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Venice
To make the islands of the Venetian lagoon fit for habitation, Venice’s early settlers needed to drain areas of the lagoon, dig canals and shore up the banks to prepare them for building on. They began by digging canals and lining them by driving closely spaced wooden stakes – many of them made from water-resistant alder wood – through the sand and mud to rest on the harder clay beneath. On top of these stakes, they placed wooden platforms and then stone, and this is what the buildings of Venice are built on. Source: www.venezialines.com
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Cesenatico & San Marino
Cesenatico is a port town with about 26,000 inhabitants on the Adriatic coast of Italy and our home for 3 nights. San Marino is about 61 square km in size and it is the third smallest country in Europe, after Vatican City and Monaco.
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Matera
Matera is a city on a rocky outcrop in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. It includes the Sassi area, a complex of cave dwellings carved into the mountainside.
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Amalfi, Alberobello & Apoplexy
The Amalfi Coast is a 50-kilometer stretch of coastline along the southern edge of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula. It’s a popular holiday destination, with sheer cliffs and a rugged shoreline dotted with small beaches and pastel-colored fishing villages.
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Vico Equense & Capri
Brace yourselves people ... this is a big, long one ;)
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Herculaneum
Herculaneum, ancient city of 4,000–5,000 inhabitants in Campania, Italy. It lay 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Naples, at the western base of Mount Vesuvius, and was destroyed - together with Pompeii and 2 other cities -by the Vesuvius eruption of 79AD WARNING: Contains pics not for the squeamish or faint-hearted.
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Rome
Rome ... this needs no intro, you've all heard of it or been ... thing is, we were meant to be going to Tivoli ...
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San Gimignano & Montepulciano
San Gimignano has managed to preserve its Medieval architecture and its charm and today is with no doubt one of Tuscany's greatest small treasures. The "city of the beautiful towers", as it is often called, has been a recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.
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Radda in Chianti & Monteriggioni
The Chianti region in Tuscany is truly beautiful but don't ask me about the Chianti.
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Florence
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.