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IDYLLIC ISCHIA – CAPRI’S BEAUTIFUL ISLAND NEIGHBOUR

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Rising from the crystal clear azure waters of il Golfo di Napoli, the island of Ischia has been a sough-after destination by visitors for centuries.  Covered with lemon trees, vineyards and olive groves, Ischia is a beautiful, volcanic island th…

DISCOVER THE MYSTERIOUS ETRUSCAN CIVILISATION AND MORE, AT TARQUINIA

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The history of Tarquinia is inextricably connected to the history of the Etruscans.  It was here that one of the first settlements of their civilisation arose, made up of a gathering of small groups that clustered together into a complex social…

THE ISLAND OF ELBA – MORE THAN JUST MEMORIES OF NAPOLEON

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Best known for being the place of Napoleon’s exile in 1814, Elba is the biggest island of the Tuscan archipelago and Italy’s third-largest island, after Sardinia and Sicily.  It’s also part of the Arcipelago Toscano National Park.  It has so much to…

THE SPECTACULAR BEAUTY OF ITALY’S CINQUE TERRE

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  A century ago, the Cinque Terre were simply five fishing villages on an unforgiving, incredibly rugged stretch of the Ligurian coast of northwest Italy.  With modern transport came tourism, and now hordes arrive daily to experience it…