Holidays to Italy
Whether you want a straightforward skiing holiday, or a beach vacation or something even more adventurous, holidays to Italy are the perfect place for you.
Italy is a peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea, with a coastline of more than 5,310 miles. Rocky, wooded cliffs are indented by an infinite variety of beaches and bays.
Along the full length of Liguria extend the two Italian Rivieras with Genoa (Genova) in the middle. To the west, almost an extension of the French Côte d’ Azur, is the Ponente including such famous seaside resorts as San Remo, Alassio and Varazze. The eastern (Levante) Riviera boasts Nervi, Portofino, Santa Margherita, Rapallo and Sestri Levante.
Other beaches popular with foreign visitors are Forte dei Marmi, Viareggio, Castiglioncello, Porto Santo Stefano, Porto Ercole and the Island of Elba in Tuscany; Ostia – Lido of Rome (Roma), Fregene, Anzio, Nettuno in Lazio; Capri, Sorrento and the Island of Ischia, Positano, Amalfi and Maiori on the Gulf of Naples (Napoli) and Salerno; Sardinia; and from North to South along the Adriatic Coast: Grado, the Lido of Venice (Venezia), the Lido of Jesolo, Lignano Sabbiadoro and then the enchanting string of towns along the Coast of Romagna, among which Milano Maritima, Cervia, Rimini, Riccione and Cattolica stand out. On the coast of Apulia, one finds the Lido of Siponto on the Gulf of Manfredonia, the Gargano peninsula and the Tremiti Islands.
Hotels in Italy are of very high standards fitting in with the countries beauty and natural magnificence. Bed and breakfast is the dominating board basis leaving you the choice to try the many authentic Italian restaurants that line the streets. Hotels in Italy run on a friendly, family hospitality which is the prolongation of a rural home to some of the most decadent luxury hotels to be found anyplace and which by far exceed five star levels. To decide where to spend your family holiday in Italy is a important challenge, given the sheer variety of locations and cities which all differ so much from one another. On your holidays to Italy don’t forget that there are other cheap or last minute offers.
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