Via Gottola - the main street to the Secret Garden

Sorrentine splendor

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September 24th 2010
Date Saturday 18th September 2010 City Rome - Naples - Sorrento, Italy Currency $NZ 0.55 = 1EUR Climate low 16c - high 28c - fine - slightly overcast We were heading South on the fast train to Naples today at 1.00pm so we had the morning to finish off our sightseeing. We enjoyed a leisurely walk to the Spanish steps, with very few people out and about at 9.30am. After this it was time ... 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