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Switzerland Map

editor — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:27:12 +0000

WESTERN EUROPE OTHER TYPES OF ACCOMMODATIONS HOTELS, GUESTHOUSES, AND PENSIONS. In Northern Europe, hotels generally start at a hefty US$35 per person. Elsewhere, couples and larger groups can get by fairly well. You’ll typically share a hall bathroom; a private bathroom or hot shower will cost extra. Some hotels offer full pension (all meals) or half pen sion (no lunch). Smaller guesthouses and pensions are often cheaper than hotels. Many hotels now offer online reservations. Be sure to indicate your night of arrival and the number of nights you plan to stay. The manager will send a confirmation and may

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ITALY

editor — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:12:00 +0000

Italy, according to ENIT, the Italian National Tourist Board, ranks as one of the top two or three tourist destinations of the world. About fifteen million foreign visitors arrive each year. Germans are the most numerous. The French are the second largest group of visitors. Visitors from the United States rank third. The province of Venetia with its crown jewel, Venice, attracts the most visitors. The ancient cities of Verona and Padua are part of the province. Rome and the province of Latium are number two. Then comes Tuscany, which boasts Florence, Pisa, and Siena. Figure 5.12 shows Venice sitting

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Rome Map

editor — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 11:45:32 +0000

When in Rome do as the Romans do; well not quite. Rome needs no more noisy scooters rattling the windows of houses on narrow streets at midnight. Rome needs no more rip-off artists who are glad to relieve visitors of their money. Rome needs no more auto drivers who think they are charioteers whirling through the Pincio Gate and around the dozens of monuments from ancient Rome. Driving a rental car in Italian cities is only for the brave or the oblivious. Who needs traffic lights when driving can be a game of dodge-em or chicken. Street signs are not

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Milan Map

editor — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:46:07 +0000

Venice, the city without roads, has some of the most modern garages to be found anywhere. Motorists can enter Venice on a two-mile bridge crossing the Venetian Lagoon. The first buildings seen are the garages, seven-story blocks of steel, concrete and glass. Only two of Venice’s 118 islands can be reached by auto. For the other 116 you walk, take a water-bus, or a gondola (very expensive). Do not expect to lie back in peace and quiet listening to the laments of a gondolier. It’s against union rules. If you want music you hire a singer and instrumentalist. The canals

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France Map

editor — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 11:47:03 +0000

The beach tourist area for France is the French Riviera, or as the French call it, The Cote d’Azur, the blue coast. It extends from Marseille in Southeast France all the way across Southern France and into the Italian Riviera, ending at La Spezia in Northwest Italy. The sun shines year-round on places like Cannes, Juan-les-Pins, Nice and Monte Carlo. Thanks to Lord Brougham, at the time Lord Chancellor of Britain, Cannes was started on its way to being one of the first winter resorts of modern times. It was 1834 and he was on his way to Nice when

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