Possible day trips from Rimini include beach resorts, hill towns and art cities. Trains run up and down the coast, and buses travel inland. The places listed here can all be reached by public transport. San Marino San Marino is an independent city state, with its own government, stamps and coins. It is also a …
You could spend many days in the World Heritage Site of Verona, exploring the fabulous architecture and the Roman remains. However, the city is also an excellent base from which to discover the towns and countryside of northern Italy. Here are some of the best day trips from Verona, taking in major cities, palaces and …
I always enjoy walking around old walled towns, like Verona. However the walls of Lucca, a small Tuscan town just a half hour train ride from Pisa were an unexpected pleasure. I found a wide and completely intact wall with trees and parkland, providing an amenity for the city’s inhabitants. Visitors from the north of …
The Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna, in northern Italy, are a major tourist attraction. Spread across eight buildings from the early Christian period, these magnificent artworks are now part of one of Emilia-Romagna’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Early Christianity In Ravenna Ravenna played a crucial part in western civilisation during the 5th and 6th centuries, first …