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Italy

Italy is a boot-shaped peninsula which extends from the southern edge of Europe into Mediterranean Sea. Stunning landscapes, wealthy cultural heritage and many more enamour the country. The highly volatile and cultured country has many influential painters and poets. By sixth century BC, the most prominent early settlers were inscrutable Etruscans who settled in northern and central Italy. Later Roman Empire stretched from Egypt to England and conferred for many centuries on its inhabitants the benefits of Pax Romana. In the fifteenth century Italy witnessed a Renaissance with the advent of artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Botticelli.
Today Italy is a country of its own. It is world famous given the architecture embodied in the famous cities including Venice, Florence, Naples and Siena. Italy has many hill towns and equally features many fishing villages. However, to accommodate the growing number of tourists from across the country there are good number of hotels in Italy. Italy hotels are lavish and stylish in terms of offering services to its customers.

Facts about Italy

Country Name Italian Republic
Area 301,230 sq. km
Population 57,910, 000
Capital City Rome
People Italian
Religion Mostly Roman Catholicism
Language Italian
Time Zone GMT/UTC +1 (+2 in summer) (Central European Time)

Flights to Italy

Flight to Italy is there from all the major destinations of the world. Also there are many Italy flights to the major destinations of the world. Fly to Italy and imbibe the unending grandeur of the global hotspot. However, there are many hotels in Italy for you to stay. Italy hotel endow you all the amenities and facilities of an ideal hotel. Being in Italy hotel you can devour variety of Italy foods.

Italy Travel Information

Climate in Italy is predominantly Mediterranean. July and August are hot and humid, and often confront thunderstorms. Summers and winters are warmer and drier in the south than in the northern and central parts of the country.

Visa-A passport with visa is essential travel document. British, Irish and EU citizens need only a passport and citizens of the US, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa need a visa if they stay for more than 3 months. All other nationals require obtaining a schengen visa to enter Italy.

Places of Interest

There are innumerable tourist attractions in Italy. The Colosseum in Rome, San Peter's Basilica, Piazza San Marco in Venice, the Doge's Palace, Correr Museum, Bell-Tower of St. Mark, Ponte Vecchio and many more are there to thrill you. You will get to see many mind-boggling works by Botticelli, Giotto, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael.

The Colosseum-Built in about 1920 years ago, The Colosseum is the greatest amphitheatre of the antiquity. The architectural wonder flaunts the cruelty and grandeur of the Roman world. Once abandoned The Collosseum remained as a fortress for the medieval clans of the city and a place of Christian worship. Today the grand architectural masterpiece is the subject of research.

Ponte Vecchio in Florence-The oldest bridge in Florence and also the most famous is the Ponte Vecchio. The Vasariano corridor (the upper side of the bridge), was designed by Vasari to link the Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi Gallery to the Pitti Palace. The inhabited bridge had many shops which were later assigned to goldsmiths and silversmiths.

Vesuvius-A complex volcano of which the oldest dated rock from is about 300,000 years old.