Mount Vesuvious view from balcony

The Amalfi Coast

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June 19th 2012
We arrived Monday in the late afternoon to Sorrento via train from Firenze. Our hotel room has a balcony overlooking the Mediterranean, Mount Vesuvius and Napoli. I stayed up into the wee hours watching fireworks across the bay. Add this place to your bucket list, it is unbelievable. Tuesday we took a white-knuckle bus ride down the Amalfi Coast to Positano and Amalfi. We took the ferry back so ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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