San Gimingnano

Best of Tuscany Bus Tour

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October 25th 2008
On Tuesday 21st Oct, we went on "The Best of Tuscany" bus tour. Our guide was Sandra, she was very nice. Our driver was Fabio. We went to Sienna, San Gimingnano and Pisa, stopping for a long Italian lunch at a vineyard in the country side. In Sienna we went to the Campo(town square) where they do the Palio Horse race. San Gimingnano was very old, and is inside the old city walls. They are only 3 ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

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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