Mt Versuvious and Naples

Sorrento and the Aisle of Capri

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September 6th 2016
Full day on the island of Capri. A very mountainous island, once again caters for the jet setters. We took a bus up the side of the island - very steep winding and narrow. They have specially made buses and taxis narrow enough to to just pass each other on the roads. (No-one has there wing mirrors out, that's how close it is). Just about every car we have seen in Capri and Sorrento have side ... 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