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Capital      Rome

Currency   €

Area          301.340 square km

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Weather, weather forecast and when to go to Italy

Italy has a climate appropriate to its location and subtropical temperate zones. Summers are hot and winters generally mild. An exception is northern Italy, which has a cold continental climate thanks to the continental climate. Similarly, the overall climate in northern areas is influenced by the Alps.

Italy is one of the famous resorts that welcome tourists from early summer to late autumn. There is nice, but variable weather in this period, in Italy.

Holidays and Italy belong together. The temperature of the air and water are not always constant as in other southern countries. All beaches on the east coast are full from June to September. Increases not only the popularity of the Ligurian but also of the clean lakes.

In addition to the Italian beach holiday-makers come also cycle-tourists, for whom the season extends from early spring until late autumn.

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Top places of interest and picks

Rome
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  Piazza di Spagna with famous Spanish steps

  Piazza Navona

  Trevi Fountain (Fountain di Trevi)

  Colosseum

  Capitol

  The basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli

  Santa Maria Maggiore

  Catacombs - a maze of underground tunnels

  Castel Sant Angelo

  Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verita)

Vatican

  Vatican City - the smallest sovereign Church State in the world

  Area: 0.44 km square

  Language: Latin, Italian

  Location: The Vatican is part of Rome and lies in its western part

  the most famous of the popes: John Paul II

  population: about 450 people have Vatican citizenship

  Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo's famous masterpiece thanks to wall paintings Last   Judgement.

  Vatican Museums

  St. Peter's Basilica (San Pietro)

  St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro)

Napoli

  Napoli Royal Palace

Venice

  Venice - a city of islands in the lagoon, dubbed as the most peaceful city. Different architectural styles from Byzantine through Gothic to Renaissance mixes in Venice.

  Do not forget to ride a gondola in the Grand Canal, preferably from Piazzale Roma to San Zaccaria. Well-known attraction is the Venice carneval, which lasts twelve days.

  Piazza San Marco

  Basilica di San Marco - a mixture of Byzantine and Romanesque style. The basilica is famous for its mosaics. The most famous one include retribution from Tintoretto.

  Dojo´s Palace

  Palais d'Oro (Ca'd'Oro) - Venetian Gothic palace, which is now a gallery

  Pesaro Palace - now occupied by Modern Art Gallery and Museum of Oriental Art

  Jewish ghetto

Pisa

  Leaning Tower Torre Pendente - 54.6 meter high bell tower. The tower has deviated from its axis of 5 meters. On top of the tower lead 294 stairs. Leaning Tower of Pisa still attracts crowds of tourists. Noteworthy is the fact that the sloping tower of Pisa was used in experiments of the well known physicist Galileo Galilei.

  Piazza dei Miracoli

  Cathedral from 11 century

  Baptiserium from 12 century - with the hexagonal pulpit

Volterra

  Guarnacci Museum - the most beautiful collection of Tuscan art

Florence

  Piazza Michelangelo

  Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore with a red cupola has bronze doors, called Doors to Paradise

  Belfry Campanila is 81.5 meters high

  Gallery Palatina

Viareggio

  Tower Torre del Lago Puccini is known thanks to tha fact that the composer Puccini have lived in it.

Castel Gandolfo

  Castel Gandolfo - Pope's summer residence outside Rome in Albenske mountains. The castle was built in the 17th century.

National Parks

  Lake Lago Massaciuccoli - protected nature reservation

Carrara

  Carrara - quarry in Tuscany. Here the famous carrara marble is mined

Verona

  Old amphitheater

  Gardaland - an amusement park with many attractions near Verona

Bologna

  Piazza Maggiore

  Piazza del Nettuno - Neptune Fountain

  The Gothic town hall

  The church of San Petronio

  The Church of San Domenico with a master Michelangelo statuary

Milan

  The Duomo is the second largest cathedral in the world with huge collection of statues.

  Teatro alla Scala (La Scala)

  The Castello Sforzesco

  The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio

  The Palaeo-Christian Basilica of San Lorenzo

  The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie - he you can admire one of the most famous paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper. It is very popular attraction thanks to novel The Da Vinci Code written by Dan Brown.

  The Biblioteca Ambrosiana

  The Pinacoteca di Brera

  The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum

  The Musei del Castello galleries

Tuscany

  Tuscany - the whole area of Tuscany is one of the paradises on earth. This is a rural lifestyle, where nature in the form of vineyards, olive groves and beautiful beaches creates the harmony of peace.

Pompeii and Vesuvius

  Pompeii - the city excavations, which were buried after the explosion of the volcano Vesuvius in the year 79 B.C. The preserved archaeological relics include: Basilica, Small Stabij spas, theaters, amphitheater and the beautiful mosaics and frescoes.

Capri

  Blue Cave on the island of Capri

Aeolian Islands

  Aeolian Islands - Islands of volcanic origin. Volcano La Fosa created a 200 meter crater afzer the explosion in the year 1888. Everywhere you can feel smell of sulfur fumes which coloured surrounding rock in yellow colour.

Trentino

  Trentino - a picturesque town

Paestun

  Paestum - archaeological park of the ancient city remains

Lake Garda

  Lake Garda - a beautiful lake with a wide choice of sport activities.

Liguria

  a beautiful landscape and coastline

  Portofino
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Rimini

  Rimini - Dolphinarium and terrarium

  Italy in miniature (Italia in miniature) - an interesting park with miniature buildings and famous theme park with attractions for children and adults near Rimini. It is open through the whole year

Ravenna

  Mirabilandia - a theme park 10 km south of Ravenna (Savio). Open the whole year.

Sicily and Etna

  Etna - active volcano. Etna altitude is 3340 meters. Its peak is usually covered with snow. Around are some parasitic craters. 

  Alcantara - in Sicily near Etna is the picturesque scenery and canyons along the river 

  Via Appia - the most famous road from Rome to Capua (302 B.C.)

  Sicily - an island with many historical monuments and excavations

Sardinia

  Sardinia - an island with beautiful nature, white sand and turquoise water

Calabria

  Calabria - Italian peninsula in the southwest:

  Catanzaro - Provincial Museum, Palazzo Fazzari, Palazzo de Nobilis, Palazzo della Prefettura, the ruins of the castle tower

  Lamezia Terme - Spa

  Curing - Saracens Tower (Torre dei Saraceno) 16 century

  Cosenza - Folk Museum, the Palazzo dei Bruz, Tarshish Palazzo, Palazzo Savelli, Castle from 1184, rebuilt in the 15th to 18 th century

  Villapiana - Torre di Villapiana from 15 th century

  Crotone - Archaeological Museum, Palazzo Barraco from 18 century, Palazzo Vescovile from 16 century, Castello di Charles from 9 century

  Reggio Calabria - National Museum, Palazzo del Governo

Castellana Cave

  Castellana Cave - karst cave was discovered in the 18th century. Ranks among the most visited caves Italy

Lecce

  Piazza S. Orozov

  Piazza Duomo

  The Bell-tower

  Cathedral, Bishop's Palace

  Vibo Valentia - Palazzo Cordopatri

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