Day trip in Tuscany 17 Looking out

Day trip in Tuscany

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August 15th 2006
Geo: 42.8386, 11.6254The hostel organises day trips of Tuscany every few days. Today I and 3 others went on a day trip. We went to Volterra, San Gimingano, two wineries and another little hilltop town. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Volterra

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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