guide covers the 9 biking itineraries in Switzerland that are prepared and maintained by the Veloland organization.These touring itineraries include difficult mountain sections that require adequate preparation, but also easy sections that can be done by families with children.Each stage is described with highlights of the localities touched and with a diagram of the elevation for the section.
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This small book describes a fifteen days car trip you can take in Apulia and the neighboring regions. The itinerary starts from the town of Ortona a Mare in Abruzzo. It goes through several cities of Apulia, and then to Matera, a stunning city in Basilicata, vibrant with history, cave hotels, and authentic Italian food. The time to visit Matera is now. The ancient town in Basilicata could be Italy's next great attraction. The itinerary then returns...
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If you plan to tour Europe, you should consider the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy, bordering Austria and Slovenia. For simplicity's sake, we abbreviate the region's full name to Friuli. This lovely region may be an ideal vacation spot. You can get classic Italian food and other specialties and wash it with excellent local wine. While Friuli is by no means undiscovered by tourists, you usually won't be fighting crowds to see what...
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This guide takes you on a multi-day car trip to the Italian Riviera.It starts with a visit to Milan, then to the Charterhouse of Pavia, and continues through Portofino, Camogli, and the San Fruttuoso Abbey.It then goes to Genoa and Savona before heading North through the Langhe vineyards and reaching Turin.There are descriptions and photos of the attractions.It is ideal for use on your smartphone; it contains active links to the websites of many reviews...
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Turin, la capitale régionale du Piémont, a la réputation d'être une ville magique. Et ce ne peut être que par magie qu'une ville, considérée comme la capitale de l'industrie lourde italienne (FIAT, l'un des plus grands constructeurs automobiles du monde, y a son siège), est également l'une des principales attractions touristiques d'Italie.
Bien sûr, il y a de bonnes raisons à cela. Le Saint Suaire, l'ancien drap de lin dans lequel, selon...
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La ciudad de Nápoles, situada en la costa sudoeste de Italia, es la tercera ciudad más grande del país y una de las más ricas en cuanto a historia se refiere. Pero a pesar de su increíble pasado que se extiende a sus primeros cimientos hasta el siglo IX a.C., a menudo es pasada por alto por los turistas que rara vez se aventuran aquí desde la cercana Roma. Pero con tanto que ofrecer a los viajeros, ya era hora de que Nápoles recibiera la atención...
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Often called the Switzerland of the South, Calabria covers the mountainous toe of Italy. Here one finds the most beautiful forests and hillsides covered with the white leaves of ancient olive trees.
Traveling between the Calabrian mountains, you are in a region bounded by two seas of approximately eight hundred kilometers of coasts in an extraordinary land of outstanding beauty.
For this configuration, incalculable views are present. Nevertheless,...
18) Sicily
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Eternal crossroads of the Mediterranean, Sicily's gorgeous island continues to seduce travelers with its dazzling diversity of landscapes and cultural treasures.
Sicily: Do you want to learn about Greece? So come to Sicily.
It is a paradox, but only to a certain extent.
Sicily's Greek cities (Agrigento, Selinunte, Segesta, and Syracuse, to mention the most important) were among the most beautiful Hellenic world.
Nowadays, to visit the Valley of...
19) Lake Maggiore
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StresaTo the tourist, who, for the first time, arrives in Stresa, a breathless sight is offered. In the beginning, a superb lakefront window was delineated with lines of palm trees, flourishing gardens, and facades of grand hotels.Then, looking at the lake, enchanted, as if emerging from the same waters, the spectacular Borromean Islands (Isola Bella, Isola Madre, and Isola dei Pescatori).The splendor of these visions is enough to understand how Stresa...
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Book by Enrico Massetti with 99 color images
Abruzzo holds a record: environmental laws protect 30 percent of its territory, and no European region can boast as much. It is not without good reason. It is the region of parks, the ideal target for a naturalistic vacation. There are three national parks, one regional park, and many protected sites and nature reserves: in a region like this, it seems natural that the provincial capital is called L'Aquila...
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