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Tuscany Maps and Travel Guide | Wandering Italy
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Tuscany Maps and Travel Guide. Tuscany From Cities to Provinces to Historic Territories. Tuscany is Italy's fifth largest region at 22,994 square kilometers. Within its boundaries you'll find six World Heritage Sites. Many tourists can rattle them off from memory. They include Florence. Siena, Pisa's Piazza dei Miracoli, Pienza. The city of towers- and the Val d'Orchia. Tuscany's capital, Florence. A specialty of the region, must come from well aged Chianina beef. It must be of a certain weight, maki...
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There’s a very likely chance you haven’t heard of Campiglia Marittima. It’s in Tuscany. It’s not as famous as Florence. But once stood head and shoulders with the great Tuscan cities. Welcome to Campiglia Marittima. The “Marittima” added to the old town name reminds you of its Maremma pedigree. Let’s say you end up in the Piazza della Repubblica. You might think. “Oh, how nice” at seeing this view:. Clock Tower from Piazza Republica. When you take this picture, on the left of you will be a bar with.
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Mapping the Tourists | Wandering Italy Blog
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I like maps. Slap me with a heritage pig chop if I’m wrong, but I think modern technology has made maps more useful and interesting. (It gives you a good feeling to think that modern thought and technology isn’t. About crowd sourcing and driving down the incomes of trained and adept authors and artists.). That said, there is enough in the Metauro Valley. Is one of Italy’s ten largest waterfalls and you didn’t have a clue, did you? Ok, I didn’t either and I’ve been to this area many times). Isn’t a ...
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Italian Itineraries | Wandering Italy
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Roman Roads, Pilgrimage Trails and other natural Itineraries in Italy. Italy is packed with the most amazing treasures. If you talk to a person who's been, you can expect to hear of the art packed in Florence, or the Roman ruins pock-marking Rome. And there's no question they are spectacular. So here is a current list of our favorite places to spend a week or more exploring. Via Francigena Pilgrimage Trail. The Via Francigena is the 10th century Frankish route from Canturbury to Rome. Bishop Sigeric ...
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Airport Map | Wandering Italy
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Where the Airplanes are: Plan Your Italian Vacation by Airport. I always favor train travel over air travel when it's convenient (and often faster). But when the train times hit about 3.5 to 4 hours, the time you save by being transported to a city center on the train evaporates- and taking the plane looks mighty good. You can check the prices of flights by using the booking box to the right. Major Italian Airports Map. Notes on Italian Airports. Ferries were once popular for getting to the islands, espe...
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Rome Map & Neighborhood Guide | Wandering Italy
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Rome Neighborhood Map and Guide. Where to Stay and What to See in Rome, Italy. Most every large and sprawling city has districts or neighborhoods, but few display the diversity of character you'll find in central Rome's neighborhoods, sometimes refered to by the Italian administrative divisions called. Have changed over the years as new administrations grappled with the population growth both inside the Aurelian walls and out. Map: Rome and Its Rione. Each of the gray map markers indicates a Rome. Centra...
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The Giro d'Italia in Serricciolo: Pretty in Pink | Wandering Italy Blog
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The Giro in Lunigiana: Pretty in Pink. It’s a short walk from our humble. To Serricciolo, where we get our coffee most mornings. The Giro d’Italia passed by today, so we came down and took up a place by the road and waited until the time the website predicted riders would round the bend in front of the bar. They were right on time. In the Giro d’Italia. It started with the sponsoring sports paper, which was printed on pink paper and steamrolled until now there is a museum of pink jerseys. Originally appe...
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