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Top Five European Cities
Whether you’re from Europe and have an interest in the cultural variety within your continent or are from elsewhere in the world, there are some really exciting European cities waiting to be explored. The diverse food, atmosphere and lifestyles that can be experienced in the continent mean that once you’ve seen one country you’ve most certainly not seen them all! ... Full story
Montgomery - Alabama's historic capital
Arriving in Montgomery, a delightful southern city and Alabama state capital, it is difficult to believe that just fifty-five years ago it was the epicentre of the fight for civil rights in this country. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person on the 1st December 1955, her subsequent arrest sparked a movement of peaceful resistance which resonated around the world. ... Full story
Keep rolling, rolling, rolling: Moving Montepulciano
Staring down a barrel is usually something to be avoided, however for the Tuscan town of Montepulciano the Bravio delle Botti is one of the highlights of the social calendar. ... Full story
Basilicata - the sole of Italy
Hidden in the foot of Italy is an area that encapsulates elements of the Mediterranean and North Africa and is full of rich historical artefacts. The region is arid and mountainous with two coastlines, one on the Tyrrhenian Sea and the other on the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea. ... Full story
Berlusconi Tours To Take off?
Enterprising Italian group specialist - IGS - is offering group packages in Milan to experience the sure to be electric media atmosphere during Berlusconi's proposed trial in April. Italy's flamboyant Prime Minister Silvio Berlosconi is due to stand trial on various charges in what will no doubt be the country's media event of the decade and visitors are invited to immerse themselves in a more modern cultural experience than Italy's ancient cities generally offer. ... Full story
Special Group packages for Viareggio Carnival
Italian receptive operator - IGS Travel, is offering excellent group packages for the 2012 Viareggio Carnival. The Viareggio Carnival is a great alternative to Venice and offers more of a traditional carnival feel for the visitor as well as excellent accommodation available at very reasonable prices. ... Full story
Italy's Spectacular 'Other' Carnival
Carnival season is upon us yet again and nobody embraces the spirit of carnival more than the passionate and gregarious population of the Italian peninsula. Whilst Venice, with its grand masked balls and theatrical splendour stands alone as the Queen of carnival (in Europe), the politically satirical carnival parade offered up by Viareggio in Tuscany is a unique and spectacular experience. ... Full story
The Friendly Foot of Italy
The challenge had been laid out on a large plate for us (sizeable enough to squeeze in the pizzas consumed over this long weekend) – 300km of pedalling in three days through freak storms, ghost towns, empty beaches, but most importantly we were surrounded by “Pugliesi” people who never once tried to boot us out of their heel-shaped region. ... Full story
Northern Italy Special Offers for Groups
Italian receptive tour operator, Montebaldo, is offering a range of special group products around Lake Garda and Northen Italy. ... Full story
Venice
The iconic city of Venice is quite simply a living museum to layers of European, Italian and maritime history; and it never disappoints the visitor, with its carousing gondoliers, medieval palaces and renaissance art. A trip on a gondola is a must for a first timer, but the city is easily explored by foot and using the inexpensive water-busses to nip between islands. ... Full story
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Huntsville - a touch of southern comfort.
The city of Huntsville, nestled amongst the hills of north Alabama, is certainly not the backwater southern town that I perhaps expected. It manages to combine a delightful historical old-town with a state of the art high-tech modern city built around the U.S. space programme. ... Full story
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