San Gimignano

Ladies in Italy

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September 11th 2006
This is the 5th trip I have done with Denise and friends. Starting the year of her 50th birthday we have been to Spain three times, Portugal once and now Tuscany. It was a James Villas holiday with two hire cars. The Ryannair flight to Pisa was very quick and efficient, the Hertz rental less so as they were servicing half the flight and the queue was round the airport. Luckily we were fourth in t ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany

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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