View from top of Vittorio Emanuel II Monument

Mediterranean Cruise 2016 Day 19

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October 12th 2016
We are pleased to wake up to a beautiful sunny day. Breakfast at the hotel. You will remember that the plan today calls for a tour on the hop-on, hop-off bus system. We buy our tickets from the hotel desk and proceed to the pick-up point in Piazzo Termini, one block away, again glad that we picked a hotel close to the transportation hub. The bus is equipped with a pre-recorded tour narration ac ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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