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Beautiful Venice Scapes
Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower offering views of the city’s red roofs.
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Places we have been in Venice:
- We stayed at Intercontinental Venice
- Piazza San Marco
- Saint Mark’s Basilica
- Rialto Bridge
- Bridge of Sighs
- San Marco Campanile
- Grand Canal
- Venetian Lagoon
- Lido di Venezia
- Doge’s Palace
- Piazza San Marco
- Burano
- Il Redentore
- Murano
- Murano Glass Museum
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson
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Lake Como Naturescape
Lake Como Naturescape
Lake Como, in Northern Italy’s Lombardy region, is an upscale resort area known for its dramatic scenery, set against the foothills of the Alps. The lake is shaped like an upside-down Y, with three slender branches that meet at the resort town of Bellagio. At the bottom of the southwest branch lies the city of Como, home to Renaissance architecture and a funicular that travels up to the mountain town of Brunate.
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Places we have been in Lake Como:
- Grand Hotel Cadenabbia
- Bellagio Town
- Train around Bellagio Mountainside
- Sailing in Lake Como
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
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Florence Landscapes and Architectures
Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture. One of its most iconic sights is the Duomo, a cathedral with a terracotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and a bell tower by Giotto. The Galleria dell’Accademia displays Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. The Uffizi Gallery exhibits Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and da Vinci’s “Annunciation”
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Places we have been in Florence:
- Florence Cathedral
- Uffizi Gallery
- Ponte Vecchio
- Palazzo Vecchio
- Palazzo Pitti
- Piazza della Signoria
- Santa Croce, Florence
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
