VENICE

VENICE, ITALY

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July 30th 2016
Pretty easy drive up from Florence and we are staying in Mogliano just outside Venice as we have a car and a bit hard for parking. 10 minute train ride into Venice so suited us down to the ground, the B&B we are staying at is lovely, very newly renovated and has everything we need, Villa Salvoro. On our first afternoon headed down to the local restaurant/bar Il Nottambulo, went for lunch stayed fo ... 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