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Palazzo Selvadego

Set in a 13th-century building 55 yard from St. Mark’s Square, Palazzo Selvadego offers air-conditioned rooms decorated with contemporary art. In-room massages are available on request. Rooms at the Palazzo Selvadego feature elegant furniture and parquet floors. They include a satellite TV and a kettle with teas and coffee. The private bathroom is complete with […]

Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal

Located just around the corner from San Marco Square, part of Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal, breakfast is served in an outdoor restaurant on the canal. Very Impressed and excellent choice. Overlooking the Grand Canal, Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal is just 110 yard from Saint Mark’s Square. An American breakfast is served out on the […]

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Siena (Sienna) • Italy

A picturesque city medieval city in the region of Tuscany, Siena is located in the north of Italy south of Florence, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Siena was a proud, wealthy, and warlike independent state during the Middle Ages, until its defeat by Florence. It was a poor little city for a few hundred […]

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Venice • Italy

Considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. This is one of those places everyone must have seen in pictures or movies, Venice is world known and famous for its canals, […]

Taormina • Italy

A small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily, a popular tourist destination since the 19th century. Having spent a day in Taormina relaxing on the pebbled beach and clear waters, this is where you come to just relax, for it is not a large metropolitan resort. Build on the winding cliffs […]

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Catania • Italy

Located on the east coast of the island of Sicily, at the foot of the active volcano Mount Etna. Baroque buildings and churches, volcanic rock beaches, markets and streets littered and marked by graffiti. First impressions of Catania and nearby areas are not very positive. On arrival, I witnessed an attempted bag snatching and the […]

Italy

Italy occupies a long, boot-shaped peninsula, it is home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ranked as the fifth major tourist destination in the world. Italy did not exist as a state until the country’s unification in 1861. The creation of the Kingdom of Italy was the result of the efforts by […]

Rome • Italy

All roads lead to Rome, but Rome was not built in a day, nor has it ever been finished by the looks of things, I take the advice of many native Italians and not judged Italy on Rome alone. When the Roman empire was at its peak it controlled most of Europe. Though it has […]