Rialto Bridge

Mediterranean Cruise 2016 Day 4

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September 27th 2016
Once again, breakfast at the hotel. There is a delightful British couple travelling with their daughter and staying at our hotel whom we have bumped into on several occasions already, and we chat with them again at breakfast. It is another fantastic day weather-wise, slightly cooler with a high of 22°. We have pre-booked a tour of the Piazza San Marco, the most famous area of Venice, at 2 pm. O ... read more

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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