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A trip from August 24, 2006 to September 11, 2006, travelling to Rome, Milan, Firenze, Venezia
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Rome, Firenze...
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08/24/2006 to 09/11/2006
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Unscheduled - Rome

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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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No visit to Rome is complete without seeing its magnificent Colosseum, a vast amphitheatre with seating for 55,000 t …
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Colosseo
Piazza del Colosseo
Rome, 00184
Italy
+39 06 3996 7700
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Musei Vaticani's unique art collection is exhibited in surroundings of unparalleled beauty. The magnificent Raphael …
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Musei Vaticani
Viale Vaticano
Rome, 00193
Italy
+39 06 6988 3041
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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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Trastevere
Viale di Trastevere
Rome, 00153
Italy
+39 06 488 991
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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
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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
Piazza di Spagna
Rome, 00187
Italy
+39 06 488 991
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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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Said to have been 25 times larger than the Colosseum at the height of Nero's reign, it took 15 years of restoration …
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Via della Domus Aurea
Rome, 00184
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
5 Piazzale Scipione Borghese
Rome, 00197
Italy
+39 06 841 3979
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Unscheduled - Milan

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Watched over by the Madonnina , the cathedral's high rose marble spires represent the city's most famous artistic an …
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Santa Maria Nascente (Duomo di Milano)
Piazza del Duomo
Milan, 20123
Italy
+39 02 8646 3456
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Designed by S.G. Locati from 1895-1896 for Pietro Reininghaus from Graz, a beer brewer and importer, this building i …
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Piazza Antonio Cantore
Milan, 20123
Italy
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Unscheduled - Firenze

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The Medici family reserved rooms for their prestigious collection during use of the gallery as magistrate's court in …
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Galleria degli Uffizi
6 Piazzale degli Uffizi
Firenze, 50122
Italy
+39 055 238 8651
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Best known of all Florence's treasures, this glorious bridge was the only one of six spared by the retreating German …
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Ponte Vecchio
Ponte Vecchio
Firenze, 50125
Italy
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Renowned for its panoramic views of Florence and the Arno valley, this terrace is a popular spot with locals and tou …
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Piazzale Michelangelo
Piazzale di Michelangelo
Firenze, 50125
Italy
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The Accademia Gallery is perhaps best-known for Michelangelo's David , removed after four centuries from Piazza Sign …
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60 Via Ricasoli
Firenze, 50122
Italy
+39 055 238 8612
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Inside this garden lies the Buontalenti grotto (1583-1593). Decorated with Mannerist-style scenes from Greek and Rom …
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Giardino di Boboli
1 Piazza Pitti
Firenze, 50125
Italy
+39 055 238 8786
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As the city's skyline symbol, the legendary Duomo is famous above all for its dome: Filippo Brunelleschi's Renaissan …
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Santa Maria del Fiore (Il Duomo)
Piazza del Duomo
Firenze, 50122
Italy
+39 055 215 380
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Although the Baptistery's precise origins remain unclear, its foundations are known to date back to Roman times. The …
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Battistero di San Giovanni
1 Via della Canonica
Firenze, 50122
Italy
+39 055 230 2885
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San Miniato is one of the most striking examples of Florentine Romanesque architecture, characterized by its bicolou …
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San Miniato al Monte
34 Via Del Monte alle Croci
Firenze, 50125
Italy
+39 055 234 2768
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Unscheduled - Venezia

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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
Piazza San Marco
Venezia, 30124
Italy
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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 di Rialto
Venezia, 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
328 Sestiere San Marco
Venezia, 30124
Italy
+39 041 522 5205
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First opened in the middle of the 13th century, this museum's collection was expanded up until the 16th Century. It …
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Campo dei Frari
Venezia, 30125
Italy
+39 041 272 8611
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