Italy is a wonderfully diverse country. Its cities boast magnificent palaces and buildings, imposing cathedrals and bustling piazzas while in the countryside you have spectacular landscapes and enchanting ancient  villages. There are vast areas of lakes and a magnificent coastline.

Drive through a countryside of lush fruit groves of orange, lemon, olive and chestnut while Italy's vineyards produce some of the world’s finest wines .

     Buzzing Milan is home to some of the world’s greatest art treasures and is Italy’s second largest city. View the magnificent Duomo, one of the largest cathedrals in the world and a Gothic masterpiece, and admire Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’,

Try Lake Garda or one of the other Italian lakes. Clear waters, picture postcard scenery, stylish villas and medieval castles all mark Italy's lakes and there is literally something for everyone

     Turin is positioned close to the French border and is a fabulous city for food and drink. The city is also famous for its `Shroud` - a religious relic revered by many and held in the Duomo, the 16th century cathedral.

The ‘Eternal City’ of Rome lives and breathes history. Visit the majestic Vatican city or one of Rome's parks and gardens

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