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Italy: Off the beaten track in Cinque Terre

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September 20th 2008
We left the Tuscan sun with a tear in our eye as the wine vineyards became smaller and smaller out our train window. We were off to discover a part of Italy that was slightly off the beaten track. The five small coastal villages making up Cinque Terre are known by few and have been experienced by even fewer (originally recommended by Ewa's friend Flo). A short train ride to La Spezia, and then a ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria » Cinque Terre

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more