Hot springs at Acqui Terme

Finale Ligure snow and medieval villages

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February 11th 2016
We have been offline fo 4 days again- sorry all. What adventures since leaving Genova! The first B & B was in the mountains of Pareto: we drove there through snow, which was lovely to find the hostess was not there when we arrived. These places are in old villages and are often hard to find amongst little steep roads in the hills. Off to the bar! We were eventually greeted by a totally Italian, no ... 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