With Rome’s history spanning at least 28 centuries, you can bet your travel booties that it’ll take longer than a couple of days to fully experience its majesty.
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Long before Florence Santa Maria Novella (SMN) was built or high-speed trains were able to take you from Rome to Florence…
As soon as you arrive at Rome's Termini train station you know you are in a truly special city. There’s a proverb that goes: “Rome wasn’t built in a day”.
One could argue that there is nothing more comforting than fried food. And if you're headed towards Tuscany the food is no different, especially one of the best snacks in Florence — coccoli, which translates as “cuddles…
When it comes to apres ski, Europe’s legendary ski destinations have been doing it right for decades.
Italy is home to countless wonderful cities, and with an equally amazing rail system, visiting these locations is very easy. A surefire way to craft a memorable holiday is to seek out a little bit of the unknown.
Rome is known as the Eternal City but, like any other city, it had a finite beginning and a modest one at that. Archaeologists have found traces of human habitation in the area for at least 5,000 years.
Back when Michelangelo was painting the Sistine Chapel, Galileo was discovering the moons of Jupiter and Leonardo da Vinci was dreaming of the future, kings and queens all over Europe fell in love with the soft, luscious and very expensive velvet produced in Venice.
When you're looking for things to do in Venice, there's nothing quite like connecting to the great history that the city has to offer. Take a break from the hustle and bustle of The Floating City to pop into Caffè Florian, one of the world's oldest cafes.