A new era: from Jan 14th the High Speed/High Capacity train system starts, here all the news.

This is a new high-tech network that will revolutionize how Italians and tourists visiting Italy will travel in the future! With the completion of the high-speed network and the launch of HS services between Bologna and Milan, a further decisive step towards a revolution in Italy’s mobility will have been made: the birth of a vast metropolitan network in which big cities will be the neighborhoods of a new metropolis: Italy. Three and a half hours to go from Milan (book here you hotel in Milan) to Rome (book here your hotel in Rome). Less than five hours to reach Naples and only 65 minutes to get to Bologna. Improvements to the network south of Naples include the infrastructueal and technological upgrade of existing lines and the construction of new sections to provide high-speed connection with Bari, Reggio Calabria and Sicily.

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We start this brief information article about the events and exhibitions you can visit in Italy in the following days and months with the city of Florence.

In Florence from March 2nd until July 29th there is: Cézanne in Florence  at the

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Italy, above all countries, is a place to be experienced with every sense. Here are the sensory experiences that signal to me that I am, in fact, here:

1. The smell of coffee bubbling up through a stovetop espresso machine, and the vague scent of raw flame heating metal underneath. My nose tingles just writing about it.

2. The sound of Italians speaking to each other in swiftly lilting words that may as well be set to a score. Angry words rise to crescendo in a furious aria, friendly advice comes in softly comforting notes, jokes trip along in a happy cadence- it’s no wonder that operas are written in Italian.

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The return of Berlusconi to power in Italy with the help of a controversial ally, the Northern League, has led some to ask “Should Italy be broken up into two countries?”

The discussion centers around the prosperous north subsidizing the poorer southern regions.

Now, Veronica Lario, Berlusconi’s wife has made a statement on breaking Italy in two. In an interview with La Stampa, she said: “Italy has never been well-suited to being a single country, and has never matured enough to become one. There is no longer any value in a unified Italy."

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The main train station in Florence, Italy is also known as Santa Maria Novella, I am assuming this is because it is located right behind the church of the same name.

The train station is located on the fringe of the historic center of the city. It is an easy walk to many of the hotels, however, if you are staying in a hotel near the Duomo, the Uffizi or the Ponte Vecchio and have luggage you may need to take a taxi. Without luggage you can easily walk to the Duomo and Uffizi. I find it difficult to roll luggage for a long distance on cobblestone streets.

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Lazio Region launches photographic promotional initiative -  The Tourism Councillor of the Lazio Region, Raffaele Ranucci, has presented the “Scatta il Lazio” (Take a Snapshot of Lazio) competition, “with which tourists are invited to take a photo and send it to the website www.scattaillazio.it in order to be rewarded with

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Tuscany in first place amongst destinations for Easter holidays: according to the data of the Tourism Observatory of Unioncamere-Isnart, Tuscany has earned first place amongst the destinations chosen for the Easter holidays. A total of 16.5% of tourists who will move on the peninsula - approximately 7 million people - will spend

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Meetings & congresses in Italy: Italy has to confirm itself as a point of attraction of the world, cultural and tourism place and congress pole. This is the country imagined

by the Minister of Cultural Means & Events Mr. Francesco Rutelli in a recent meeting in Rome that outlined the birth of a congress district in Rome. Travel Mall gives to DMC and private companies the possibility of organizing meetings, congresses and special events alla over Italy by asking a personalized quotation through the group page or sending an e-mail to info@travel-mall.net.

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More tourists for long spring weekends in Italy and especially in Sicily:  The long weekends of spring have been a great success for all Italian art cities. According to the latest data, Venice can count on a 9% increase in tourism flows (check here

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