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1. Travel Tip:
Paestum Ruins
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The ancient city of Poseidonia dates from 600 B.C. and is just wonderful preserved. I would recommend about 2 hours looking around the site. The admission cost is fairly inexpensive. I was with... Tags for this Travel Tip: ruins archaeology history |
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2. Travel Tip:
Venice - Vogalonga Regatta parade
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Venice is the city of my dreams – where I walk to every time I can and one day I will find Corto Maltese there for sure. Around May one of the most spectacular boat events occurs... Tags for this Travel Tip: boats parade regatta history |
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3. Travel Tip:
Venice: John Cabot's abandoned house
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Venice was home to many notable men who changed the course of Human History. In Venice’s Castello district Napoleon ordered the construction of Via Garibaldi, the street where you can find John... Tags for this Travel Tip: history navigators abandoned |
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4. Travel Tip:
Ponte Vecchio
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Ponte Vecchio in Florence is one of the most famous bridges crossing the Arno. It is one of Florence's most well-known landmarks, along with Il Duomo and it's many art galleries. A... Tags for this Travel Tip: bridge florence history architecture shopping river italy |
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5. Travel Tip:
Masks in Venice
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Masks and Venice are words that traditionally go together. Carnivale, which occurs each year two weeks before Lent, is a huge party in Venice, where you would wear a mask that would hide your... Tags for this Travel Tip: masks venice history carnivale shopping |
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6. Travel Tip:
Ponte delle Tette
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Visit Venice's one-time red light district with a walk across the Ponte delle Tette, or Bridge of Breasts. It's a small bridge where, back in the day, prostitutes would display their breasts as a... Tags for this Travel Tip: bridge redlightdistrict history architecture venice |
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7. Travel Tip:
Ponte di Rialto, The Rialto Bridge
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The Rialto Bridge spans the Grand Canal. It's a stone bridge that teems with tourists nearly year round. The view out over Venice and the Grand Canal are stunning and worth dealing with the... Tags for this Travel Tip: bridge history architecture venice shopping tourist grandcanal |
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8. Travel Tip:
St. Marks Square
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Bounded by St. Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace and a variety of stores and cafes, St. Mark's Square is a large square that floods during high water. If it's not flooded, it is inevitably filled... Tags for this Travel Tip: venice pigeons square stmarksbasilica history |
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9. Travel Tip:
St. Mark's Basilica
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Perhaps the best known sight in Venice, St. Mark's Basilica is a stunning sight! It is an elaborate structure with domes and arches and columns. The basilica is the resting place of St. Mark. Tags for this Travel Tip: stmark39sbasilica history art architecture venice italy |
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Bridge of Sighs, Ponte dei Sospiri
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I had thought that the Bridge of Sighs or Ponte dei Sospiri was a romantic spot. I was a bit startled to discover that the view from the bridge was the last thing that convicts would see before... Tags for this Travel Tip: venice legend history architecture bridge |
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