Venice

Day 27 - July 11 - Secret Itineraries Tour

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July 11th 2010
I had booked us the famed “Secret Itineraries” tour of the Doges Palace. This was also the first time we would see San Marco up close. We were switching hotels today and before we checked out, I made Sam run up on the Academia Bridge and take my picture from our window, so I would always remember how close I had stayed to the bridge and to the Grand Canal. Hotel Galleria held our bags, so we ... 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