View from Capri Town

Ischia/Capri

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September 16th 2005
We took the boat from Naples to the Island of Ischia Wednesday afternoon. When we arrived at the Ischia Port Forio we were supposed to take a bus to our hostel but we couldn't find it. A taxi driver offered us 10 euro to take us to the hotel which was definitely a good pirce after the very complex route to get to the hotel. When we arrived two of the guys who run the hostel greeted us, checked us ... 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