Tag: Italy
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Tirrenia, Italy and the leaning tower of Pisa
Located on the coast between Marina di Pisa and Livorno, Tirrenia is a destination favored by locals for seaside holiday but draws international tourism as well. Here you will find coastal communities filled with sprawling sandy beach resorts as well as plenty of nature reserves ready to be explored. For locals, the main attraction for this area are…
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The Gateway to the Cinque Terre
There are many places people put on their Italian travel bucket lists, and of those places, the Cinque Terre is usually somewhere near the top, especially if you are looking forward to the incredible Italian coastline. Cinque Terre is comprised of five villages – Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso. These postcard perfect colorful villages…
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Portofino – The Jewel of the Italian Riviera
Originally a fishing village, the colorful seaside town of Portofino is now the jewel of the Italian Riviera and home to the Portofino Harbor and a beautiful little Piazzetta (square). Surrounded by lush greenery, this little half-moon shaped harbor is filled with yachts, fishing boats and plenty of high end boutiques, restaurants, and cafes, and…
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Italy’s Barolo Wine Region
If you are visiting Italy and you love wine, and we love wine, then you want to take a trip to Italy’s Barolo wine region. This region is located in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, just south of Alba, and even has UNESCO World Heritage status. And while this was our primary purpose for…
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Living “la bella vita” in Milan!
You can’t help but live “la bella vita” (a beautiful life) while in Milan. Milan is the epicenter of italian fashion and design and everywhere you turn, you see it. From the beautiful Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the chic neighborhood of Brera, or Milan’s luxury fashion district known as the Quadrilatero della moda. This place…
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Lake Maggiore and the “Eden of Italy”
Wedged between mountains, located on the south side of the Alps, is where you will find Lake Maggiore. Lake Maggiore is the second largest lake in Italy and its northern shore extends all the way to the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland in the Swiss Ticino canton. I knew immediately upon decent into the small lakeside…
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How we spent 2 months in Italy
We are already a few weeks into our journey through Italy but to help organize it a little we setup a landing page with the list of all the cities we will be visiting. We rented a car and started in Venice and will end in Rome and plan on stopping in 18 cities along…
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Sirmione, Italy – The gem of Lake Garda!
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy at 370 square kilometers (143 square miles). This was actually our second stop by Lake Garda. We recently did a road trip through the Italian Alps and if you haven’t read that blog post you can by clicking HERE. During that trip we stayed on the north…
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Venice – Our visit to “The Floating City”
Venice is definitely one of the most unique places we have been to. The city of Venice spreads out over a series of 119 islands and is often referred to as The Floating City. Founded in 421, this city is located on top of what is considered the Venetian Lagoon located in the northwestern end…
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We headed to Germany then embarked on a road trip through the Dolomites with stops in Austria and Italy!
We had a two week break planned in our scheduled travel agenda to head to Germany to visit some friends that live in Cologne. They planned several things during our two weeks and it was literally the trip of a lifetime! We took several days during our visit to do some sightseeing in cologne and…
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