Italy and Italy Vacation Rentals
The ‘Belpaese’ (Beautiful Country) is one of the most pleasing countries on earth. From art to food, from stunning and varied countryside to flamboyant fashion, Italy has it all. With 44 sites; Italy has more Unesco World Heritage sites than any other country on earth. Its great cities like Rome, Venice and Florence, have been attracting visitors for centuries.
Apart from historical work, one can also enjoy skiing in the Alps, diving off Sardinia’s golden coast and fireworks on Sicily’s volatile volcanoes.
Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals offers strategically located fully furnished accommodation all across Italy. For a longer stay in Italy, Italy Vacation Rentals has great deal of offers to suit their budget.
Rome (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Capital of Italy and the country’s largest city, Rome,littered with relics of over 2000 years of history, has always been found enchanting by its countless visitors.
The streets contain reminders of Rome’s rich history – the Colosseum and the Forum are the most popular along with ancient basilicas belonging to the early Christian era. Fascinating work of architects such as Bernini,Borromini and Maderno can be found all across the city.
West of Via del Corso is the historic center of Rome where you can find the most complete ancient Roman structure: the Pantheon, built by Emperor Hadrian and completed in AD 125.
Vatican City(Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Situated on the west bank of the Tiber, the Vatican City is best known for the magnificent St Peter’s Basilica. The Basilica is approached through the 17th-century St Peter’s Square, a superb creation by Bernini,enclosed by two semi-circular colonnades, with an Egyptian obelisk in the center. To the right of St Peter’s stands the Vatican Palace, the Pope’s residence. Among the principal features of the Palace are the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum.
Turin (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Turin (Torino) is the fourth-largest city in the country.The city is the the focus of Italy’s automobile industry. Uptown Turin is located the main shopping street, Via Roma, which links the Piazza San Carlosquare with the Baroque Palazzo Madama, which houses the Museum of Ancient Art and the Egyptian Museum, the second-largest in the world after Cairo.
Milan (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Milan (Milano) is the financial and commercial center of Italy and rivals Paris in modern art and fashion. The whole city – its many palaces,piazzas and churches – speaks of centuries of continuous prosperity. Prime attractions include The Castello Sforzesco - a massive fortified castle, which houses a number of museums, The Pinacoteca di Brera displaying city’s mostvaluable artistic treasures, and Museo Poldi-Pezzoli featuring a private collection of paintings, ancient jewelry and Persian carpets. Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, The Last Supper is displayed at the convent of Santa Maria della Grazie.
Venice (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Standing upon a series of islands in a lagoon at the northern end of the Adriatic Sea Venice is counted as one of the highlights of any tour of Italy.
Venice is characterized by narrow canals, small squares and no motor traffic. City’s main monuments are St Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace featuring paintings by such artists as Canaletto. The city’s most important thoroughfare is the Grand Canal offering splendid view of Gothic and Renaissance buildings. Galleriadell’Accademia displays hundreds of Venetian paintings dating between the 14thand 18th centuries, while the Collezione Peggy Guggenheim exhibits international 20th-century art including works by Picasso, Giacometti and Ernst.
Padua (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
The city of Padua (Padova) is famous for the great,seven-domed 13th-century Basilica of St Anthony; St Anthony was buried here and it is an important pilgrimage site. Other attraction are the tiny Scrovegni Chapel,Prato della Valle, a vast square with a central green space, and the Orto Botanico, botanical gardens dating back to 1545, making it the oldest place of its kind in Europe.
Bologna (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Bologna is one of the oldest cities in Italy and home to Europe’s oldest university. Main attraction is Piazza Maggiore, dominated by the huge Gothic Church of San Petronio. The towers of Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, the Torre degli Asinelli and the leaning Torre Garisenda built in medieval times are other area of interest for visitors.
Pisa (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Pisa is famous for its Leaning Tower, a free-standing campanile or bell tower. Next to the tower is situated the elegant Gothic Cathedral and the Baptistry. Nearby located is Camposan to, a cemetery contained within a colonnaded courtyard, said to have been built to enclose earth brought from Jerusalem by the Crusaders.
Perugia (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Capital of Umbria and famous for its Etruscan and Roman remains, Perugia is a beautiful destination. Notable attractions are the ancient Etruscan city walls, the Piazza IV Novembre with the Cathedral, and the Fontana Maggiore (Great Fountain). Perugia is less than two hours by car from Florence and Rome, and one hour from Siena.
Molise (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Molise is a mountainous area with poor soil and a scattered population. It offers excellent skiing resorts and tends not to be too crowded.The region’s capital, Campobasso, is home to Castello Monforte and the Romanesque churches of San Bartolomeo and San Giorgino.
Naples (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
Naples is famous as the place where pizza was invented. The city possesses one of the most beautiful natural settings of any city in Europe. Notable monuments are Palazzo Reale, the massive stone Castel Nuovo andthe San Carlo Opera House. For art lovers “Museo Archeologico Nazionale” and“Museo di Capodimonte” are worth a visit.
Aeolian Islands (Italy Holiday Homes and Italy Vacation Rentals)
This cluster of small islands is popular tourists interested in diving and underwater fishing. Lipari, Panarea, Vulcano are worth a visit.