View from Our Balcony

Ancient Ruins, and then Blue Sky and Sea

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October 19th 2014
Geo: 40.6263, 14.3757Today we left Rome and caught a taxi to the station to board our train to Naples. We were heading for Sorrento, the last stop on our amazing holiday, before coming back to Rome next week for our flight home.The train was excellent and very fast and we were met at Naples station by Luciano of Rainbow Limos. I had read about Rainbow Limos on TripAdvisor and we were so glad ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Sorrento

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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