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Golf in Italy. Emilia Romagna hits it down the middle.

07/10/2013 by .
Adriatic Golf Club

A Ferrari parked in the middle of the clubhouse entrance hall is not something you expect to find at a golf club, but seeing as the Modena Golf & Country Club is just a stone’s throw from Ferrari’s factory at Maranello, I think we can let sleeping dogs lie. This is after all golf in Italy.

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Palazzo Manfredi, Rome

21/09/2013This entry was posted in Hotel Reviews, Italy, Lazio and tagged on by .
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In an era when aristocrats rely on visitors to maintain their stately piles, it’s not surprising that an Italian count has turned his palatial offices into a boutique hotel.

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Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah

26/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Italy, Lazio and tagged , , on by .
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Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah nicely bridges the gap between other five-star hotels on this ritzy Rome street which are so grand and stuffy as to seem unapproachable and the downmarket four-stars packed with loud Americans in shorts who threaten to strip the boulevard of its class.

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Liguria Following in the footsteps of Shelley. A wonderful walk in dramatic Italian countryside.

24/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Italy, Liguria and tagged , on by .

Cortina d’Ampezzo. Walking on summer sunshine

22/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Italy, South Tyrol, Veneto and tagged , , , , on by .
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Guido Pompanin knows a thing or two about The Dolomites. Not surprising really when you consider his father Ugo and few friends built their very own cable car service to ferry passengers 2,700 metres up from Cortina d’Ampezzo to the summit of Mount Lagazuoi in 1965.

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WW1 Trenches of the Dolomites

01/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Italy, Veneto and tagged , , , , , on by .
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High up on the Lagazuoi slopes of The Dolomites, some 2,500 meters above Cortina d’Ampezzo, a fierce struggle took place in atrocious conditions from 1915 to 1917 between Italy and the forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Abruzzo. Where northern Italy meets the south.

29/07/2013This entry was posted in Abruzzo, Europe and Middle East, Italy and tagged , , on by .

Il Salviatino. Florence.

10/07/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Florence, Hotel Reviews, Italy, Tuscany and tagged , , , on by .
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Standing on the terrace of Il Salviatino, a stunning 16th century  palazzo in the hills above Florence, you might be forgiven you’ve died and gone to heaven.

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