Italy tours are popular among destination travelers for fantastic reasons. Italy's rich history has made it a country full of the world's best art, lovely design, heavenly culinary practices, and fun folk all of which make it a destination that offers something appealing to everyone who goes on a tour of Italy.
Today Italy is divided into 20 regions each with a long and unique history that led to each region's development of local customs. When touring Italy the traveler will note these regional differences not just in the geography but in the food and the language also. It is for these plain differences that Italy is a country that affords the traveler unique experiences day by day in each area.
The most highly rated Italy Tour Package is the Venice, Florence, and Rome guided tour of Italy. Considered Italy's Big 3 visitor towns they're all wonderful destinations for their natural beauty as well as for their man made beauty which is the result of each town being the wealthiest and strongest city in the world at one time.
Venice Italy in the area of Veneto in Italy's northeast is a fascinating town since its main method of transport is over water via boat thru the canals and also as the successor of the Doge, the Prince, who took a little tax from the Venetian citizens who were noted as smart merchants who traded with the whole world. So rich was Venice its cash was gold for over 500 years. The traveler to Italy always is crazy about Venice's magical qualities.
Florence Italy in the area of Tuscany is located on the banks of the Arno river in the shadows of Tuscany's sweeping hills where some of the world's finest wine is grown. 500 years back Florence provided a home to the Medici family, the wealthiest family in the world at the time given their relationship with the Pope for whom they were the financiers. The family's funding of local workmen fueled what today is known as the Renaissance when humanity took a giant jump leap from the dark ages towards the age of enlightenment. This history is manifest in the design of the city and in the city's art museums where some of the world's best art lives. Florentine food mixed with Tuscan wine just adds to the glorious flavor of this town. There's so much in our lives today that started in Florence during the Renaissance the traveler always leaves with an enriched soul.
Rome Italy in the region of Lazio is the home of the Roman Empire the longest controlling empire in history maintaining its power for over 700 years from 300BC to 400AD. Besides walking the traditional cobblestones while marveling the architecture of the ancient Romans Rome is also a modern city full of fun caffes and trattorie to enjoy. Rome is also home of The Vatican, which art collection is among the largest in the world having been built up during the Papacy's long history. The Vatican is a city state inside Rome. Rome offers the traveler so much to do that many Italy tour packages will spend at least 3 days or more in Rome with 2 to 3 days in Florence and Venice.
For all of these reasons and a lot more the Venice, Florence, Rome tour is the most well-liked of all Italy tour packages.
Justin Del Sesto is a longtime Italy travel guide and the founder and the owner of ItalianTourism.us and ItalyCruise.us an Italy travel agency focused on Italy tours and cruises around Italy. On the websites you will find plenty of options for an Italy tour to Venice, Florence, and Rome. He is also the producer of WebVisionItaly.com the only Internet television network about Italy travel.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Lovely Beaches to Enjoy Ferragosto in Italy
With Italy's Ferragosto just a few days away it is time to take a look at Italy traveler favorite beaches in Italy. Given Italy is a peninsula with almost every region touching the sea, be it the Mediterranean, Adriatic, or Tyrrhenian, Italy is full of beaches lapping along its lovely seas to visit and enjoy on your Italy tour.
Ferragosto, an Italian holiday celebrated on August 15, originated with Augustus when it may have related to a celebration of the middle of the summer and the end of the hard labour in the fields. Now almost the entire month of August is taken as a holiday and leisure time in Italy in honor of this feast day. If you are heading to Rome, Florence, Milan, Naples, or Venice during the month of August you may wonder if anyone lives in these usually bustling cities because they are sure to be quiet in August when only a few cats remain to sweat it out in the heat of the city. Ferragosto in Italy is when the entire population all vacation together crowding the beaches and filling the water with sun;oving Italians paying homage to the Sun.
Who better to refer to than TripAdvisor and its Italy vacation experts when ranking the top 10 beaches in Italy.
Top 10 Beaches in Italy
1. San Vito lo Capo
2. Villasimius
3. Lampedusa
4. Vieste
5. Alghero
6. Positano
7. Monterosso al Mare
8. Otranto
9. Santa Teresa di Gallura
10. San Teodoro
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What's your favorite Italy beach? Let us know in the comments below.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Italy Vacation: Top 10 Italy Destinations For Your Italy Tour
Each region in Italy is unique, making Italy a vacation destination that may be visited over and over again while always offering unique travel experiences. And given that the Italian culture includes fresh local food each season in each region brings a new menu for Italy travelers to savor and dream about until the next Italy vacation. This opens endless opportunities for new experiences on an Italy vacation.
According to Trip Advisor, the following are the Top 9 Italy Destinations on an Italy Vacation:
1) St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
2) Duomo, Milan
3) Pantheon, Rome
4) Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence
5) Grand canal, Venice
6) Basilica of St Francis, Assisi
7) St. Mark's Square, Venice
8) Trulli, Alberobello
9) Piazza del Campo, Siena
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What is your top sightseeing destination on an Italy vacation?
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Italy Tours: Venice Packed for Carnival
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| Italy Tour to Venice for Carnival |
Italy Tours from all over the world packed Venice this week for Carnival. Italian Tourism officials report Venice hotels hung out their no vacancy signs as thousands of costumed celebrants gathered in Venice for the finale of Italy's most famous carnival celebration Tuesday night.
Masks have always been a central feature of the Venetian carnival, which attracts Italy tours from all over the world. Traditionally Venetians and Italian Tourists alike wore them between the festival of Santo Stefano (St. Stephen's Day, December 26) and the start of the carnival season and midnight of Shrove Tuesday. They have always been around Venice. As masks were also worn for the Ascension and from October 5 to Christmas, people Venetians and Italy travelers could spend a large proportion of the year in disguise
Venetian masks can be made in leather or with the original glass technique. The original masks were rather simple in design and decoration and often had a symbolic and practical function. Nowadays, most of them are made with the application of gesso and gold leaf and are all hand-painted using natural feathers and gems to decorate.
The mascherari, or mask-makers had their own statute dated 10 April 1436. They belonged to the fringe of painters and were helped in their task by sign-painters who drew faces onto plaster in a range of different shapes and paying extreme attention to detail.
Over 280,000 visitors arrived last weekend filling all available beds not only in Venice hotels but also on the Lido island facing it and the neighboring city of Mestre across the Venice Lagoon on the mainland.
"This is the highest occupancy we've ever seen in the three areas, a far cry from last year," said Vittorio Bonacini, head of the Venice Hoteliers Association.
Carnival traditionally concludes on Fat Tuesday at mid night, also known as Mardi Gras, with a procession of gondolas and other traditional boats along the Grand Canal, under the Rialto bridge to the dock at St Mark's Square, with all palaces and homes illuminated only by LED candles as thousands of balloons are released to usher in the beginning of Lent.
Because this year's Mardi Gras coincides with International Women's Day, the celebration has been dedicated to women.
Other famous Italian carnival celebrations in Italy include the one in Ivrea, near Turin, where the traditional 'battle of the oranges' left hundreds of 'victims' at the weekend, and one in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio where a traditional parade of allegorical floats takes center stage.
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