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Where in the World is Michael? Italy

A trip from February 18, 2008 to February 24, 2008, travelling to Rome, Terrasini, Pisa, Florence, Venice
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02/18/2008 to 02/24/2008
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Mon 02/18/08 (day 1) - Rome

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No visit to Rome is complete without seeing its magnificent Colosseum, a vast amphitheater with seating for 55,000 t …
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Colosseo
piazza del Colosseo
Rome, 00184
Italy
+39 06 3996 7700
Mon Feb 18 12:00am
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Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa, restored by Domitian, and subsequently rebuilt by Hadrian (who added the dome), the …
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Pantheon
piazza della Rotonda
Rome, 00186
Italy
+39 06 6830 0230
Mon Feb 18 12:00am
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The Rome Cavalieri Hilton is situated in a 15-acre private Mediterranean park, near the Vatican, overlooking the …
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Rome Cavalieri - Waldorf Astoria Collection
via Alberto Cadlolo, 101
Rome, 00136
Italy
06-35091
Mon Feb 18 8:00am - Wed Feb 20 12:00pm
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Tue 02/19/08 (day 2) - Rome, Terrasini

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Rome, Italy
Tue Feb 19 12:00am - Thu Feb 21 12:00am
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The Vatican is among the most important historical sites in the world. The seat of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, T …
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viale Vaticano
Rome, 00165
Italy
+39 06 6982
Tue Feb 19 8:00am - Tue Feb 19 3:00pm
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Musei Vaticani's unique art collection is exhibited in surroundings of unparalleled beauty. The magnificent Raphael …
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Citta del Vaticano
Terrasini, 00193
Italy
+39 06 6988 3041
Tue Feb 19 8:00am - Tue Feb 19 4:00pm
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Wed 02/20/08 (day 3) - Pisa, Florence

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Standing in a large green expanse, Piazza del Duomo houses a group of monuments known the world over. These four mas …
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Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Wed Feb 20 8:00am - Wed Feb 20 4:00pm
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Designed by the Adolfo Natalini, the 15-story Hilton Florence Metropole is about three miles from the city center …
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Hilton Florence Metropole
via del Cavallaccio, 36
Florence, 50142
Italy
055-78711
Wed Feb 20 12:00pm - Fri Feb 22 12:00pm
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Thu 02/21/08 (day 4) - Pisa, Florence

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Pisa, Italy
Thu Feb 21 8:00am - Thu Feb 21 8:00pm
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Florence, Italy
Thu Feb 21 8:00pm - Fri Feb 22 12:00pm
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Fri 02/22/08 (day 5) - Venice

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Piazza San Marco is Venice's most famous piazza. What appears to be a rectangle is actually a trapezium, and when yo …
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Piazza San Marco
St Mark's Square
Venice, 30124
Italy
Fri Feb 22 8:00am - Fri Feb 22 12:00pm
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Venice is one of the few cities in the world that can be truly described as unique. It survives against all the …
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rotonda Romea, 1
Venice, 30175
Italy
39-041-5092311
Fri Feb 22 12:00pm - Sat Feb 23 12:00pm
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Sat 02/23/08 (day 6) - Rome

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It is strange to think that this area of Rome was originally built to be a city port where storehouses held goods at …
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viale di Trastevere
Rome, 00153
Italy
+39 06 488 991
Sat Feb 23 3:00pm - Sat Feb 23 11:00pm
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Unscheduled - Rome

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During the Christmas season Piazza Navona is packed with stalls selling toys, sweets and decorations for the Nativit …
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Piazza Navona
Piazza Navona
Rome, 00186
Italy
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The Forum Romanum was designed to be the center of social, political and economic life in the city. The innumerable …
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Foro Romano (Roman Forum)
via dei Fori Imperiali
Rome, 00186
Italy
+39 06 3996 7700
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This collection is housed in a building constructed in 1613 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, one of Bernini's greates …
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Galleria Borghese
piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5
Rome, 00197
Italy
+39 06 3 2810
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Tradition has it that throwing a coin over your left shoulder into the fountain guarantees a swift return to the wor …
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Fontana di Trevi
piazza di Trevi
Rome, 00187
Italy
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An incredible, almost theatrical square with the lovely Spanish Steps leading up to the Chiesa di Trinità dei Monti …
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Piazza di Spagna
Spanish Steps
Rome, 00187
Italy
+39 06 488 991
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Unscheduled - Florence

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Founded before 1000 C.E., this church was reconstructed in the 13th Century in Gothic style for the Vallombrosiani f …
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Santa Maria Maggiore
piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore
Florence, 50123
Italy
+39 055 23 320
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In the second half of the 19th century Federico Stibbert amassed a rich and varied collection of art in his villa on …
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via Federigo Stibbert, 26
Florence, 50134
Italy
+39 55 47 5520
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Unscheduled - Venice

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For a long time this was the only way to cross the Canal Grande. There was a bridge here at the end of the 12th Cent …
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Ponte di Rialto
ponte de Rialto
Venice, 30124
Italy
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Some legends say that the Ponte dei Sospiri was called the Bridge of Sighs because it was a rendezvous for lovers; h …
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Ponte dei Sospiri (Bridge of Sighs)
calle Larga San Marco
Venice, 30124
Italy
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You get a splendid view of Venice and the Basilica di San Marco from the tallest bell tower in Venice. It can be see …
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Basilica di San Marco-Campanile
San Marco, 422
Venice, 30124
Italy
+39 041 270 8311
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