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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 ; The Gray, Milan ; Grand Hotel, Milan
; 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 ; Baubino181, Rome ; Hassler Roma ; Hotel Dei
Mellini, 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 ; 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 ; Villa la Massa, Florence ; Hotel Helvetia &
Bristol, 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 ; 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 ; Hotel Duca della Corgna, Castiglione del Lago,
Umbria ; Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole ; Fonteverde Natural Spa
Resort, 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 ; Sextanto Albergo Diffusio (a whole medieval village
turned into a hotel) ;
Restaurants : Da Abele,
Loreto, Milano ; Trussardi Marino Alla Scala (best new restaurant
in Italy 2007), Milan ; Bulgari, Milan ; Armani restaurant, Milan ;
Dolce & Gabbana, Milan ; Asinocotto, Trastevere, Rome ;
Emiliane, Rome ; Cavour 313, Colosseo, Rome ; Dal Bolognese,
Rome ; Da Gigetto, Rome ; Il Goccetto, Rome ; La Taverna del
Ghetto, Rome ; Piperno, Rome ; Trattoria Al Moro, Rome ; Checchino
dal 1887, Via del Monte Testaccio, Rome ; Quinzi e Gabrielli, Rome
; Matricianella, Rome ; Ristorante Carlo Menta, Trastevere, Rome ;
Cane e Gatto, Siena ; Cin-Cin, Palermo; 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 ; 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 ; 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 ; 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
; Caffe Pedrocchi, Padua ;
Bars/Cafes : Absolute
Ice Bar, Milan (set in Townhouse12) ; 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 ; Philosophy, Exedra Hotel, Rome ;
Salotto 42, Rome ; Tazio, Piazza della Repubulica, Rome ;
Caffe Bernini, Piazza Navonna, Rome ; Euro Bar, Via Torino, Rome ;
La Terraza Bar, Hotel Eden, Rome ; Bar Calisto, Rom ; Gelateria
Arcobaleno, Lerici ; Enoteca Baroni, Lerici ; Vertigo Bar, San
Terenzo, Cinque Terre ; Cana Wine Bar, Palermo ; Caffe Nuovo
Nazionale, Turin ; Zanarini, Bologna ; Bar Calice, Bologna
;
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 ; 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 : 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)
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 Conturbia)
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