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How to Spend 3 Days in Rome

Rome, the Eternal City, a place full of history and culture. Everywhere you step you are walking through some point in the timeline of the last 2500 years. It is a city to be lived and loved by everyone through it's beautiful architecture, food, art and romance. Every world traveler has Rome on their list of [...]

By |2024-07-04T22:23:46+10:00June 30th, 2011|Destinations, Europe, Featured, Italy, Travel Tips|41 Comments

Photo: Leaning Bell Tower in Venice

Whilst lost in the streets of the Castello district in Venice, I came across this leaning bell tower (campanile). There are so many churches in Venice that it is hard to work out exactly which church is which, but I think this is at the church of San Giorgio dei Greci, which along with the campanile [...]

By |2024-05-10T16:07:48+10:00June 25th, 2011|Destinations, Europe, Italy, Photos|0 Comments

The Vatican City in Photos

My tour of the Vatican City was one of the highlights of my trip to Rome. The tour took us through the Vatican Museums, Raphael's Rooms and the Sistine Chapel. All of which were breathtakingly beautiful. At the end of the tour we were free to explore St Peter's Basilica, the largest church in the [...]

By |2024-07-04T22:22:26+10:00June 18th, 2011|Destinations, Europe, Featured, Italy, Photos|38 Comments

Eating it up in Sorrento, Italy

Sorrento Harbour The town of Sorrento is located on the Sorrento Peninsula, on the southern end of the Bay of Naples. It is a popular tourist destination due to the beauty of its location, and its close proximity to Naples, Pompeii, the isle of Capri and the Amalfi Coast. This made it a [...]

Siena Cathedral: Everything you need to know

If you're planning on travelling to Siena on your tour of Italy, make sure to include a visit to it's beautiful cathedral. The Duomo di Siena is a spectacular piece of Italian Gothic architecture. The interior is as beautiful if not more so than the exterior, and covered from floor to ceiling in amazing artwork. [...]

By |2024-05-10T10:14:05+10:00May 23rd, 2011|Destinations, Europe, Italy, Photos|4 Comments
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