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Italy
Attached in the north to the European
mainland, this is the land of La Dolce Vita! The Romans sure knew
and know about good food and wine, romance and the easy life. This
country is a feast of architecture and history.
Area : 301,323 sq km
Population : 57,589,000
Capital : Rome
Language : Italian
Major religion :
Christianity
GNI per capita : $21560
Internet domain : .it
Major Cities : Milan, Naples, Turin, Genoa,
Palermo, Florence
Currency : Lira/Euro
Phonecode : #390
Hotels : Park Hyatt Milano ; Four Seasons
Hotel, Milan ; Bulgari Hotel & Resorts, Milan ; Chedi, Milan ;
Maison Moschino, Milan ; Hotel Principe de Savoia, Milan ; Nhow,
Milan ; Hotel Straf, Milan ; Hotel Milano Scala ; Hotel Spadari al
Duomo, Mialn ; The Gray, Milan ; Grand Hotel, Milan ; E.c.ho Milan
(Echo) ; Radisson SAS, Rome ; Hotel Cavalieri, Rome ;
Montreal, Termini, Rome ; Hotel de Russie, Rome ; Hotel Locarno,
Rome ; La Posta Vecchia, Rome ; St Regis Grand Hotel, Rome ; Hotel
Eden (Royal Meridien), Rome ; Hotel Majestic Roma, Rome ; The
Westin Excelsior, Rome ; Hotel Eden, Rome ; Exedra, Rome ; Aleph
Hotel, Rome ; Portrait Suites, Rome ; Inn at the Spanish Steps,
Rome ; Villa Spalletti Trivelli, Rome ; Regina Hotel Baglioni, Rome
; Baubino181, Rome ; Hassler Roma ; Hotel Dei Mellini, Rome/Vatican
; Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese ; Hotel Margutta 54, Rome ; Hotel
Santa Caterina, Amalfi ; Hotel Spendido, Portofino ; Hotel San
Terenzo, Cinque Terre ; Le Sirenuse, Positano ; Le Agavi, Positano
; Piccolo Hotel de Lido, Lerici ; Villa Feltrinelli, Gargano, Lago
di Garda ; Masseria San Domenico, Puglia ; L'Albereta, Erbusco ;
Hotel & Spa Rosa Alpina ; Palazzo Sasso, Ravello ; Le Meridien
Turin Art + Tech ; Jolly Ambasciatori, Turin ; NH Danto Stefano,
Turin ; Palazzo del Corso, Gallipolli ; Grand Hotel, Florence ;
Hotel Brunelleschi, Florence ; Four Seasons Firenze ; Hotel Savoy ,
Florence ; Lungarno Suites, Florence ; Hotel Helvetia &
Bristol, Florence ; Villa la Massa, Florence ; Villa San Michele,
Florence ; Villa La Massa, Florence ; The Westin Excelsior,
Florence ; Villa d' Este, Como ; Villa del Balbianello, Como ;
Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio ; Grand Hotel Majestic
Pallanza, Lago Maggiore ; Ca' Pisani, Venice ; Bauer Hotel, Venice
; Hotel Cipriani, Venice ; Boscolo Grand Hotel Dei Dogi,Venice ;
Bauer Il Palazzo, Venice ; Hotel Gritti Palace, Venice ; Albergo
San Zulian, Venice ; Ca' Marcello Venice ; The Westin Europa &
Regina, Venice ; San Clemente Palace, Venice ; Hotel
Cala di Volpe, Costa Smeralda ; Townhouse 12, Milan; Duomo Hotel,
Rimini ; Vigilius Mountain Resort, Lana, South Tirol ; Grand Hotel
Duchi d'Aosta,Trieste ; Hotel Pitrizza, Sardinia ; Hotel Romazzino,
Sardinia ; Cristal Palace Hotel, Palermo ; Verdura Golf & Spa
Resort, Palermo ; Alpine Wellness Resort Majestic, Bruneck ; Hotel
Duca della Corgna, Castiglione del Lago, Umbria ; Il
Pellicano, Porto Ercole ; Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort, La
Bandida, Tuscany ; San Casciano Dei Bagni,Tuscany ; Terme di
Saturnia Resort & Spa, Saturnia ; Grand Hotel Continental
Siena, Siena ; Relais La Suvera, Siena ; Grand Hotel Excelsior
Vittoria, Sorrento ; Capri Palace Hotel & Spa, Isle of Capri ;
San Domenico Palace Hotel, Taormina ; Agriturismo Portella
della Ginestra,Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily ; Agriturismo Terre di
Corleone, Corleone, Sicily ; Agriturismo Sant'Agata, Corleone,
Sicily ; Leon D'Oro Hotel and Restaurant, Corleone, Sicily ;
Agriturismo Argomesi di Riolo Giorgio, Piana degili Albanesi,
Sicily ; Masseria Torre Maizza, Savelletri di Fasano ; Hotel San
Paolo al Convento, Trani, Bari ; Gabbia D'Oro, Verona ; Albergo San
Domenico,Urbino ; Hotel Maitani, Orvieto ; Albergo Piceno, Ascoli
Piceno ; Delle Art Design Hotel, Cremona ; Del Corso, Sant'Antioco
; The Hotel Brsitol Palace, Genoa ; Bentley Hotel, Genoa ; Hotel
M14, Padua ; Savoia Excelsior Palace,Trieste ; Palazzo Margherita,
(Coppola Hotel) Bernalda ; Sextanto Albergo Diffusio (a whole
medieval village turned into a hotel) ;
Restaurants : Zucca e Melone, Milan ; Giacamo
Arengario, Milan ; Giacomo Arengario , Milan ; Da Abele, Loreto,
Milano ; Trussardi Marino Alla Scala (best new restaurant in Italy
2007), Milan ; Bulgari, Milan ; Armani restaurant, Milan ; Antica
Focacceria San Francesco, Milan ; Dolce & Gabbana, Milan ; La
Taverna del Ghetto, Rome ; Asinocotto, Trastevere, Rome ; Emiliane,
Rome ; Cavour 313, Colosseo, Rome ; Dal Bolognese, Rome ; Da
Gigetto, Rome ; Il Goccetto, Rome ; ; Piperno, Rome ;
Trattoria Al Moro, Rome ; Checchino dal 1887, Via del Monte
Testaccio, Rome ; Quinzi e Gabrielli, Rome ; Matricianella, Rome ;
Osteria Flaminio, Rome ; Ristorante Carlo Menta, Trastevere, Rome ;
Osteria Il Localino, Rome ; Cane e Gatto, Siena ; Il Trovatore,
Parma ; Diana, Bologna ; Al Papagallo, Bologna ; Da Bertino,
Bologna ; Ristorante da Silvio, Bologna ; Ristorante Franco Rossi,
Bolgona ; Rosarose Bistro, Bologna ; A.F. Tamburini, Bologna ;
Gambero Rosso, Livorno; Restaurante Europa 92 (Pavarotti), Modena ;
Da Dora, Naples ; Osteria Francescana, Modena ; Il Mulinazzo,
Palermo ; Osteria Altri Tempi, Palermo ; Cin-Cin, Palermo; Le
Maschere, Genoa ; Il Melograno, Bogliasco, Nervi ; Antica
Pizzeria Nuti, Florence ; Cammillo Trattoria, Florence ; Trattoria
4 Leoni , Florence ; Enoteca Pinchiorri, Florence ; Mua, Genoa ;
Maxela, Genoa ; Harry's Grill, Trieste ; Al Bragozzo, Trieste ; Da
Giovanni, Trieste ; Bonta Nacoste, Lerici ; Il Senatore,
Fiascherino, Cinque Terre ; Tre Galline, Turin ; Regina Margherita,
Turin ; www.progettocluster.com Turin ; Il CZasale, Paciano, Umbria
; La Conca del Sogno, Positano ; Tragaletta Beach Club Restaurant,
Isle of Capri ; Castello Pensione Castello Aragonese, Ischia ; Da
Robertino, Via Nazionale, Sardinia ; Hotel Capo Sud, Elba ;
Locanda Lorena, Isla Palmeria ; Miki, Mointerosso ; Bocche di
Bonifacio, Capo Testa ; Retaurante Eden, Lago Maggiore ; Cip's
Club, Hotel Cipriani, Venice ; Alle Testiere, Venice ; Ai
Gondolieri, Venice ; Al Fontego dei Pescaori, Venice ;Cafe
Pedrocchi, Padua ; Il Desce, Verona ; Il Dodoci Apostoli, Verona ;
Trattoria Al Pompiere, Verona ; La Taverna Di Via Stella ;
Ristorante Olivo, Verona ; Osteria del Tempo Perso, Ostuni, Bari ;
Upeidde, Ruvo di Puglia, Bari ; Cucina Casareccia, Lecce ; Profuno
di Mare, Otranto ; La Trattoria del Leone, Urbino ; La Taverna
Ravita, Maratea ; Piazza Duomo, Alba, Piedmont ; La Clusaaz,
Aosta Valley
Bars/Cafes : Spritz, Milan ; El Brellin, Mialn
; Gusto Arte Vino, Milan ; Al Coccio, Mialn ; Absolute Ice Bar,
Milan (set in Townhouse12) ; ; Birrificio Lambrate, Milan ;
Il Gelato Centogusti, Milan ; Officine del Gelato, Milan ; Martini
Bar at D&G, Milan ; Biffi, Milan ; Fresco Art, Milan ; Emporio
Armani Caffe, Milan (for breakfast) ; Armani Prive Bar, Milan ;
Chocolat Milano for the best gelato ; Bar Berto, Genoa ; La Lepre,
Genoa ; Galata Cafe, Genoa ; Gran Ristoro, Genoa ; Taggiou, Genoa ;
Tagliafico, Genoa ; Profumo di Rosa, Genoa ; Harry's Bar, Rome ;
Philosophy, Exedra Hotel, Rome ; Tazio, Piazza della Repubulica,
Rome ; Caffe Bernini, Piazza Navonna, Rome ; San Eustachio
Cafe(best coffee), Rome ; Euro Bar, Via Torino, Rome ; La Terraza
Bar, Hotel Eden, Rome ; Bar Calisto, Rome ; Salotto 42, Rome ; Tree
Bar, Rome ; Neve di Latte, Rome ; Gelateria Arcobaleno, Lerici ;
Vertigo Bar, San Terenzo, Cinque Terre ; Cana Wine Bar,
Palermo ; Caffe Nuovo Nazionale, Turin ; Zanarini, Bologna ; Bar
Calice, Bologna ; Enoteca Baroni, Lerici ;
Attractions : Colosseum, Rome ; Catacombs of
Santa Priscilla, Rome ; St. Peter's Basilika, Vatican City ;
Basilica di Santa Maria, Trastevere, Rom ; Chapel of Zeno, Santa
Prassede, Rome ; Santa Cecilia, Trastevere, Rome ; Garibaldi's
Statue, Gianicoli Parkland, Rome ; Pantheon and Piazza della
Rotunda, Rome ; San Silvestro Post Office, Rome ; Piazza del
Campidoglio ; Piazza Farnese ; Piaza Venezia ; Campo de' Fiori ;
Janiculum Hill for great views of Rome ; Ponte Sant Angelo Bridge,
Rome ; Fontana de Trevi, Rome ; San Lorenzo Cathedral, Genoa ; Mt
Etna, Sicily ; Siracusa/Catania, Sicily ; La Scala Opera, Duomo
Cathedral, Cenacolo Vinciani (The Last Supper) Milano; Amalfi Coast
; Tuscany ; Siena ; Florence ; Venice (Island of Burano );
Piazzetta di San Marco, Church of St Simeone Piccolo, Palace of
Ducale, Palace Prigioni, St Marks Basilica, Grand Canale, Venice ;
San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice ; Piazza Duomo, Milan ; Hangar
Bicocca, Mialn ; The Pantheon ; Ischia Ponte, Castello Aragonese ;
Capri; The annual horse race around Il Campo in Siena ; Trieste ;
Bellagio, Lake Como ; Lago Maggiore ; Lake Garda ; Borromeo
Palace, Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore ; Cinque Terre ; Castle of
Miramare, Carso, Trieste ; Sant'Antioco island off Sardinia ;
Coaquaddus, beach, Sant'Antioco ; Elba ; Genoa (birthplace of
Christopher Columbus) Galata Museo del Mare ; Acquario di Genova ;
Venaria Reale, Turin ; Garisenda and Asisnelli Towers, Bologna ;
Basilica of San Petronio, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna ; Orvieto ;
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino ; Le Marche (Ascoli Piceno, Cupra
Marittimma, Loreto) ; Piazza Bra, Roman arena, Verona ; Aeolian
Islands off Sicily-Lipari, Stromboli, Volcano, Panarea, Salina, ;
Costa di Maratea (Aquafreda, Fiumicello, Maratea ) ; Cillismo
Classico-splash, ride and hike around Sardinia
Spas : Bulgari Hotel Spa, Milan ; Villa
Lucia(Mind, Body and Soul Retreat), Vorno ; Adler Thermae's Spa,
Orcia Valley, Tuscany
Cruise : Discover-Sardinia ; Yachtbooker ;
Just Sardinia
Tips/Shopping : Rome is a must-see for the
sights, but shop until you're dizzy in Milan's Golden Triangle
(Quadrilatero d' Oro-which actually means Golden Square) Via Monte
Napoleone/Via della Spiga/Duomo/Via Sant'Andrea and Galleria
Vittoria-Emporio Armani Megastore, Dolce & Gabbana,Vierre,
Banner, Trussardi, Bottega Veneta, Prada, Gucci, Versace, Patrizia
Pepe, Eclectica, Cavalli e Nastri, Profumo, Chiu ; Cavalli Via
della Spiga ; Sozzani's, Basement, Via Senato 15, Milan (40% off
designer clothes), Brera neighbourhood, Milan ; Fausto Santini
(leather), Herzel de Bach, (Shoes), Il Gancio (leather), Laura
Urbinati (swimwear), Livia Ris (clothing), Origami (clothing)
Outlet (anything), Campo Marzio Design (stationary), Gusto's
Emporio Libreria(food) , Spazio Sette (designer goods) , Tad
(fashion boutique) Trimani (wine), Valzani (chocolate)-all in Rome
; Via Condotti Via Frattina and Via Borgognona for the fashionable
and expensive in Rome (Herzel and Fausto Santini for shoes ; Via
Cola di Rienzo for the more mid-range and Via del Corso draws the
young and hip crowd ; Via Margutta -Saddlers Union (leather goods
), Enigma, jewellry, La Bottega, Marble Art ; Piazza Farnese
boutiques ; San Lorenzo neighbourhood ; Porta Portes flea market ;
Santa Maria Novella, Florence ; La Rinascente (Milan, Rome,
Florence, Genoa) Sales are in January. Factory outlets near
Milan (Fidenza Village-via Bolgona by train). In Rome, use the
Metro, which has only 2 lines-A& B; Cinque Terre (Five Lands)
is the Italian Riviera's most scenic stretch and best seen hiking.
Try Sicily for jewellery (Fulco Di Verdura) ; Shopping in Venice :
Ottica Urbani(glasses) ; Attilio Codognato(jewellery) ; Daniela
Ghezzo (shoes) ; Ebru (staionary) ; Trois (fabrics) Heist, Venice ;
Venetia Stadium (Accessories) ; Murano Glass
Airport : Rome(ROM) (FiumicinoFCO)- 32 km from
city-take.the train to Termini ; Other major airports:
Milan(LIN)Linate domestic flights and MPX(Malpensa)for
international flights, Pisa(PSA), Turin(TRN),
Palermo(PMO),
Must play 18 @ : G.C. I Roveri (Fiano), G.C.
Biella Le Betulle (Magnano), G.C.Castelconturbia (Agrate
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