Italy Travel Guide
We appreciate your interest in visiting Italy, our hospitable country. The site of the Italian Government Tourist Board has been created to meet specific American tourist needs; while navigating you will find useful information for planning your trip and discover all the best Italy has to offer: arts, gastronomy, fashion, natural beauties and cultural events.
Our country is renowned for its great tourist tradition, its unique artistic heritage, its beautiful cities, and its people and landscapes. Whatever your interests may be, Italy can satisfy them!
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Huelva : Spain
Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. The city was called Onuba during Roman times; the Arabs then called it
Michalovce : Slovakia
Michalovce (German: Großmichel, Hungarian: Nagymihály, Romani: Nadjmihaja, Yiddish: Michajlowetz/Mychajlowytz) is a city on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of Michalovce Okres in the Košice Region and has a population of 40,600 (2004). People Emilia Sicakova-Beblava
Bardo : Poland
Bardo is a small town in southern Poland, in the Lower Silesian Voivodship, on the Nysa Klodzka River. Population: ca. 2,900 Area: 4.6 km˛ Founded in 10th century. Sights: a Baroque church a stone bridge from the 15th century
Szczytno : Poland
Szczytno (German: Ortelsburg) is a town in north-eastern Poland with 27,500 inhabitants (1995). Szczytno is situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship (since 1999), but was previously in Olsztyn Voivodship (1975-1998). History Around the year 1350 Ortolf von Trier (1349-1371), a knight of the Teutonic Order, led the construction of a castle in the
Events in Brussels
Europalia Festival The first Europalia (from the Roman ‘Opalia’, meaning ‘rich harvest’) was conceived in Brussels in 1969, and the festival has been held annually since to showcase the visual and performing arts of a different designated guest country each year. The latest country to be featured was Italy, and in
Szczebrzeszyn : Poland
Szczebrzeszyn ( pronunciation) is a Polish city in southeastern Poland, situated near Zamo?? in the Lublin Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Zamo?? Voivodship (1975–1998). Szczebrzeszyn is widely known for having a hard to pronounce name for any but possibly Slavic native speakers and is famous for being used by Jan Brzechwa
Westport : Ireland
Westport (Cathair na Mart in Irish) is a town in County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland. It is situated on the west coast of Ireland, at the south-east corner of Clew Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. The town's name in Irish, Cathair na Mart, is ancient and
Skibbereen : Ireland
Skibbereen (Irish: An Sciobairín) in Ireland is known as the capital of West Cork. The name "Skibbereen" means "little boat harbour". Prior to 1600 most of the land belonged to the native McCarthy tribe - today McCarthy remains the town's most common surname. At the height of the Irish Potato Famine
Ávila : Spain
Ávila is a town in the south of Old Castile, the capital of the province of the same name, now part of the autonomous community of Castile and Léon, Spain. It is renowned for Teresa of Avila, the Carmelite reformer, who lived there, the Ávila city wall and the Cathedral.
Gda?sk : Poland
Gda?sk [gda?sk] pronunciation? (Polish; also Kashubian: Gdu?sk, German: Danzig, Latin: Gedania; also other languages) is the sixth-largest city in Poland, its principal seaport, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship. The city lies on the southern coast of the Gda?sk Bay (of the Baltic Sea), in a conurbation with the
