http://www.holidays-to-italy.com Italy vacations, accommodation in Italy, flights to Italy Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:40:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-italy-vacations/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-italy-vacations/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:08:06 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/?p=91 Many a holiday resorts are resented to Italy and these offer to guests the chance to discover the history of this state between monuments and architecture beauties as well as lovely landscapes and natural wealth. Absolutely, having in mind Italy one is the compelled travel among many, a stay in a typical and specific city [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-italy-vacations/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/about-venice-italy/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/about-venice-italy/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:27:53 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/?p=80 One of the gems of Italy, Venice is renowned throughout the world for its stunning building and long canals. Consisting of 117 separate islands united by a series of ancient bridges, canals and sidewalks, Venice Italy is visited per year by many thousands of visitors. Home to some of the world most impressive buildings, awesome [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/about-venice-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/hotels-in-venice-italy/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/hotels-in-venice-italy/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:38:54 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/?p=53 Travel to Venice with the latest Italy vacation planning information, maps, and list of hotels in Venice. There are so many famous hotels in Venice, Italy, where you can definitely enjoy your stay. Italy vacations means to take a ride with a gondola, to see the Mark’s square. There are many attractive restaurants, bars, shopping [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/hotels-in-venice-italy/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-pigeons/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-pigeons/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:57:47 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-pigeons/ In Venice the pigeons do not allow you to forget them, even if one desired to forget a bird that is so intimately connected with the city and with a great ceremony of that ancient republic which has passed away. They belong so entirely to the place, and especially to the great square of St. [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-pigeons/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/rialto-bridge/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/rialto-bridge/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:25:18 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/rialto-bridge/ The Rialto, which is the most beautiful bridge in Venice, with a very grandiose and monumental air, bestrides the canal by a single span with a powerful and graceful curve. It was built in 1691, under the Dogeship of Pasquale Cigogna, by Antonio da Ponte, and replaced the ancient wooden drawbridge. Two rows of shops, [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/rialto-bridge/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/grand-canal-of-venice/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/grand-canal-of-venice/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:47:52 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/grand-canal-of-venice/ The Grand Canal of Venice is one the most wonderful constructions in the world. No other city affords a spectacle so fine, so bizarre, so fairy-like. As remarkable bits of architecture, perhaps, can be found elsewhere, but nowhere located under such picturesque conditions. This is a stupendous mix of history of Venice + city of [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/grand-canal-of-venice/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-carnival/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-carnival/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:34:44 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-carnival/ The Carnival of Venice has a common origin as other carnivals in the world. The Carnevale of Venezia as is with carnivals custom on the last day before spring Lent. The fasting was without meat, therefore meat had to be consumed before Lent, and this is the origin of the word carnival (Carne = meat [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-carnival/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/carnival-of-venice-music/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/carnival-of-venice-music/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:32:47 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/carnival-of-venice-music/ The carnival of Venice composer Paganini inspired a similar set of variations of the same name. Paganini’s “Carnival” was not published until 1851, more than a decade after his death. Many variations on the theme have been written, most notably those by Jean-Baptiste Arban, Del Staigers, Herbert L. Clarke for the cornet, trumpet, Euphonium, Francisco [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/carnival-of-venice-music/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-carnival-photos-masks-photos-pictures/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-carnival-photos-masks-photos-pictures/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:53:28 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-carnival-photos-masks-photos-pictures/ Venice Carnival is an experience you shouldn’t miss. Venice Carnival is steeped in history, charm and tradition: its inhabitants and tourists alike have taken a keen interest in it, thanks to its mix of transgression, art, history and culture in one of the most unique cities in the world. Venice carnival dates vary in step [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-carnival-photos-masks-photos-pictures/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-photo-map/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-photo-map/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:29:23 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-photo-map/ Italy’s Venice (often called Serenissima or the Queen of the Adriatic) is an amazing blend of land and water, wide canals, bridges and islands, fish markets and palaces, emitting an impression comparable to no other place. On the Venice photo map you can find recent daily refreshed photos of this lagoon city, in your visit [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-photo-map/feed/ 0