Italy Travel Notes

By Keith Barrett
Italy attracts millions of visitors each year, drawn by its beautiful rural areas, historic cities and welcoming atmosphere. A touring holiday of Tuscany and Rome is a great way to see some of Italy’s real highlights.
A typical ten day escorted holiday of the region provides ample time to see some of the sights [...]

MICHIEL VAN KETS
Steeped in antiquity yet bursting with all that’s fashionably modern, Italy is the birthplace of La Dolce Vita – the sweet life that celebrates beauty and happiness.

Climate Winters are long and cold in the northern alps; the summers can be rainy with frequent storms. The far south is warm but often lashed by [...]

You can now see Rome as it looked in 320 AD and fly down to see famous buildings and monuments in 3D.
Select the “Ancient Rome 3D” layer under Gallery in Google Earth. Download Google Earth at http://earth.google.com/rome/
And here is a preview:

by ORSON JOHNSON
The modern city of Rome, as legend goes, was built on seven hills. A city that is accustomed to foreign influences, it is known for it architectural treasures. There is a lot more to Rome than we know. Here are some interesting facts to give you an insight into the Roman culture, its [...]

by FRANCESCA TESSAROLLO
Every summer tourists coming from all over Italy and from the rest of the world travel to Rome, the eternal city that thanks to its huge historic and artistic heritage catches the attention of millions of people of different age, culture and nationality.

Visiting Rome, its museums, historic buildings and monuments is always a [...]

Rome has 634 churches and an enormous amount of monuments and art galleries. This incredible heritage accumulated along the centuries and it’s very hard to be visited in few days.
Therefore, since a couple of years more people is coming to Rome less from its airports and more through its port, which is located in the [...]

by Katy Hyslop
You`ve just arrived in Rome with a couple of days to kill. How is it possible to see all there is to see in such a short time? This is the guide to get the most out of Rome in the shortest amount of time.
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Hopefully check in at the hotel has been fairly [...]

by Ann Coveney
Pantheon
Originally the Pantheon was built around 27 BC under the consulship of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, as a temple to the Gods. The building is still in use today as a Christian church. Its spectacular domed roof is awesome – built probably to represent the arched vault of the heavens. There are many [...]

by Stefano Sandano
Rome was built not only for walkers and joining limousine or minibus tours is still one of the best way to see the city. Few cities like Rome have as many as pleasant places to explore. Just a turn at a corner can reveal a ruin or present an unexpected bit of [...]

By Stefano Sandano
Since the end of the jubilee of Rome held in they year 2000, the majority of Rome, in cooperation with the Coast guard of Fiumicino, agreed that the river of Rome, the Tiber deserves more attention for its historical importance.
In fact since that year it has been inaugurated to the boat entrepreneurs the [...]