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The Leaning Tower of Pisa is omnipresent: from official posters of Italy to photo albums of travellers around the world who are captured (for eternity) trying to push the tower. Apart from its famous tower, Pisa has a lot of other attractions for you: historic churches and buildings or lovely bridges across the Arno River. The Leaning Tower is a bell tower which originally was built vertically but soon after its construction it began to lean due to a poor foundation and substrate. The tower served as a place where Galilei was experimenting his theories to demonstrate that speed is independent of the mass of objects and then during the WW2 the tower was used by the Germans as an observation post.
Remember to add to your Tuscan travel itinerary also Piazza del Duomo (or Piazza dei Miracoli – “Square of Miracles”), the Knight’s Square where you can admire vasari designed Palazzo della Carovana. Culture vultures should see the church Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri which houses works of arts signed by Vasari, Donatello or Ligozzi.
The church of St. Francis has works by Empoli or Gaddi. To admire some gothic architecture visit the church of Santa maria della Spina. Science fans should visit the Palazzo Reale where Galileo Galilei showed the Duke of Tuscany the planets he had discovered.
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Venice (Italy) is a must-see and everyone should have a chance to enjoy the beautiful Venice at least once in their lifetime. Their waterways here are just amazing and unique and there are lots of great attractions here that should be checked out on your every trip such as the Rialto Bridge which is a landmark in Venice that is strongly recommended to all tourists to see. The Basilica di San Marco is another well-known tourist attraction of Venice.
Though there are several major tourist attractions in Venice that are very popular, there are many lesser known attractions that you should not miss as well. Don’t just pop to one spot and pop on another without looking around and check out other areas around Venice so you won’t miss out on those little things that make Venice what it is.
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Sicily is an island tucked away in the southern part of Italy and its capital – Palermo – features remarkable historic sites as well as beautiful beaches. It’s one of best places in Italy for a vacation.
Getting to Palermo is no problem. The international airport receives daily flights from different airlines from major cities in Europe. From the airport, you can take a shuttle bus that departs every half hour that will take you to the city center. From that point on, you could walk or rent a bike as the city is relatively small. Cars are not recommended because of the small roads.
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Do you ever wonder where pizza was actually invented? Yes, it was in Italy but do you know which part of Italy was pizza first created? It was in Naples. Their restaurants here still continue to serve the finest Italian pizza and other cuisines but of course that’s not the only reason why people travel to Naples.
Naples is the 3rd largest city of Italy and it’s naturally abundant. Aside from its natural resources and beauty, you will also find some Baroque and Renaissance churches along its crumbling blocks.
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Italy is to spend a billion euros to restore its traditional waterways. This was caused by the surge of interest in the traditional waterways in Milan. As some of Milan’s canals are restored, interest in these waterways increased considerably that the price of the properties within the area increased. On the side of tourism, more and more tourists are clamouring for more waterways as they know that the country used to have a vast and highly efficient canal system. Unfortunately, the canals was slowly discarded during the 30s. Faster and more efficient means of transportation were introduced during that time. Dams and irrigations were even introduced in some canals which have prevented boats from passing through.
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