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Bologna Old Town
Bologna Old Town –Â Heart Of The Emilia Romagna Region It was a quick train trip (90 minutes) from Verona to Bologna. Â But since we were travelling on Saturday we thought it might be busy. Â So […]
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666 San Luca Porticos
San Luca Porticos – The Mother Of All Porticos in Bologna Bologna should be known as the city of porticos. During our week in Bologna we walked miles and miles of porticos. Â But no visit […]
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Bologna The Fat City
Bologna and Food – The Fat City in Emilia Romagna On this day during our week in Bologna, we celebrated Bologna the Fat City. Bologna is known for 3 things, as the: Heading Off For A Food […]
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Verona City of Lovers
Verona City Of Lovers Was A Great Starting Point In Italy The first stop on our 10 week Italy trip was ten days in Verona city of lovers!  We found a lot to see and do […]
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Lugana Wine Country
Verona Day Trip To Lugana Wine Country With Pagus Tours We considered several different Verona day trip options available through Pagus Wine Tours. Â I was concerned that David would not enjoy the red wine […]
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Lake Garda and Sirmione
A Relaxing Day at Lake Garda and Sirmione Lake Garda and Sirmione were on our plans for this trip to Verona.  We had originally planned to drive to see more than the few places where the train […]
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A Too Quick Day Trip To Mantova (Mantua)
From Verona You Can Day Trip To Mantova During our 10 days in Verona, we planned a mix of local sites, day trips and some just relaxing local wandering. Our B&B hostess suggested that we might […]
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Relaxing Garden Oasis At Giardini Guisti
Time Out In Verona To Relax In The Giardini Guisti We needed some time out in Verona to relax in the Giardini Guisti.  It was a busy few days on our trip to Verona. We needed […]
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Don’t Miss The Venice Regatta
Plan To See The Venice Regatta Normally we do really poorly at planing our trips to align with major events in a town. This time we hoped to do better! We had timed our visit to […]
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Spectaculars In the Verona Arena
Live Shows In The Verona Arena When we were planned our 10 weeks in Italy, the only early fixed agenda item was the desire to see Romeo and Juliette in the Verona Arena. My romantic […]