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DISCOVER THE MYSTERIOUS ETRUSCAN CIVILISATION AND MORE, AT TARQUINIA

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

Categories: Italy, West Coast

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

Categories: Italy, West Coast

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…

THE HILLTOP CITY OF LAON – MEDIEVAL CAPITAL OF FRANCE

Categories: Paris Region (Ile de France)

Situated high above the flat plain of northern Picardy, is the medieval city of Laon, known as the ‘Montagne Couronnée’ (the Crowned City). It sits isolated atop a 100m high limestone rock, surrounded by the low, flat plains below. The high to…