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Lake Iseo Travel Guide, Italy
Not well known outside Italy and, therefore, less touristy.
The Lake Iseo is the fourth largest lake in the Lombardy region of Italy, situated just north of Brescia and Bergamo. It is not well known outside Italy and, therefore, less touristy. There is Monte Isola, the largest inland lake island in Europe. The Pyramids of Zone are pinnacles of earth up to ten metres high, caused by erosion. On the western lakeshore are the bogns of Castro and Zorzino, sheets of limestone that plunge into the lake. North of the lake in Val Camino, you can see hundreds of...
Lake Como Travel Guide, Italy
A surprising and rich choice of different environments
The Como Province lies on the western shore of Lake Como for all its length covering a surface of about 1288 square km. So far it may be considered a "small Province". But the small extension must not deceive, because in very few other Italian places the visitor may find a so surprising and rich choice of different environments, landscapes and settlements. In few miles you may find the mountains and the lake, the wild Alps valleys and the industrial area of Brianza, the urban area of Como and...
Rome Travel Guide, Italy
No other city comes close
Rome is the city of art par excellence. It is rich in history, monuments, piazzas and art that is permanently on display. Walking around the historical centre, visitors encounter numerous museums. There is an extensive choice of museums including the majestic Vatican Museums with more than 4 million visitors each year. Additionally, there are the very central and ancient Capitoline Museums, as well as noteworthy museums such as the Borghese Gallery and the Archaeology Museums. The Castel...
Milan Travel Guide, Italy
Extravagant taste and no obvious soul
At first glance, Milan (Milano) can appear like one of the models gracing its catwalks: great bone structure (in the shape of historic and striking new architecture), extravagant taste and no obvious soul. But Milan’s style and, yes, substance, are more than skin deep. Milan is the engine room of the Italian economy and home of its stock exchange, yet it isn’t driven by tourism. Treasures that survived WWII’s extensive damage include its elaborate cathedral, Leonardo da...
Siena Travel Guide, Italy
One of Italy’s most enchanting cities
Siena is an itinerary that joins past and future: just a stone’s throw from the Spedale del Santa Maria della Scalawhich today houses an important cultural centre, you will find the Centre of Contemporary Art in a Renaissance building.The wealth of Siena’s museums can offer the 14th century dreams of Duccio di Boninsegna and the rich Sienese school that developed from him; and then the works of Iacopo della Quercia, Francesco di Giorgio, Beccafumi, Sodoma. Riches that belong to the...
Abano Terme Travel Guide, Italy
The oldest and most important spa in Europe
Abano Terme is a spa resort in the Veneto region of north-east Italy, in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region. It is 10 kilometers southwest by rail from Padua. Abano Terme is the oldest and most important spa in Europe. Delightfully sighted at the foot of the Euganean Hills it is right in the centre of the region of Veneto. Abano's climate is mild for most of the year with an annual average temperature of 14°C. It is usually sunny and it rainsmore often during Autumn and Spring. The...
Sardinia Travel Guide, Italy
Explore Sardinia's turquoise sea and sandy beaches
Despite its ancient geological origin, Sardinia (Italian: Sardegna) has preserved its own freshness, capturing the gaze and admiration of many who, in the flow of centuries, irresistibly attracted by the geographical position, the heart of the western Mediterranean, have made it the object of the most different empires. Sardinia is surrounded (clockwise from north) by the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia, and the Balearic Islands. Every place in Sardinia encloses a...
Diano Marina Travel Guide
A mecca for shoppers, tourists and sunseekers
Located the Italian region Liguria, just 5 km northeast of Imperia and 90 km southwest of Genoa, Diano Marina is a mecca for shoppers, tourists and sunseekers. Diano Marina is its barycenter, with its hotel structures, the important bathing establishments and well patronized nightclubs. The tourism vocation of Diano Marina was born with the rebuilding of the town after the 1887 earthquake that destroyed almost entirely the old seafaring village. Hotel Paradiso became the symbol of the rebuilding...
Sanremo Travel Guide
The capital of the Riviera dei Fiori (Riviera of Flowers)
San Remo, que es un destacado centro turístico, es conocido por su mercado de flores y su puerto pesquero. Acoge cada año un festival de canciones melódicas conocido como Festival de la Canción de Sanremo y el Rally de San Remo, una carrera de automovilismo que formaba parte del Campeonato Mundial de Rally antes de ser cambiado por el Rally de Cerdeña. Es además la llegada de la clásica carrera ciclista Milán-San Remo, prueba de la Copa del...
Italian Riviera Travel Guide
A popular destination since the time of Byron, Shelley and Nobel
The Italian Riviera or Ligurian Coast is the narrow coastal strip which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines. Longitudinally it extends from the border with France and the French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) near Ventimiglia (a former customs post) to Capo Corvo (also known as Punta Bianca) which marks the eastern end of the Gulf of La Spezia and is close to the border with Tuscany. The Italian Riviera thus includes nearly all of...
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