tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994265369294523132024-02-07T01:35:49.194-05:00Italy Inside - Italy Travel News from Italy Cruises to Rome Holidays and Amalfi Coast HolidaysItaly travel and Italy cruise information, Italy Holiday ideas from Rome holidays to Amalfi Coast holidays we bring you Italy travel package and Italy tour ideas from an insider's perspective. Find a local tratroria in Italy's cities, boutique shopping, Italy walking maps information to plan your vacation Italy holiday. Visit hidden treasures to off the beaten track Italy destinations away from crowds. Experience unique local insider's view of Italy with an Italian Tourism Italy tour.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-62565227691752745912013-12-04T10:06:00.002-05:002013-12-04T10:06:17.526-05:00Sicily Tours Experience Mt Etna's AweRecent tourists to Sicily have been treated to Mt Etna's volcanic eruption show. Europe's most active volcano has been rumbling for a few weeks now. <br />
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"We are so happy to see this amazing show," said Connie and Mack Lewis along their Sicily tour.<br />
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Mt Etna is always active. The last big eruptions were about 10 years ago.<br />
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"Today no one is at risk," said Sicily volcano experts. Nevertheless ash showers have become common over Sicily since the latest eruptions began in October 2013.<br />
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There are towns along the slopes of Mt Etna that should be cautious. But no one is expecting a poison cloud to come down the slopes.<br />
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Air travel from Catania has be re routed so as to avoid ash clouds. Otherwise, it is business as usual on the gorgeous Mediterranean island known for its vast beaches, ancient Greek Temples, fine food, and storied history.<br />
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"It is always a good time to visit Sicily," said Gianfranco Pierro from his home in Taormina overlooking the exploding mountain. "For 2500 years this mountain has given us life, good food, fine wine, and spirit," he said while sipping a local Sicilian wine from grapes grown right on Etna's slopes/ "These wines are made from the most fertile soil on earth. And now she is giving us yet more bountiful soil to fertilize our land."<br />
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Those planning a vacation to Sicily may keep watch on the volcano but should not be too worried. Sicily tours have been running for thousands of years with Mt Etna one of the main Sicily sightseeing highlights.<br />
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Is the Rome Colosseum leaning like the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Well...., the answer is yes and no.<br />
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Rome's Colosseum is not leaning as much as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Yes Rome's Colosseum is leaning.<br />
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Rome's Colosseum might be leaning slightly but its stability is not in danger, said officials who on Tuesday announced that the ancient amphitheater is about to undergo its first comprehensive restoration in 73 years.<br />
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Experts first noticed the incline about a year ago and have been monitoring it for the past few months, Rossella Rea, director at the 2,000-year-old monument, said in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.<br />
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The paper reported that the Colosseum, famous for hosting bloody gladiator fights in the days of the Roman Empire, is about 40 cm (16 inches) lower on the south side than on the north.<br />
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The Italian media described it as the "leaning tower of Pisa effect".<br />
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Prof Giorgio Monti, from La Sapienza's construction technology department, said there might be a crack in the base below the amphitheater.<br />
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"The slab of concrete on which the Colosseum rests, which is like a 13-metre-thick oval doughnut, may have a fracture inside it," he told the newspaper.<br />
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He said intervention could be necessary if the concerns are confirmed, along the lines of stabilization work carried out in Pisa, but he said it was too early to judge what kind of intervention would be most suitable.<br />
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"There is no problem with its stability," Mariarosaria Barbera, Rome's archaeological superintendent, told a news conference.<br />
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"We are talking about a structure whose foundations are 13 meters (40 feet) deep. Roman constructions do not only stand up to centuries, they stand up to millennia," she said In fact, the Colosseum in Rome is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.<br />
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"We are monitoring it but there is no Tower of Pisa effect," Barbera said at the unveiling of the 25 million euro restoration project which will start in December and end in 2015.<br />
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The project will include the cleaning and restoration of the entire Colosseum, known in Roman times as the Flavian Amphitheater.<br />
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It will be carried out in phases so that the Colosseum, which receives hundreds of thousands of visitors a year, will remain open. Only part of it will be covered by scaffolding at any one time.<br />
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"The monument is so big that there won't be too much inconvenience for visitors," Barbera said.<br />
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An underground visitors center will be built under an adjacent piazza, freeing up more areas inside the monument, which are currently used as meeting points and ticket stalls.<br />
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Overall, some 25 percent more of the Colosseum will be open to visitors after the restoration, particularly the underground network of tunnels, storerooms and cages.<br />
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Two thirds of the underground parts are currently not open to the public.<br />
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Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno said the traffic around the Colosseum will be re-routed by the end of the restoration to decrease damage from vibration. He said at a news conference it would be the first major restoration in 73 years.<br />
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"There have been various small projects but nothing of this level has been carried out in all this time," Alemanno said.<br />
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The work is being sponsored by Tod's, the luxury shoemaker and leather goods company.<br />
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Diego Della Valle, chairman of Tod's said the Colosseum had to be taken care of because "it does not only belong to Italians but to every citizen of the world." <br />
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Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.<br />
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Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, as each Good Friday the Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession that starts in the area around the Colosseum.<br />
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For more about traveling to Italy visit <a href="http://italiantourism.us/">ItalianTourism.us</a>.<a href="http://italiantourism.us/italy-tour-packages/"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com0Rome, Italy41.9015141 12.46077370000000441.7595246 12.266482700000005 42.0435036 12.655064700000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-62225908141819486512012-06-24T13:33:00.000-04:002012-06-24T13:33:01.982-04:00Ancient Rome Sightseeing: A Cobblestone for the Road, Shall We?It would seem obvious that just about every cobblestone in ancient Rome is part of its patrimony, but it does bear repeating as more and more Rome tourists help themselves to a loose cobble stone or piece of mosaic they have found while wandering around <a href="http://italiantourism.us/rome-sightseeing/">sightseeing in Rome</a> and decide its a souvenir to take home.<br />
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Ancient Romans used volcanic stone to make the cobbles for the roads that led away from the city and they date back 2,000 years. On Sunday, police in Rome put on display a vast collection of the cobblestones and artefacts that they have seized from passenger luggage in the first six months of this year. And it was quite a collection.<br />
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"They then put it in their luggage and take it home with them as a souvenir of their holiday – we have also found large milestones made from marble in suitcases that have been taken from the Appian Way."<br />
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Although the items have no real monetary value, Mr Del Greco said it was technically still theft and they are "taking away part of Rome's culture and heritage".<br />
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Mr Del Greco added that those caught were left "highly embarrassed" but were not arrested, instead they were cautioned and allowed to return home and their ancient souvenirs returned.<br />
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Umberto Broccoli, superintendent of culture for Rome city council, said: "I should warn all tourists that the city's rich heritage should not be touched. What these people do by stealing these items is show their ignorance."<br />
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"I can understand the legend and splendour that is Rome but that does not mean bits of it should be stolen by all means tourists should take as many pictures as they like but they should not help themselves to cobblestones or other items even if they appear to be discarded. If they want a souvenir of their visit then they should buy something from a shop."<br />
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So the next time you are in Rome enjoy the city, take lots of photos, but leave Rome's stones where they are. Buon viaggio!<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-72436511718436310342012-06-19T13:07:00.000-04:002012-06-19T13:07:10.159-04:00Where to Buy a Train Ticket for Italian TrainWith Rome police reporting today the confiscation of 28 million euros of fraudulent train tickets it makes sense to remind Italy tourists where to buy a train ticket ticket for Italian train service.<br />
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The tickets were on their way from China to Italy to travel companies to use with tourists or to sell on the street.<br />
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You should always buy a train ticket from a certified Italian travel agency. This can be done in the United States from your travel agent before you leave. or in Italy you may find official travel agencies with offices around various cities including Rome, Florence, and Venice.<br />
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In Italy you may also buy a train ticket at a local train station from a vending machine or from a live person at the kiosk. <br />
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Whatever you do, do not buy a train ticket from someone on the street. And always get a receipt if you buy your Italian train ticket from a travel agency. This way you have proof you believed you purchased an authentic Italy train ticket.<br />
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For more about riding trains in Italy <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=255&ref_genre=8&ref_item=375">check out this video</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-24063675118806385912012-06-18T13:08:00.001-04:002012-06-18T13:41:36.616-04:00Spring in RomeSpring is in full bloom here in Rome. The weather is already summery the families have arrived for summer vacation and all around the Rome tours have begun.<br />
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This week Jennifer Aniston was spotted sightseeing in Rome. Rome is always a favorite place for lovers, falling and being in love. With the flowers and trees in full bloom, Borghese Gardens overflowing with people and chirping birds it is now wonder.<br />
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With Madonna and Radiohead Rome concerts complete you may want to check out Lang Lang the pianist who is playing in Rome June 19, 21, and 22.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-72822748016775454472012-05-12T09:24:00.002-04:002012-05-12T09:24:59.852-04:00What is your favorite Pasta?What kind of pasta is on your plate? Click <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/search.php?ref_genre=5">Italian cooking show</a> by WebVisionItaly.com<br />
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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 <u>touring Italy</u> 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.<br />
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The most highly rated <b><i><u>Italy Tour Package</u></i></b> 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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For all of these reasons and a lot more the Venice, Florence, Rome tour is the most well-liked of all <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTourPackages.aspx"><b>Italy tour packages</b></a>.<br />
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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 <a href="http://italiantourism.us/"><b>Italy tours</b></a> and cruises around Italy. On the websites you will find plenty of options for an <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTourVeniceFlorenceRome.aspx"><b>Italy tour to Venice, Florence, and Rome</b></a>. He is also the producer of WebVisionItaly.com the only Internet television network about Italy travel.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com3Rome, Italy41.8905198 12.494248641.5122753 11.8625346 42.2687643 13.125962600000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-90491794201568671732011-07-27T18:33:00.001-04:002011-07-27T18:34:24.952-04:00Lovely Beaches to Enjoy Ferragosto in Italy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jMb5LPIrCXo/TjCR4yqAgjI/AAAAAAAABQk/weMq5g2LM8M/s1600/italy-tour-beach-San_Vito_Lo_Capo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jMb5LPIrCXo/TjCR4yqAgjI/AAAAAAAABQk/weMq5g2LM8M/s320/italy-tour-beach-San_Vito_Lo_Capo.jpg" t$="true" width="320px" /></a><br />
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 <a href="http://italiantourism.us/"><strong>Italy tour</strong></a>.<br />
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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.<br />
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Who better to refer to than TripAdvisor and its Italy vacation experts when ranking the top 10 beaches in Italy.<br />
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Top 10 Beaches in Italy<br />
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1. San Vito lo Capo<br />
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10. San Teodoro<br />
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To visit our favorite beach on Capri check out our <a href="http://italiantourism.us/AmalfiCoastVacation.aspx">Amalfi Coast Holidays</a>.<br />
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What's your favorite Italy beach? Let us know in the comments below.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-12152403807291539622011-06-05T12:29:00.002-04:002011-06-06T09:00:34.806-04:00Italy Vacation: Top 10 Italy Destinations For Your Italy Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TKbFHlnbhyA/TclntDfPyyI/AAAAAAAABPc/gCwsAtqFruQ/s1600/Florence+guided+tour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TKbFHlnbhyA/TclntDfPyyI/AAAAAAAABPc/gCwsAtqFruQ/s320/Florence+guided+tour.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Italy vacations</b> are a very popular destination for all types of travelers, and it is no surprise given the depth of things to do on an <i>Italy vacation</i>.<br />
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Each region in Italy is unique, making <u>Italy a vacation</u> 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<b> Italy vacation</b>. This opens endless opportunities for new experiences on an Italy vacation.<br />
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According to Trip Advisor, the following are the Top 9 Italy Destinations on an <b><i><u>Italy Vacation:</u></i></b><br />
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1) St. Peter's Basilica, Rome<br />
2) Duomo, Milan<br />
3) Pantheon, Rome<br />
4) Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence<br />
5) Grand canal, Venice<br />
6) Basilica of St Francis, Assisi<br />
7) St. Mark's Square, Venice<br />
8) Trulli, Alberobello<br />
9) Piazza del Campo, Siena<br />
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What is your top sightseeing destination on an <i>Italy vacation</i>?<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-58418468386755260982011-03-29T08:46:00.005-04:002011-03-29T08:52:40.445-04:00Italy Luxury Cruise $ALE: Luxury Cruise from Venice & Luxury Cruise from Rome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55o-rLpPYm8WJPPtQlqvo2nTLUpD9Dog_Nbj_G-XVM8BhnIYlzEq62UVR39HkGt93e7WrpGdDtugIgHk_CzgllTu29nAAHrp_sBkmdoYom8kp9xj27eQm1_Zd2NFmFrOwPgs1EwjgwTz9/s1600/italy-luxury-cruise-portofino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55o-rLpPYm8WJPPtQlqvo2nTLUpD9Dog_Nbj_G-XVM8BhnIYlzEq62UVR39HkGt93e7WrpGdDtugIgHk_CzgllTu29nAAHrp_sBkmdoYom8kp9xj27eQm1_Zd2NFmFrOwPgs1EwjgwTz9/s320/italy-luxury-cruise-portofino.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Italian Tourism Italy Cruise is offering an exclusive amenity package on<a href="http://italycruise.us/OceaniaCruiseSaleOceania2for1CruiseSaleMediterraneanCruiseSaleonOceaniaCruise2012.aspx"> <b>2011 Oceania Cruises luxury cruises around Italy</b></a><b> </b>and<a href="http://italycruise.us/OceaniaCruiseSaleOceania2for1CruiseSaleMediterraneanCruiseSaleonOceaniaCruise2012.aspx"> <b>2012 Oceania Cruises luxury cruises around Ital</b>y</a>. There is a few more days to book a 2011 luxury cruise from Rome or a luxury cruise from Venice and receive the following:</span><br />
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<a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTourPackages.aspx">Italy Tours</a> 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.<br />
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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<br />
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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.<br />
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The <i>mascherari</i>, 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.<br />
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Over 280,000 visitors arrived last weekend filling all available beds not only in <a href="http://italiantourism.us/HotelinVeniceItalyHotel.aspx">Venice hotels</a> but also on the Lido island facing it and the neighboring city of Mestre across the <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=249&ref_genre=&ref_item=694">Venice Lagoon</a> on the mainland.<br />
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"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.<br />
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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 <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=249&ref_genre=&ref_item=427">St Mark's Square</a>, with all palaces and homes illuminated only by LED candles as thousands of balloons are released to usher in the beginning of Lent.<br />
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Because this year's Mardi Gras coincides with International Women's Day, the celebration has been dedicated to women.<br />
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Other famous Italian carnival celebrations in Italy include the one in Ivrea, near <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=276">Turin</a>, where the traditional 'battle of the oranges' left hundreds of 'victims' at the weekend, and one in the <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=241">Tuscan</a> seaside town of Viareggio where a traditional parade of allegorical floats takes center stage.<br />
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Great news for Rome Italy travelers and for those on a cruise around Italy. After twenty years, Rome has reopened the House of the Vestal Virgins, remains of an ancient Roman palace flanking ruins of the imperial seat of government in the Roman Forum.<br />
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The House of the Vestal Virgins, (Atrium Vestae), was the residence of the Vestal Virgins, the high priestesses of the cult of Vesta. The cult of Vesta is dates back to its founder Numa Pompilius (753-673 BC; king of Rome, 715-673 BC) who was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. The Vestal Virgins had their residence in the same location from the 6th century BCE to the end of the 4th century CE. It is located on the Forum Romanum, just behind the Temple of Vesta, between the Regia and the Palatine Hill. <br />
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Major renovations to the structure were inaugurated with the opening of a new visitors' route through the ruins called Via Nova, which traverses the northwest slope of the Palatine Hill overlooking the Forum and ends at the Atrium Vestae, or ancient palace.<br />
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The configuration of Via Nova is believed to date back to urban planning made in the wake of a blaze that razed much of Rome in 64 AD, but may be older.<br />
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More than 4,000 meters were refurbished along the route, of which the Atrium Vestae occupies 1,568 square meters. Work focused on restoring the structural stability and integrity of the ruins.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIWOINdcQis3iFpCydUuIGQMHnZc1JYEtqLJf4A0ckYR5bShuIZgBr3M_yMSIkoUy2y7z6Zs07JzNOLv_oOn0BASKsbNstM-09C4P6wrAxmmvxvyTBpRYhNWqKmUpCHkaWIqqytTQiisu/s1600/vestal_virgins_rome+forum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIWOINdcQis3iFpCydUuIGQMHnZc1JYEtqLJf4A0ckYR5bShuIZgBr3M_yMSIkoUy2y7z6Zs07JzNOLv_oOn0BASKsbNstM-09C4P6wrAxmmvxvyTBpRYhNWqKmUpCHkaWIqqytTQiisu/s320/vestal_virgins_rome+forum.jpg" width="255" /></a></div>The Atrium Vestae was once a 50-room palace built around an elegant, rectangular garden, decorated with statues and two pools. It housed the priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, who were entrusted with keeping a flame eternally lit in the Temple of Vesta, located next door.<br />
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The high priestess selected six initiates between the ages of six and 10 from Roman patrician families. Physical perfection was an important criteria. The girls took vows of chastity and served the Cult of Vesta for 30 years.<br />
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Vestal priestesses were revered, lived in luxury and relative independence, and were free from obligations to marry and rear children. At the end of their 30-year service they could choose whether to marry or remain with the cult.<br />
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The renovation and reopening of the House of the Vestal Virgins was conducted as part of a larger program for the rehabilitation of the Roman Forum, funded with 19 million euros from private and public funds, according to Rome councilor Dino Gasperini.<br />
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Gasperini called the opening of Via Nova and the House of the Vestal Virgins "a goal that waited too many years."<br />
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"It is another place that has been returned to the city and to tourists who come to Rome to admire the archeology," said Culture Undersecretary Francesco Giro.<br />
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<b>Italy cruises<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"> </a>from Rome and Venice cruise around Italy </b>to the Eastern Mediterranean with ports of call in Athens, Croatia, the Dalmatian Coast, Greek Isles, Turkey and even Egypt and Israel are often on the Eastern Mediterranean Italy cruise Itinerary. <i>Italy cruises</i> also cruise around the Western Mediterranean to France, Spain, Morocco, including ports of call in Barcelona, Valenica, Mallorca, the Italian Riviera , the French Riviera, the islands of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, and North Africa.<br />
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When considering a cruise from Rome or a cruise from Venice one should consider the shore excursions that each <u>Italy cruise</u> itinerary offers. <i>Cruising around Italy</i> to the Eastern and Western Mediterranean is a delight and all the Mediterranean ports on a <u><i><b>Italy cruise</b></i></u> offer wonderful historic sights, culture and food. And many port cities are on the cutting edge of modern and contemporary design, all of which offers the Italy cruise tour traveler no shortage of history-themed and contemporary -themed shore excursions to choose from when on an <b>Italy cruise</b>.<br />
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Western civilization flourished on the shores of the Mediterranean so the ports of call on a Italy cruise are ports that have been welcoming visitors for thousands of years. It is lots of fun to arrive in the various Mediterranean ports because it affords a view of the city just like when the earliest cultures sailed around the Mediterranean trading spices, wine, herbs, and more.<br />
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We suggest that before or after an <u><i>Italy cruise</i></u> you do either an <b>Italy pre cruise tour</b> or<b> Italy post cruise tour</b>, or if your Italy cruise itinerary is a cruise from Rome to Venice or a cruise from Venice to Rome why not do both an <i>Italy pre cruise tour</i> and <i>Italy post cruise tour</i> in each city.<br />
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Below are our favorite ports of call for big ship Italy cruise itinerary. Smaller ships will fit into ports along the Dalmatian Coast, Italian Riviera and French Riviera that big ships will not.<br />
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port of Call - Rome</b><br />
A Rome pre cruise or Rome post cruise tour may be ranked top of the list of Mediterranean shore excursions. And as such, we suggest two nights or ideally four nights in Rome to get a taste of the eternal city. There is so much to see and do in Rome that two nights will provide a nice overview and four nights will give you enough time to walk around the city taking in most of the sights. Of course, a lifetime in Rome may not be sufficient time for some Italy travelers but a <u>Rome pre cruise tour</u> or <u>Rome post cruise tour</u> is the next best thing to a lifetime in Rome. After this <b>Rome pre cruise tour</b> and <b>Rome post cruise tour</b> you may want to plan a <b>Italy vacation</b> in the future. Or if you have time plan to spend a week or more in Rome - you'll never got bored in Rome.<br />
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When in Rome we suggest staying around the Piazza Navona and Campo de Fiori area in Rome's centro storico. In this area you'll have access to Rome's fabulous sights including Piazza Navona, which is the center of Rome's centro storico and a must visit. With fountains by Bernini, caffes surrounding the piazza and some of Rome's most famous streets off of this piazza you will love this area. From Piazza Navona you may stroll less than 5 minutes to visit the Pantheon. And from the Pantheon and Piazza Navona it is a 5 minute stroll to Campo de' Fiori. This golden triangle of Rome's centro storico is full of action. Around here there are plenty of place ot enjoy an espresso, a gelato, a pizza or a traditional Roman lunch or dinner. For shopping and restaurants a nice street to explore is Via del Governo Vecchio.<br />
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For a serene retreat, stroll the 148-acre Villa Borghese gardens, the second-largest public park in Rome. You’ll see sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, well-tended gardens and tranquil lakes. Within the park is the Galleria Borghese, an art museum featuring the works of Bernini, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Tiziano Vecelli (Titian) and Raphael.<br />
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port of Call - Venice</b> <br />
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The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain and spice trade) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. This made Venice a wealthy city throughout most of its history. It is also known for its several important artistic movements, especially the Renaissance period. Venice has played an important role in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio Vivaldi. There is nor shortage of things to do in Venice for a few days during your Italy cruise and you may consider a stay in Venice on a Italy pre cruise tour or Italy post cruise tour.<br />
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port of Call</b> - <b>Naples Italy Italy Cruise Shore Excursion</b><br />
A Italy cruise to Naples offers so much that if the cruise ship is in Naples for one day you must choose between the sights and natural beauty of the Amalfi Coast and Capri, visiting Pompeii, or exploring the hustle and bustle of Naples. Regardless of the itinerary you choose you will not be disappointed around Naples, Sorrento and the Amalfui Coast thus we rank it #1 on our list of top Italy cruise shore excursions.<br />
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When visiting Naples and Amalfi Coast consider the following shore excursions:<br />
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<li>Spaccanapoli and Via Gregoria Armena</li>
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Naples shore excursion secret tip: visit the ancient mansions in Stabiae for an authentic look at how the ancient Roman plutocrats lived.<br />
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port</b> <b>of Call </b>- <b>Athens, Greece Italy Cruise Shore Excursion</b><br />
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This ancient city can be noisy and full of traffic congestion and provides too much hustle and bustle for some. Escape it all with a pleasing stroll up to the Acropolis, which offers a spectacular view over the city and the Mediterranean. Archaeological remains there include the Parthenon, the Erechtheum and the Temple of Athena Nike.<br />
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<b> Italy Cruise Top 10 Port</b> <b>of Call </b> - <b>Barcelona, Spain Italy Cruise Shore Excursion</b><br />
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The architect Antoni Gaudi left his mark across Barcelona. His most famous work is the enormous yet unfinished church of the Sagrada Família, which has been under construction since 1882. Art lovers can also explore the whimsical Park Güell, a garden complex with architectural elements designed by Gaudi. Check out the multicolored mosaic dragon fountain at the main entrance. He also built Casa Milà, a residential building with an amorphous shape based on an art style called biomorphism. </div>
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port</b> <b>of Call </b> - <b>Istanbul, Turkey Italy Cruise Shore Excursion</b><br />
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Istanbul is also a megacity, as well as the cultural, economic, and financial center of Turkey. It is the largest city in Turkey and 5th largest city proper in the world with a population of 12.8 million, also making it the largest metropolitan city proper in Europe and the second largest metropolitan area in Europe by population. It is located on the Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on both the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) sides of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world that is situated on two continents. During its long history, Istanbul had previously served as the capital of the Roman Empire (330–c.395), Byzantine Empire (c.395–1204 & 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). Thereafter, the new Republic of Turkey, moved their capital to Ankara during the Turkish War of Independence.<b><br />
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port </b><b>of Call </b> - <b>Alexandria, Egypt Italy Cruise Shore Excursion</b></div>
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In ancient times, Alexandria was one of the most famous cities in the world. It was founded around a small pharaonic town c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It remained Egypt's capital for nearly a thousand years, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, when a new capital was founded at Fustat (Fustat was later absorbed into Cairo). Alexandria was known because of its Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; its library (the largest library in the ancient world); and the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. Ongoing maritime archaeology in the harbor of Alexandria, which began in 1994, is revealing details of Alexandria both before the arrival of Alexander, when a city named Rhacotis existed there, and during the Ptolemaic dynasty.</div>
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port</b> <b>of Call </b> - <b>Greek Isles</b><br />
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The Greek Islands are a collection of over 6,000 islands and islets that belong to Greece. Only 227 of the islands are inhabited, and only 78 of those have more than 100 inhabitants. The largest Greek island by area is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea. The second largest island is Euboea, which is separated from the mainland by the 60m-wide Euripus Strait, and is administered as part of the central Greece periphery. After the third and fourth largest Greek Islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, the rest of the islands are two-thirds of the area of Rhodes, or smaller.<br />
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port</b> <b>of Call </b> - <b>Dubrovnik Croatia</b><br />
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The prosperity of the city of Dubrovnik has always been based on maritime trade. In the Middle Ages, as the Republic of Ragusa, also known as the fifth Maritime Republic (together with Amalfi, Pisa, Genoa and Venice), it became the only eastern Adriatic city-state to rival Venice. Supported by its wealth and skilled diplomacy, the city achieved a remarkable level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries. Although demilitarised in the 1970s with the intent of forever protecting it from war devastation, in 1991, after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was besieged by Serb-Montenegrin forces for 7 months and heavily damaged by shelling.<b></b><br />
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port</b> <b>of Call </b> - <b>Messina Sicily</b></div>
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Founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC, Messina was originally called Zancle, from the Greek meaning "scythe" because of the shape of its natural harbor (though a legend attributes the name to King Zanclus). A comune of its province, located at the southern entrance of the Strait of Messina, is to this day called 'Scaletta Zanclea'. In the early 5th century BC, Anaxilas of Rhegium renamed it Messene in honor of the Greek city Messene. The city was sacked in 397 BC by the Carthaginians and then reconquered by Dionysius I of Syracuse.<b><br />
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<b>Italy Cruise Top 10 Port </b><b>of Call </b>- <b>Izmir Turkey</b><br />
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The city is one of the oldest settlements of the Mediterranean basin, dating to 7000 B.C. The Greek settlement in Old Smyrna is attested by the presence of pottery dating from about 1000 BC onwards and the most ancient ruins preserved to our day date back to 725-700 BC. <br />
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When walking this street you'll often hear desperate travelers looking for a specific address, such as a hip boutique or famous pizza spot, exclaim "che confusione!" as they loook for an address. This confusion is caused by the street numbers continuing consecutively by side, from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Piazza d'Orologio on the left side toward Piazza di Pasquino</span>, where they then continue on the other side numbered consecutively back to the beginning in Piazza d'Orologio. So unlike typical street numbers with odds and evens on opposing sides, Via del Governo Vecchio is numbered successively, with the numbers counting up on left and down on right - working opposite one another on each side as you walk. The beginning of Via del Governo Vecchio you'll find the first number and last number across from one another.<br />
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Via del Governo Vecchio begins in the Piazza d'Orologio, named after the Borromini designed corner clock tower. As you walk look out for the 16th century fresco on 104, which shows the buildings owner dictating to his secretary, a sure sign some things never change. Another illustration that some things never change is the building plaque on the corner of Vicolo dell Cancelleria from 1755 that reads, "By order of the District President it is forbidden to throw any garbage whatsoever into this alley, as prescribed by public proclamation October 23, 1755."<br />
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Piazza di Pasquino is the end of Via del Governo Vecchio where you'll find the statue of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pasquino, Rome's firs</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">t</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSmQbAX2maqXyxgrN7PakaEfzujAKY25BKkDW11OJDWE2Ub_XTmfPNiYg-qvFTtfEDO0ZUst4d53ipgCl2nDyvT3l5YjjZYlJhDiDMcqKLE7Q1sYnen5liloiWH9nBLC79J9Mi5ICZrH2/s1600-h/pasquino-rome.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426179385550823826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSmQbAX2maqXyxgrN7PakaEfzujAKY25BKkDW11OJDWE2Ub_XTmfPNiYg-qvFTtfEDO0ZUst4d53ipgCl2nDyvT3l5YjjZYlJhDiDMcqKLE7Q1sYnen5liloiWH9nBLC79J9Mi5ICZrH2/s320/pasquino-rome.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 180px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">talking talking statue</span> named after a tailor named Pasquino who was the first to post his current affairs witty commentary onto this sculpture shorty after its installation here in 1501. Pasquino the tailor was privy to behind the scenes Rome and Vatican gossip given his position as tailor to the Vatican. His commentary stuck to the statue led to its nickname, "Rome's talking statue." The sculpture itself is from the 3rd century B.C., and is thought to represent the torso and head of Menelaus, king of Sparta and husband of Helen of Troy. Bernini described Pasquino "the finest of all antique sculptures." The English word <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">pasquinade</span>, which means a piece of satire, is derived from this statue.<br />
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If you intend to experience real Italian culture, then you must visit San <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Demetrio</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Corone</span>, a small village located in the region of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=227">Calabria</a></span>, south Italy.<br />
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I definitely suggest taking a coach bus that takes you directly from Rome to San <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Demetrio</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Corone</span>. Don't take the train because San <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Demetrio</span> doesn't have a train station and the closest one is located 45 minutes away.<br />
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During my summer study abroad program in San <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Demetrio</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Corone</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=227">Calabria</a></span>, I made the biggest mistake to take the train from Rome to get there. Although <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTrainTravel.aspx">Italy train travel</a> is very efficient among cities and in northern Italy, traveling Italy to Calabria is a different story. After an 8 hr. train ride and a 45 min. drive...I just couldn't take it anymore, all I wanted was to get there.<br />
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<div>Nevertheless my experience in <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=227">Calabria</a> was unforgettable, and a once in a lifetime opportunity!<br />
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</tbody></table>Today is the 4th Annual International Day of Italian Cuisine. To honor the date Genovese pesto was chosen as the official dish of the IDIC 2011, a worldwide celebration of <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/search.php?ref_genre=21">authentic Italian food</a>.<br />
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Pesto sauce of Genoa Italy, in the region of Italy is made with 7 ingredients: PDO Genovese basil, garlic, olive oil Riviera Ligure PDO, salt, pine nuts, pecorino and grana padano cheese. Pesto, an oily green sauce beloved by Italian food fans the world over may also soon have its own certification. <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=265">Italy's Liguria region</a> is seeking a European Union "STG" (Guaranteed Traditional Speciality) mark for pesto meeting strict criteria for genuine, Ligurian ingredients. <br />
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<a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=265&ref_genre=&ref_item=263">The seven ingredients of true pesto</a> are all native to the liguria region. PDO stands for Protected Designation of Origin, a European certification the Liguria region has already secured for locally produced basil and extra-virgin olive oil.<br />
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</a></div>"With the STG designation we want to protect the seven ingredients of true pesto: PDO Genovese basil, garlic, olive oil Riviera Ligure PDO, salt, pine nuts, pecorino and grana padano cheese," said agricultural councilor Giovanni Barbagallo. "Defending the traditional pesto recipe from imitations is a priority for Liguria."<br />
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The word "pesto" comes from "pestare", or to crush with a pestle and mortar, a reference to the original method for creating the Genovese sauce. Hence pesto is also known as "battuto genovese" or Genovese mince or mash. The pasta condiment was still rare in the days of legendary Genovese explorer Christopher Colombus, but had become well established by the 19th century.<br />
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IDIC's Pesto Day is officially sponsored by the Liguria Region, Grana Padano cheese, Genova Pasta and a consortium of olive oil makers, among others.<br />
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Over 2,000 participating restaurants in roughly 40 countries will honor real Genovese pesto January 17, and will even see pesto-based Ligurian specialties served on 14 ships of the Italian cruise company Costa Crociere. So get out and visit your local Italian restuarant for authentic pesto. And if you are lucky enough to be cruising with Costa this week, well buon appetito!<br />
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The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy's art exhibitions happening January, February March Winter and Spring 2011. If you are on an<b> Italy tour, Italy cruise</b> or <b>traveling in Italy</b> you may want to add one of these Italy art exhibits to your <b>Italy travel itinerary</b> or <b>Italy shore excursion</b>.<br />
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ALBA - Fondazione Ferrero: Giorgio Morandi, The Essence of Landscape; 70 works; until January 16.<br />
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BARLETTA - Palazza Marra: Giuseppe De Nittis, 43 engravings; until January 16.<br />
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<a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=250"><b>FLORENCE</b></a> - Palazzo Vecchio: For The Love of God, Damien Hirst's famous diamond-encrusted skull in only third outing since creation in 2007; until May 1.<br />
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- Palazzo Strozzi: 'Bronzino, Painter and Poet at the Medici Court'; 90 works in world's first monographic show; to January 23.<br />
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- Palazzo Pitti: Vinum Nostrum. The Art, Science and Myths of Wine in Civilisation; from prehistoric winegrowing to Dionysus cult, Etruscan, Roman use; show features oldest surviving wine container, on loan from Georgia; until April 30.<br />
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GENOA - Palazzo Ducale: 'Mediterranean, From Courbet to Monet and Matisse'; 80 mostly Impressionist works including Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Munch; until May 1.<br />
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<a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=294"><b>MILAN</b></a> - Palazzo Reale: 'Salvador Dali', The Dream Draws Near'; 50 works, until January 30.<br />
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- Museo Poldi Pezzoli: Sandro Botticelli, all of his works in Lombardy museums brought together for first time; until February 28.<br />
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<a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=295"><b>PADUA</b></a> - Palazzo Zabarella: "From Canova to Modigliani, the Face of the 19th Century"; 100 portraits and sculptures; until February 27.<br />
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PASSARIANO (UDINE) - Villa Manin: 'Edvard Munch and the Spirit of the North'; 122 works; until March 6.<br />
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REGGIO EMILIA - city centre: 150 huge Italian flags marking 150th anniversary of Italian unity; until June 2.<br />
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RIMINI - Castel Sismondo: The Marvellous Years: Impressionism; 100 works from international museums including Monet and Pissarro, Sisley and Degas, Bazille and Renoir, Cezanne and Guillaumin, Morisot and Fantin-Latour, Gauguin and Van Gogh; until March 27.<br />
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- same venue: Caravaggio's first religious painting, The Ecstasy of St Francis, back in Italy for first time in 25 years from Wadsworth Museum, Hartford, as well as several contemporaries; until March 27.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=221">ROME</a></b> - Scuderie del Quirinale: '1861: The Painters of the Risorgimento', war scenes, Garibaldi's Red Shirts, leaders' portraits; to January 16.<br />
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- Vittoriano: 'Vincent Van Gogh, Timeless Landscape, Modern City'; 110 masterpieces in first major Rome show in 22 years; until January 30.<br />
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- Musei Capitolini: Leonardo da Vinci's Portrait of a Musician (1490), loaned by Milan's Biblioteca Ambrosiana for first time ever; until February 27.<br />
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- Museo Fondazione Roma: Rome and the Ancient World, more than 140 paintings, sculptures, other works including loans from Prado, Louvre, Hermitage, Victoria and Albert Museum showing how classical works fired the imagination of 18th-century Rome; until March 6.<br />
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- Palazzo Venezia: The Two Empires, The Eagle and the Dragon; more than 400 works on Roman (up to Trajan) and Chinese (Qin and Han) empires, spanning second century BC to fourth century AD; marks Year of Chinese Culture in Italy and is paired with other exhibit at Roman Forum; until February 6.<br />
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- Palazzo delle Esposizioni: The City of the Gods, 450 artefacts from ancient Mexican site of Teotihuacan (2nd-century BC to 5th-century AD), once the largest city in pre-Columbian Americas; until February 27.<br />
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- Galleria Borghese: Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Other Renaissance; 45 works from major international museums; until February 13.<br />
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- Chiostro del Bramante: Greats from the Veneto, 15th- 18th Century; Bellini, Lotto, Titian, Veronese, Tiepolo, Canaletto; 80 works from Accademia Carrara in Bergamo; until January 30.<br />
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SAN MARINO - Palazzo Sums: 25 Impressionist works including Monet, Cezanne and Renoir; until March 27, in tandem with Rimini show.<br />
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TRIESTE - Castello di Miramare: Giorgio De Chirico, 70 paintings and 20 sketches; until February 27.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=276">TURIN</a></b> - Palazzo Reale, Palazzo Chiablese, Castello di Racconigi: "Vittorio Emanuele II: The Gentleman King"; new documents, pictures on life of Italy's first post-unification king; until March 13.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=249">VENICE</a></b> - Palazzo Grimani: Hieronymous Bosch, Vision of the afterlife (1500-1503), Triptych of Saint Liberata (1505) and Triptych of the Hermits (1510); until March 20.<br />
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introduced to the Italian culture and Italy from my family, having one great-grandmother from Ischia, a great-grandfather from Roccamonfino, a grandfather from Naples, a grandmother Mimi from Abruzzo, and another grandmother Mina from Rome.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Justin Del Sesto at a Prosciutto di Parma factory</td></tr>
</tbody></table>As a child I was given the best of Italian culture, which included waking weekend mornings to an opera filled home with the smell of garlic and onions on the stove ready for the tomatoes wafting through the halls. Our family culture also included learning to play piano and cello with Mina, Mimi teaching me to recite poetry, learning to play baseball and golf from my grandfather who also spoke five languages, going with my dad every Sunday to buy fresh ravioli, meat and freshly baked bread, with one extra loaf to eat on the way home as our little secret, then learning to cook every Sunday afternoon from Mimi, Mina and my Mom before sitting down at the extended dining room table for long and delicious lunches around which I learned about art, literature, poetry, politics and the world. <br />
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It was on my first Italy tour with my dad, who is also an Italian diplomat, that I knew I wanted to pursue a career in Italy travel. We are not only proud Americans but we are also Italians - dual passport-holding citizens of both the USA and Italy (I am also a resident of Argentina and hold a Mercosur passport).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prime Minister Romano Prodi & Ron Del Sesto</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Arriving in Rome on my first Italy tour 30 years ago I followed my dad around Italy like a little duck. Our family Italy tour started in Rome, where we strolled slowly through the streets of Rome's centro storico as if we had lived there for a lifetime. Zig-zagging our way through the ancient streets, just when I thought we were lost out came a story for what seemed every ancient cobblestone as we made our way to one hidden sight after the next, the Rome walking tour only pausing along the way when we stopped for an espresso, a new scarf, or a plate of pasta at a Roman trattoria on some tiny street where everyone was a local, and where we would meet family that still lives in Rome for a 3 hour lunch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting Ready for a Tour of Tuscany</td></tr>
</tbody></table> I knew then I wanted to learn the streets, sights and stories as well as he. I knew that I wanted to bring others to Italy to experience a unique authentic insider's view of Italy. From Michelangelo's facade on Palazzo Spada to Borromini's trick hallway inside Palazzo Spada, just off the Campo de' Fiori, to the stories of Via Giulia, to the false dome inside Sant'Ignazio, to Chiesa di San Pietro and Bramante's Tempietto a perfect example of Renaissance Classic revival and High Renaissance architecture in Rome, to Bernini's and the Pope's Rome I wanted to learn the stories and share the stories with others on an Italy tour. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad doing interview for <a href="http://webvisionitaly.com/">WebVisionItaly.com</a></td></tr>
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Modigliani, born in<a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=279"> Livorno</a> in 1884 in the Italian port city of Livorno, famous for its canals on Tuscany's coast known by Italy cruise travelers for its Italy cruise port, where Italy cruise shore excursions typically visit <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=241">Florence and Pisa</a>, is far better known for his portrait paintings, which are identifiable by their mask-like, asymmetrical faces and elongated form. For a brief interval though, from 1911 to 1913, Modigliani dedicated himself entirely to sculpture. <br />
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In 1909, Modigliani returned home from Paris to Livorno. Modigliani was sickly and tired from his wild lifestyle. Soon he was back in Paris, this time renting a studio in Montparnasse. He originally saw himself as a sculptor rather than a painter, and was encouraged to continue after Paul Guillaume, an ambitious young art dealer, took an interest in his work and introduced him to sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi.<br />
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MART museum curators argue his sculptures represent an under-recognized, seminal period of artistic development, when Modigliani evolved beyond the post-impressionism of his early work to the distinct expressionism that characterized his pieces after 1913. The exhibit features a series of elongated stone heads that bear a striking resemblance to archaic, oriental and tribal art in their simple, highly stylized form. The curators, who worked for six years on the exhibit, verified through extensive research that Modigliani completed 28 sculptures, three more than previously ascribed to him. The show also strives to reconstruct Modigliani's life and influences, retracing the marks of critics, collectors and other artists as well as cultural fashions of his time. Drawings, paintings and sculptures place Modigliani's heads in context, such as an early version of Constantin Brancusi's sculpture The Kiss, oriental sculptures of gods from the seventh and eighth centuries, and a 15th-century marble bust of Battista Sforza by Francesco Laurana, which Modigliani used as a model. Modigliani's portrait of Pablo Picasso, completed in 1915, is also on display, as is a nude by Picasso from 1907.<br />
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In life, Modigliani exhibited his sculptures only once, selecting a group of seven heads for the Salon d'Automne of 1912.<br />
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To many, Modigliani came to represent the tragic figure of the Bohemian artist. His life inspired nine novels, a play, a documentary and three feature films. Although he frequented the artistic avante-gard in Paris, where he lived from 1906 to 1920, Modigliani developed a style entirely his own, never falling in step with Fauvism or Cubism.<br />
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</tbody></table>Friends who posed for Modigliani's characteristic portrait paintings include Picasso, Jean Cocteau and Diego Rivera, although Modigliani's reputation as a major artist soared only after his premature death from tubercular meningitis at the age of 36. Prey to self-destructive indulgences in hashish and alcohol, Modigliani was as well known during his life for erratic behavior as he was for his talent. He died destitute, when his young lover, Jeanne Heburterne, was nine months pregnant with their second child. Two days after his death, she plunged from a fifth-storey window, killing herself and their unborn child. During his career, Modigliani only pulled off a single one-man show, which was shut down for obscenity shortly after opening, as it featured a number of nudes. A Modigliani nude fetched $42.7 million (42.7 million euros) at auction last November in New York City, setting a new price record for his work. Other Modigliani paintings have recently sold for tens of millions of dollars.<br />
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The MART exhibit represents the first major effort to rehabilitate Modigliani's sculptural work since four high school students and a dockworker dumped fake Modigliani heads in a Livornese canal in 1984. The falsified sculptures were found by workers dredging for lost work by the artist, who was rumored to have tossed away pieces in a moment of despair. Art critics who embraced the discoveries saw their reputations dented when the hoax was revealed, and Modigliani's sculptures have suffered a dearth of attention since.<br />
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Click to see a full listing of <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTravelPackages.aspx">Italy travel packages</a> including <a href="http://italycruise.us/default.aspx">cruises around Italy</a>, <a href="http://italycruise.us/RomeCruise.aspx">cruises from Rome</a> and <a href="http://italycruise.us/VeniceCruise.aspx">cruises from Venice</a> and other <a href="http://italiantourism.us/AmalfiCoastVacation.aspx" style="color: #ffcc00; font-weight: bold;">Amalfi Coast Holidays</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-31668658627792248972010-12-10T08:38:00.020-05:002010-12-10T11:02:26.424-05:00Cruises Around Italy Cruise Rome to Venice 3-Day Sale<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BGYORwMc8h0/TQI1AedADcI/AAAAAAAABI0/BFr8C-rbSP0/s1600/cruise%2Baround%2Bitaly%2Bcruise%2Brome%2Bto%2Bvenice.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 215px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BGYORwMc8h0/TQI1AedADcI/AAAAAAAABI0/BFr8C-rbSP0/s400/cruise%2Baround%2Bitaly%2Bcruise%2Brome%2Bto%2Bvenice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549055973164846530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://italycruise.us/">Cruise around Italy</a> <span style="font-style: italic;">Rome to Venice</span> Italy cruise $ale!<br /><br />Italy cruise Rome to Venice cruise ports of call include Monte Carlo, Florence, Naples, the Greek Isles including Santorini and Mykonos, on to Athens, Olympia, and Corfu then cruise the Adriatic sea to Split Croatia and finally Venice Italy.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> This Rome cruise around Italy to Venice is on sale for 3 days</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Cruise from Rome enjoying FREE balcony upgrades and up to $100 cash back when this Rome cruise around Italy is booked between December 15-17</span>. <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Book your 2011 Rome cruise today!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Call </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Italian Tourism 305.914.0220</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> to book your </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" href="http://italycruise.us/">Cruise from Rome to Venice</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">cruise around Italy</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4skMyoNb7S4nCKrOtWIQKDMGX9LLXc340dTbe2OsT2ScW40Zb0h0-dPDkCP1tcOu1UYooMc7CSecSLvkeJb4XtEECqxRyrabwIodZHpNmDEBW9agMQeHkarWkPxQ2iQHZf79Tpwpfcsgo/s1600/rome-pantheon.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4skMyoNb7S4nCKrOtWIQKDMGX9LLXc340dTbe2OsT2ScW40Zb0h0-dPDkCP1tcOu1UYooMc7CSecSLvkeJb4XtEECqxRyrabwIodZHpNmDEBW9agMQeHkarWkPxQ2iQHZf79Tpwpfcsgo/s400/rome-pantheon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549070815965136546" border="0" /></a>Cruise around Italy cruise sale good for May – November 2011 sailings<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cruise around Italy - Cruise Rome to Venice sale for the following sailings:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://italycruise.us/ItalyCruiseRomeCruiseMay2011.aspx">May 30 Cruise around Italy Cruise Rome to Venice</a><br />Schedule: Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy (30 May d1800); Monaco (31 May 0700-1800); Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy (01 Jun 0600-1800); Naples, Italy (02 Jun 0800-1900); Santorini, Greece (04 Jun 0800-1900); Mykonos, Greece (05 Jun 0100-1800); Piraeus (Athens), Greece (06 Jun 0600-1745); Katakolon (Olympia), Greece (07 Jun 0800-1700); Corfu (08 Jun 0700-1600); Split, Croatia (09 Jun 0900-1800); Venice, Italy (10 Jun a0900(+1)disembark)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Call </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Italian Tourism 305.914.0220</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> to book your </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" href="http://italycruise.us/">Cruise from Rome to Venice</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">cruise around Italy</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://italycruise.us/ItalyCruiseRomeCruiseJune2011.aspx">June 23 Cruise around Italy Cruise Rome to Venice</a><br />Schedule: Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy (23 Jun d1800); Monaco (24 Jun 0700-1800); Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy (25 Jun 0600-1800); Naples, Italy (26 Jun 0800-1900); Santorini, Greece (28 Jun 0800-1900); Mykonos, Greece (29 Jun 0100-1800); Piraeus (Athens), Greece (30 Jun 0600-1745); Katakolon (Olympia), Greece (01 Jul 0800-1700); Corfu (02 Jul 0700-1600); Split, Croatia (03 Jul 0900-1800); Venice, Italy (04 Jul a0900(+1)disembark)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Call </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Italian Tourism 305.914.0220</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> to book your </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" href="http://italycruise.us/">Cruise from Rome to Venice</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">cruise around Italy</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://italycruise.us/ItalyCruiseRomeCruiseJuly2011.aspx">July 17 Cruise around Italy Cruise Rome to Venice</a><br />Schedule: Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy (17 Jul d1800); Monaco (18 Jul 0700-1800); Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy (19 Jul 0600-1800); Naples, Italy (20 Jul 0800-1900); Santorini, Greece (22 Jul 0800-1900); Mykonos, Greece (23 Jul 0100-1800); Piraeus (Athens), Greece (24 Jul 0600-1745); Katakolon (Olympia), Greece (25 Jul 0800-1700); Corfu (26 Jul 0700-1600); Split, Croatia (27 Jul 0900-1800); Venice, Italy (28 Jul a0900(+1)disembark)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Call </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Italian Tourism 305.914.0220</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> to book your </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" href="http://italycruise.us/">Cruise from Rome to Venice</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">cruise around Italy</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://italycruise.us/ItalyCruiseRomeCruiseAugust2011.aspx">August 10 Cruise around Italy Cruise Rome to Venice</a><br />Schedule: Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy (10 Aug d1800); Monaco (11 Aug 0700-1800); Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy (12 Aug 0600-1800); Naples, Italy (13 Aug 0800-1900); Santorini, Greece (15 Aug 0800-1900); Mykonos, Greece (16 Aug 0100-1800); Piraeus (Athens), Greece (17 Aug 0600-1745); Katakolon (Olympia), Greece (18 Aug 0800-1700); Corfu (19 Aug 0700-1600); Split, Croatia (20 Aug 0900-1800); Venice, Italy (21 Aug a0900(+1)disembark)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Call </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Italian Tourism 305.914.0220</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> to book your </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" href="http://italycruise.us/">Cruise from Rome to Venice</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">cruise around Italy</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://italycruise.us/ItalyCruiseRomeCruiseSeptember2011.aspx">September 3 Cruise around Italy Cruise Rome to Venice</a><br />Schedule: Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy (03 Sep d1800); Monaco (04 Sep 0700-1800); Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy (05 Sep 0600-1800); Naples, Italy (06 Sep 0800-1900); Santorini, Greece (08 Sep 0800-1900); Mykonos, Greece (09 Sep 0100-1800); Piraeus (Athens), Greece (10 Sep 0600-1745); Katakolon (Olympia), Greece (11 Sep 0800-1700); Corfu (12 Sep 0700-1600); Split, Croatia (13 Sep 0900-1800); Venice, Italy (14 Sep a0900(+1)disembark)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Call </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Italian Tourism 305.914.0220</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> to book your </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" href="http://italycruise.us/">Cruise from Rome to Venice</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">cruise around Italy</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://italycruise.us/ItalyCruiseRomeCruiseNovember2011.aspx">November 2 Cruise around Italy Cruise Rome to Venice</a><br />Schedule: Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy (02 Nov d1800); Monaco; Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy; Naples, Italy; Santorini, Greece; Mykonos, Greece; Piraeus (Athens), Greece; Katakolon (Olympia), Greece; Corfu; Split, Croatia; Venice, Italy<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Call </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Italian Tourism 305.914.0220</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> to book your </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" href="http://italycruise.us/">Cruise from Rome to Venice</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">cruise around Italy</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">This cruise around Italy cruise <a href="http://italycruise.us/RomeCruise.aspx">Rome cruise</a> to <a href="http://italycruise.us/VeniceCruise.aspx">Venice</a> includes a free balcony upgrade and up to $100 cash back. Start planning a relaxing getaway to Europe.</span><br /><br />Contact <a href="http://italiantourism.us/">Italian Tourism</a> <a href="http://italycruise.us/">Italy Cruise travel agent</a> today for a quote. This is the perfect Italy cruise to include a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTravelPackages.aspx">Italy pre-cruise tour</a> in Rome and <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTourPackages.aspx">Italy post-cruise tour</a> in Venice.<br /><br />Italian Tourism has the low priced Italy airfare for flights to Rome and returning from Venice to make this <a href="http://italycruise.us/ItalyCruiseToursaroundItaly.aspx"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Italy cruise tour</span></a> a special Italy vacation to remember.<br /><br />Detailed <span style="font-style: italic;">Cruise Around Italy</span> itinerary:<br /><br />Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy: 6:00 PM Embark<br />Monte Carlo, Monaco: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<br />Florence/Pisa (Livorno), Italy: 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM<br />Naples/Capri, Italy; 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM<br />At Sea<br />Santorini, Greece: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM<br />Mykonos, Greece: 1:00 AM - 6:00 PM<br />Athens (Piraeus), Greece: 6:00 AM - 5:45 PM<br />Katakolon (Olympia), Greece: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM<br />Corfu, Greece: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM<br />Split, Croatia: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM<br />Venice, Italy: 9:00 AM - Overnight<br />Venice, Italy: 5:00 AM<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Call Italian Tourism 305.914.0220 or email us "travel @ italiantourism.us" to take advantage of the Italy cruise</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"> sale. </span><br /><br />Italy cruise sale begins Monday December 13. Book your <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://italycruise.us/ItalyCruiseToursaroundItaly.aspx">Italy cruise tour</a> Rome cruise to Venice and enjoy a <a href="http://italycruise.us/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">cruise around Italy</span></a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-19291907172632544202010-11-29T15:58:00.005-05:002010-11-29T15:58:00.899-05:00Italy Vacations: Arts Guide for your Italy Travel<a href="http://italiantourism.us/">Italian Tourism</a> Italy vacations should include a visit to a museum oin Italy. Whether you are on a <a href="http://italycruise.us/">Italy cruise</a> vacation or a <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTourPackages.aspx">Italy tour</a> do make time to visit Italy's fabulous arts on your <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTravelPackages.aspx">Italy vacation</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy's art exhibitions:<br /><br /><br /><br />ALBA - Fondazione Ferrero: Giorgio Morandi, The Essence of Landscape; 70 works; until January 16.<br /><br /><br /><br />BARLETTA - Palazza Marra: Giuseppe De Nittis, 43 engravings; until January 16.<br /><br /><br /><br />FERRARA - Palazzo dei Diamanti: French 18th-century still-life master Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin; 50 loans from major international museums in first-ever Italian show; until January 13.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=250&ref_genre=26">FLORENCE ART</a></strong>- Palazzo Strozzi: 'Bronzino, Painter and Poet at the Medici Court'; 90 works in world's first monographic show; to January 23.- Palazzo Pitti: Vinum Nostrum. The Art, Science and Myths of Wine in Civilisation; from prehistoric winegrowing to Dionysus cult, Etruscan, Roman use; show features oldest surviving wine container, on loan from Georgia; until April 30.- Bargello: Giovanfrancesco Rustici and Leonardo, first show examining links of 15th-century sculptor with da Vinci, Verrocchio and others; until January 10. For the best deals on Italy travel to Florence visit <a href="http://italiantourism.us/"><strong>Italian Tourism</strong></a> for its <a href="http://italiantourism.us/FlorenceTourPackages.aspx"><strong>Florence vacation packages</strong></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />FORLI' - Musei Civici di San Domenico: 400 ancient Egyptian artefacts gound by great Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli (1856-1928) including works from Queen Nefertari's tomb; until January 9.<br /><br /><br /><br />MAMIANO DI TRAVERSETOLO (<a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=11&ref_genre=26"><strong>PARMA ARTS</strong></a>) - Fondazione Magnani Rocca: Renato Guttuso, Passion and Reality, 65 works until December 8. Visit WebVisionItaly Parma video and when ready for a vacation visit <a href="http://italiantourism.us/">Italian Tourism</a> to plan the perfect <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTravelPackages.aspx">Italy vacation</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=294&ref_genre=8">MILAN Travel</a></strong> - Palazzo Reale: 'Salvador Dali', The Dream Draws Near'; 50 works, until January 30.- Museo Poldi Pezzoli: Sandro Botticelli, all of his works in <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=294&ref_genre=8">Lombardy</a> museums brought together for first time; until February 28.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=295&ref_genre=26"><strong>PADUA ART</strong> </a>- Palazzo Zabarella: "From Canova to Modigliani, the Face of the 19th Century"; 100 portraits and sculptures; until February 27. Looking for vacation to Veneto and Venice then vist <a href="http://italiantourism.us/"><strong>Italian Tourism</strong></a> <a href="http://italiantourism.us/VeniceTourPackages.aspx"><strong>Venice vacation packages</strong></a> or for a <a href="http://italycruise.us/"><strong>Italy cruise</strong></a> click <a href="http://italycruise.us/VeniceCruise.aspx"><strong>Venice cruise</strong></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />PASSARIANO (UDINE) - Villa Manin: 'Edvard Munch and the Spirit of the North'; 122 works; until March 6.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=234">PERUGIA</a> - Galleria Nazionale: 'Theatre of Dreams from Chagall to Fellini', 100 works; until January 9. For more Umbria visit WebVisionItaly Umbria travel channel. Looking for a Umbra vacation check out <a href="http://italiantourism.us/">Italian Tourism</a> <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTravelPackages.aspx"><strong>Umbria vacation packages</strong></a>.<br /><br />RIMINI - Castel Sismondo: The Marvelous Years: Impressionism; 100 works from international museums including Monet and Pissarro, Sisley and Degas, Bazille and Renoir, Cezanne and Guillaumin, Morisot and Fantin-Latour, Gauguin and Van Gogh; until March 27.- same venue: Caravaggio's first religious painting, The Ecstasy of St Francis, back in Italy for first time in 25 years from Wadsworh Museum, Hartford, as well as several contemporaries; until March 27.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=221">ROME ARTS</a></strong> - Palazzo Venezia: The Two Empires, The Eagle and the Dragon; more than 400 works on Roman (up to Trajan) and Chinese (Qin and Han) empires, spanning second century BC to fourth century AD; marks Year of Chinese Culture in Italy and is paired with other section at Roman Forum; until January 9.- Palazzo delle Esposizioni: The City of the Gods, 450 artefacts from ancient Mexican site of Teotihuacan (2nd-century BC to 5th-century AD), once the largest city in pre-Columbian Americas; until February 27.- Musei Capitolini: Michelangelo 'Two Wrestlers' loaned from Casa Buonarroti in Florence; until December 5.- Galleria Borghese: Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Other Renaissance; 45 works from major international museums; until February 13.- Chiostro del Bramante: Greats from the Veneto, 15th- 18th Century; Bellini, Lotto, Titian, Veronese, Tiepolo, Canaletto; 80 works from Accademia Carrara in Bergamo; until January 30.- Vittoriano: 'Vincent Van Gogh, Timeless Landscape, Modern City'; 110 masterpieces in first major Rome show in 22 years; until January 30.- Scuderie del Quirinale: '1861: The Painters of the Risorgimento', war scenes, Garibaldi's Red Shirts, leaders' portraits; to January 16.- Curia Iulia, Roman Forum: 'The Two Empires, The Eagle and the Dragon'; 450 works; until January 9.- Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi): The Risorgimento in Colour: Patriot Painters; to January 9.<br /><br />SAN MARINO - Palazzo Sums: 25 Impressionist works including Monet, Cezanne and Renoir; until March 27, in tandem with Rimini show.<br /><br />SAN SEVERINO MARCHE - Pinacoteca Civica, Palazzo Servanzi Confidati and Chiesa della Misericordia: 'Baroque Marvels', 90 works including Bernini, Guercino, Pomarancio, Orazio Gentileschi, Valentin de Boulogne, Baciccio: until December 12.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=276">TURIN</a></strong> - Palazzo Reale, Palazzo Chiablese, Castello di Racconigi: "Vittorio Emanuele II: The Gentleman King"; new documents, pictures on life of Italy's first post-unification king; until March 13. Visit Turin with an <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTravelPackages.aspx">Italian Tourism Italy vacation</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=248&ref_genre=26"><strong>VENICE ARTS</strong></a> - Fondazione Cini: 'The Arts of Giambattista Piranesi - Architect, etcher, antiquarian, vedutista, designer'; 300 original prints plus 33 photos by Gabriele Basilico of Rome sites in 1960s; until November 21. Visit the arts of Venice like the Doge's Palace and the Basilica of St. Marks. Looking to visit Venice click for complete listing of <a href="http://italycruise.us/VeniceCruise.aspx" target="_top">cruises from Venice</a> and click <a href="http://italiantourism.us/VeniceTourPackages.aspx" target="_top">Venice vacation packages</a> for a land-based Venice vacation by <a href="http://italiantourism.us/">Italian Tourism discount Italy vacations</a>.<br /><br />Click WebVisionItaly.com for <a href="http://webvisionitaly.com/">Italy travel video</a>. Click <a href="http://italiantourism.us/">Italian Tourism</a> for <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTravelPackages.aspx">Italy vacation packages</a> and <a href="http://italycruise.us/">Italy cruise</a> for cruises from Italy and cruises around Italy.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-7554774571598636332010-11-25T10:37:00.003-05:002010-11-30T14:07:33.517-05:00How to Ride the Italy Rail: Guide to Train Travel in Italy<a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=255&ref_genre=&ref_item=375"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348456057079332482" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 311px; cursor: pointer; height: 177px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYB8Lr8HzbP9pjOKGQHB7xXGYuBmi8uIovEJBbb_ZXzZRK7yUXwzgNOqX7EK5GUhfhvoItFMo1m8puEAlrryfeBu7QNcMbBws5QkeLdy8OloBLX8elnF7b23TBGZSSKnVQ13uTSEnKUkk/s400/TrenItalia.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Train travel in Italy</em> is made easy in the <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=255&ref_genre=&ref_item=375">Italy rail guide</a>, one of WebVisionItaly.com's most popular videos. The <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=255&ref_genre=&ref_item=375"><strong>Train Italy video</strong></a> is a guide to riding trains in Italy. So for Thanksgiving when many of are on trains, planes, and automobiles, we're publishing 10 Tips to riding the <strong>train in Italy</strong>.<br /><br />Motorino Man's Top 10 Tips to<span style="font-weight: bold;"> ride Italy's rails</span> from the big three like Rome trains, Florence trains, and Venice trains to tips for buying Italy rail tickets in small stations in towns outside Italy's big three that may not be manned at all times by ticket sellers.<br /><br />Click to see the video<a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=255&ref_genre=&ref_item=375"> how to buy a train ticket in Italy</a> for important tips and tricks to navigating the Italy train ticket vending machine so you may buy a train ticket in Italy without hassle when traveling Italy. Motorino Man suggests <em>buying train tickets in Italy</em> as itineraries change and trains do get cancelled.<br /><br />Click for a full listing of <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTrainTravel.aspx"><strong>Italy train travel</strong></a> vacations by <a href="http://italiantourism.us">Italian Tourism</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Motorino Man's Top 10 Tips to Ride Train in Italy.</span><br /><br />10. Save money by buying bread and prosciutto before arriving at station for food on train. If you don't bring food the dining car is a very nice place to have a snack.<br /><br />9. Arrive 30 minutes before departure for stress-free travel.<br /><br />8. Trains in Italy are used by Italian commuters at rush hour so try to plan your travel off rush-hour and do plan accordingly. Train ticket in Italy will be less expensive off rush hour.<br /><br />7. In Italy's big three Rome, Florence, Venice and all Italy's big-city stations like Naples, Milan, Bari, Genoa etc. if standing on line or at vending machine to buy ticket beware of pick pockets and other thieves and do always keep an eye on your baggage by keeping it eyesight next to you.<br />6. Gather belongings before destination so exiting is smooth and efficient - especially important when exiting before end of line because Italian trains only stop long enough for exiting and entering passengers. Every time you stand up on <strong>train in Italy</strong> glance back to see what you left behind.<br /><br />5. Carry change to buy ticket at vending machine in small stations where there is no attendant.<br /><br />4. Carry-on bags: Keep your bag under your seat or between your legs. If you are going to place it in the overhead compartment, try to place it ahead of your seat location, so you can see whoever reaches into the compartment.<br /><br />3. If catching the train outside major cities like Italy's big three Rome, Florence, and Venice be sure to check that the Italian train you get on is the one you want. Many travel same t<a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=255&ref_genre=&ref_item=375"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348455498424866178" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 184px; cursor: pointer; height: 128px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BGYORwMc8h0/SjmH8ECZVYI/AAAAAAAAAn0/8dDJR6uRO0I/s400/covalida.bmp" border="0" /></a>rack.<br /><br />2. ALWAYS validate <span style="font-weight: bold;"><em>Italy train ticket</em></span> by stamping it in CONVALIDA yellow box in the station or along the track platform.<br /><br />1. Keep an eye on things at all times in stations and on <strong>Italy's trains</strong>. YOU carry your luggage onto the bus, train, truck, or taxi with you. Don’t allow a porter or stranger to take your bag for you. You might not ever see it again.<br /><br />And finally, when you buy a <strong>train ticket in Italy</strong> be sure you actually receive a ticket for a Italy train.<br /><br />Buon Viaggio!<br /><br />Now that you know how to ride the Italy rail check out these great <a href="http://italiantourism.us/ItalyTrainTravel.aspx">Italy train travel</a> vacations. Or click to see a full listing of <a href="http://italycruise.us/default.aspx">cruises around Italy</a> including <a href="http://italycruise.us/RomeCruise.aspx">cruises from Rome</a> and <a href="http://italycruise.us/VeniceCruise.aspx">cruises from Venice</a>.<br /><br />For more about riding trains in Italy visit WebVisionItaly's video <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=255&ref_genre=&ref_item=375">how to train travel in Italy</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.WebVisionItaly.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159667911062886556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299426536929452313.post-30558561856179204652010-11-18T13:55:00.007-05:002010-11-18T19:47:41.229-05:00Italy Travel and Italy Tours: Rome's biggest temple reopens<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbJ2JwqBW9PegpocWxEYiGuB2PtMkVl3Bu7S9TQI5pg6CP8hPOC9DEP5zE3zW1usrbQ1PrhuNmlsIegbx9ENxbXZlfFGWtW4IWY9HOCC3pel1WnxIT8PHOlJN9WUsfRuZj9XUCjEWcCal/s1600/rome-holiday-forum-temple.htm"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbJ2JwqBW9PegpocWxEYiGuB2PtMkVl3Bu7S9TQI5pg6CP8hPOC9DEP5zE3zW1usrbQ1PrhuNmlsIegbx9ENxbXZlfFGWtW4IWY9HOCC3pel1WnxIT8PHOlJN9WUsfRuZj9XUCjEWcCal/s400/rome-holiday-forum-temple.htm" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540967257834557826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ancient Rome's most imposing shrine, the Temple of Venus and Rome, has reopened after a restoration lasting almost 30 years in welcome news for a government under pressure since last weekend's collapse of Pompeii's Gladiator School.<br /><br />Facing East and West to symbolize the sweep of the empire, the temple was built in the second century AD by Hadrian on the vestibule of Nero's Golden House, shifting the Colossus of Nero close to the Flavian Amphitheatre so that it got its better-known name, the Colosseum.<br /><br />"We have restored to Rome one of the most powerful symbols of the power and greatness of the Roman Empire," said restoration chief Claudia Del Monti, who has been on the job for all but three years of its 26-year duration.<br /><br />"My project was aimed at reading the temple as far as possible in its entirety," she said, recalling that it had once been split in two and was used as a car park until the 1980s.<br /><br />Rome's archeological superintendent, Anna Maria Moretti, said the revamped temple "affords an extraordinary view, walking up from the Colosseum".<br /><br />With majestic pillars and soaring arches, the Temple of Venus Felix (Venus the Bringer of Good Fortune) and Aeterna Roma (Eternal Rome) was designed by Hadrian in 121 AD, inaugurated by him in 135, and finished by his successor Antoninus Pius in 141.<br /><br />Damaged by fire in 307, it was restored with changes by Maxentius.<br /><br />The temple restoration is part of the government's plans to open up more ancient sites, said Culture Undersecretary Franco Giro, deputising for Culture Minister Sandro Bondi who was fielding a fusillade of questions in parliament over Saturday's collapse of the school in Naples where gladiators trained. Giro noted that the pits under the Colosseum where gladiators prepared for mortal combat have recently been unveiled and other temples, such as that of Antoninus and Faustina, are set to be reopened within the next year.<br /><br />"We are respecting the schedule we set for the Forum and we are proceeding with a restoration of an area that was in deep decay, having been abandoned by governments of all colors," Giro said.<br /><br />He rejected criticism of Bondi's handling of Italy's artistic heritage which began with his allegedly supine acceptance of budget cuts that led to Italy's museums staging a mass closure Friday.<br /><br />The undersecretary also defended the minister from what he described as "unfair" attacks over the situation in Pompeii, calling the center-left opposition "ill-informed".<br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=221">Rome travel video</a> by WebVisionItaly.com for more about Rome.<br /><br />To plan your vacation to Rome click for <a href="http://italiantourism.us/RomeHolidays.aspx">Rome holidays</a>. 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