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Foundations of Verona - Medieval Verona
I craned my neck and squinted into the sun in order to see the statue of Cangrande I on top of its column. We were in the private cemetery of the della Scala family (whose members were known as the Scaglieri) which contains the tombs of the three most important members of the that ruled Verona…
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Foundations of Verona - Roman Verona
I stepped through the archway Portoni della Bra, that leads into Piazza Bra from Corsa Porto Nuova and it felt as though I had gone back in time.
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Portrait of a Parade
Italian bus timetables are a masterpiece of confusion. Well, that was my excuse for ending up in Tione four hours before the next bus to Trento.
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A Day on Lake Garda
A cool breeze wafted through my hair as I relaxed in my seat in the shade and watched the shore and the pastel coloured buildings of Riva del Garda recede into the distance.
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A Week in Madonna di Campiglio
Many years ago the valley that is now occupied by the prosperous resort of Madonna di Campiglio in Trentino, Italy was a poor, infertile, rock strewn region. Its only resource was timber from the large forests and woods that clothed the slopes of the mountains. The only people attracted to the…
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Celebrations on the Italian Riviera
Not even I am immune to the buzz of excitement that ripples through a crowd when a famous personage is around. A metallic Aston Martin Vanquish parked outside the casino was attracting a lot of interest and keeping the doorman on his toes ...
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Tickets to Tuscany
“What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable!” This sentiment expressed by Shakespearedoes not immediately spring to mind when confronted with your nearest and dearest sprawled in front of the television
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Back to Sorrento
Sorrento is a favourite amongst a wide range of holidays in the Solos Holidays brochure and I was very happy to return there recently and in particular to the elegant Hotel Tramontana that clings to the cliffs ...
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Rooftops of Rome
I felt like a bird perched on the roof of St Peter’s flanked by rough-hewn statues of Jesus, eleven apostles and Saint John the Baptist ...
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Madonna di Campiglio
People often ask me and I often tell them that I do not know why I keep returning to the same place when I have a job that allows me to travel the world. I first visited Madonna di Campiglio in 1998 with a group organised by Solos Holidays.
