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Assisi - Medieval history in the heart of Italy
Assisi is a small mountain-side town in Italy. Compared to Rome or Florence, Assisi would seem fairly insignificant, just part of the Italian countr...
Visit The Grand Canal in Venice
The Grand Canal in Venice is one of the places in this world that many travelers have on their list of favorites (or places they wish to visit!). Th...
Castello della Guaita in San Marino
Built in the 10th century, overlooking the city of San Marino below, this massive fortress Castello de la Guaita offers a beautiful and exciting loo...
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The town of Pisa nestles into a quiet valley in the northwest of Italy, and for the most part follows the patterns of towns in that area of the worl...
Church of San Costanzo, Capri, Italy
The Church of San Costanzo (Chiesa di San Costanzo in Italian) is the most ancient catholic building on the Isle of Capri. Legend surround the churc...
Ski holidays in Switzerland
Ski holidays in switzerland are world class in every way. Switzerland offers exclusive resorts with excellent restaurants, breathtaking vistas a...
Medici Chapels, Florence, Italy
Historic Florence, Italy is home to the Medici Chapels, which is a part of the San Lorenzo Monument Complex. The chapels date back to the fifteenth ...
Visit the Accademia Museum in Venice
Venice, a city often regarded as a work of art in itself, is also home to some of the most important pre-19th century Italian masterpieces. If you a...
Pitti Palace in Florence
If you’re planning a trip to Florence, Italy, you should be sure to visit the Pitti Palace. Also known as the Palazzo Pitti, the palace dates back...
Knights Square, Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a well-known tourist attraction, visited by millions. But, what else can one do while in Pisa, Italy? Pisa is filled ...
The Capuchin Crypt and Cemetery, Rome
You will find that Capuchin Cemetery, Rome, blends the fascinating and the macabre. The walls are decorated with the skeletons of dead friars and t...
Carnevale d'Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy
Ivrea is a small city near Turin in Italy. Every year during their Carnevale they have a unique festival that involves throwing oranges at other peo...
The Ca' Rezzonico Museum, Venice
The Ca' Rezzonico Museum is one of the major attractions that you should never miss when visiting Venice, Italy. The museum, situated on the Grand C...
Galleria Borghese, Rome
If you are in Rome, Italy, be sure to visit the exquisite Galleria Borghese (The Borghese Gallery). Similar to the Frick in New York City, but much ...
Cinque Terre National Park, Italy
Cinque Terre National Park is a protected area that covers five small fishing villages on the west coast of Italy and the landscape and waters betwe...
This summer is great for cruise deals
Travel's taken a big beating in the last couple of years, and one of the results is that there are now deals to be found on any type of travel. Cruise...
Herculaneum, Italy
When the volcanic eruption buried Pompeii in 79 AD, the cloud of ash and gas also took several other cities with it. The shore of the Gulf of Naples...
Discovering Lake Como - the heart of Italian romance
Lake Como is situated 40km north of Milan, Italy and a very few minutes away from the Swiss border. The first few things that a traveler will exper...
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Originally a cavalry barracks, the lovely pink building that now houses the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy, sits in a corner of wha...
Carnival of Cities for 24 March 2010
Welcome to the March 24, 2010 edition of Carnival of Cities. We have a US-focused edition this time, but a few entrants are from further afi...
Sa Corbula, going local in Cabras, Sardinia
Living as an expat and travelling
often to far-flung destinations made me want to go local in my own hometown.
And so I did.
Near Oristano, one o...
Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy, is an overwhelmingly beautiful city. Every corner you turn and every building you enter seems to lead you to artwork from the great ...
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi
The Basilica di San Francisco is located in the Italian town of Assisi in Umbria. Since 2000 the Basilica is declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Sit...
Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy
Boboli Gardens, Giardino di Boboli in Italian, is located in the city of Florence, Italy. It is sprawled over a vast area of about 11 acres. The gar...
Ryanair won't cancel Italian domestic flights after all
Ryanair won't suspend their Italian domestic operations after the Italian Aviation authority (ENAC), has agreed a new framework for passenger IDs. Rya...
Ryanair to cancel domestic flights in Italy
Ryanair is grounding all domestic flights in Italy due to security concerns from 23 January 2010. This is a temporary measure since the Italian author...
St Mark's Square, Venice
There are few places in the world with a view as panoramic, historic, and artistic as the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. St. Mark’s Square a...
The Colosseum in Rome
A must-see when you're in Rome is the Colosseum. It's right near the Forum, so you can get a real feel for ancient Rome by staying right in this ar...
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice
“I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs,
A palace and a prison on each hand;
I saw from out the wave her structures rise
As from the str...
Travel between Florence and Pisa, Italy
Huge numbers of travelers need to move between Pisa and Florence on their vacation. Here are the transport options if you need to get the 60 miles fro...
Venice without the crowds
Venice is beautiful, stunning, and astoundingly crowded. If you rather avoid crowding yourself with snap-happy Japanese tourists, get up at the crack ...
Now book Venice tourism services online
Beginning 1 February, travelers will be able to book tourism services for Venice online and pick dates for travel when there are fewer tourists aroun...
10 most popular articles of 2008
Eyeflare travel advice and tips had a great 2008. We published quite a few travel articles in 2008 and had more visitors and commenters than ever. Her...
The cleaning up of Venice
While Venice sorts out how to stay afloat, especially given the latest record aqua alta, the mayor is working at making it a more decorous place. Ther...
Top 2009 travel trends from TripadvisorTripAdvisor®, the world's largest travel community, today announced the results of its annual travel trends survey of more than 3,000 U.S. travelers....
Ski the Italian Alps this winter
The south-facing Italian Alps is one of the premier ski areas outside of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. You'll find that the resorts all ...
Travel cheaply in Italy
Italy has become one of the most expensive destinations in Europe. Here are my tips for travelling cheaply in today's Italy.
Travel during the off s...
The best street markets in the world
One of the coolest things about travel is to trawl the street markets wherever you end up. Here’s our collection of the best, and strangest, street ...
The Amalfi Coast
The Amalfi coast is both legendary and mythical. It is believed that here lived the treacherous Sirens, as described by Homer in the Odyssey. In fac...
Great reads #19
The Great reads feature will be moving to a biweekly schedule from now on. So, every other Monday morning, I will guide you to some of the best travel...
Train travel around the world
Train travel is fast, convenient, and usually cheaper than flying. As an added benefit, you get to see the beautiful countryside you're traveling thou...
Pigeons aren't welcome in St. Mark's Square
From this May 7, feeding pigeons in St. Mark's Square will be illegal. Tourists that feed pigeons and are caught will be fined 50 Euros, ca $80 USD, ...
Great reads #12
Wardrobe tips for India, declining U.S. tourism and faltering airlines, and how to get free stuff in the UK are all in this week's crop of articles.
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Italian speeding fines can kill your vacation budget
The Italian highway authorities have installed cameras and sensors on major roads that clock your average driving speed, read your license plate, and ...
The world's best coastal drives
Spanning from California's Highway 1 to cliff-hugging drives along the Tasmanian coast, sometimes the journey really is the destination. Book a flight...
Fantasticable flights get your heart pumping
Adrenaline junkies will love this experience. Fantasticables are joyrides where you're strung to a metal wire and fly between mountaintops in a glorif...
i'Toscano - great Tuscan food in Florence
We found this Tuscan restaurant in Florence on a local's recommendation for our anniversary dinner. It's a great choice for classical Italian food fro...
Help travelers save by gifting them your used transport tickets
Most urban public transport systems in the west can be quite expensive for a visitor. London is outrageous, but so are cities like Venice, and even Pa...
Hotels in Murano, Venice
Murano, the island where all the glass art is made, is a quiet and cheaper alternative to the Venice islands for a hotel. There are only two on the is...
Sausage and sage with white beans in Tuscan style
Italian food can be as easy as this one-pot dish from Tuscany. This sausages, sage, and white beans dish is hearty, easy to make, and feeds all your n...
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