Monday 25th April to Sunday 1st May 2011 30.4.2011 - Campsite Paradise

Monday 25th April to Sunday 1st May 2011

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May 4th 2011
Monday 25th April 2011 Siena – Chiusi. Up and head off towards Chiusi via San Quirico d’Orcia and Montepulciano. We thought it would be a quiet drive – wrong – it’s Easter Monday, Public Holiday and everyone is out for a drive and markets in most towns. Very scenic drive, even the Italians thought so, as this is the way it is here – they stop anywhere to take a photo – worst was 2 ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Chiusi

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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