Italy is blessed with an excellent rail service that not only connects the big cities to each other, but also all the quaint, Italian villages along the way. Travelling by rail gives you the perfect opportunity to mix it up.
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There’s no shortage of things to do in Sicily, as it’s been a hub of culture and trading for at least two thousand years.
There is a reason why Palermo, Sicily is Italy’s Capital of Culture for 2018.
There are some things you just can’t experience from the window of a tour bus or passing by on a train. Some of the most remarkable places in Italy are best reached on foot. Consider making time for a walking holiday in Italy.
Italy has a wide selection of geothermal springs, many of which have been used since ancient times.
Villa Cimbrone, Ravello
Just 50km outside of Turin Porta Nuova train station, Elba is the largest island in the Tuscan archipelago is a magnet for tourists, especially from other parts of Italy.
If you look at Italy on a map, it looks like a very fashionable boot dipped in three seas: the Adriatic on the east coast, the Ionian in the south and the Tyrrhenian on the west coast.
Carnival in Italy has typically been a time of decadence, a storm before the calm if you will. The time of Lent was traditionally a time for Catholics to abstain from meat, eggs, milk and dairy for 40 days.
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