BEVENUTI! EXPLORATIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ITALY

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1 BEVENUTI! EXPLORATIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ITALY

2 VIEWS OF BELLA ITALIA

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4 Our Class Schedule / Regions

5 CLASS ONE NORTHERN LAZIO / NORTHERN ABRUZZO AND LE MARCHE

6 CLASS TWO UMBRIA / EMILIA ROMAGNA JANUARY 26, 2015

7 CLASS THREE TUSCANY FEBRUARY 2, 2015

8 CLASS FOUR FLORENCE / LIGURIA FEBRUARY 9, 2015 FLORENCE

9 CLASS FIVE AOSTA VALLEY / PIEDMONT / LOMBARDY FEBRUARY 16, 2015

10 CLASS SIX TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE / FRIULI -VENEZIA GIULIA / VENETO - FEBRUARY 23, 2015

11 Mark Gordon Smith com

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13 Italian Language Reference Single Serving Bi-Lingual Books

14 What topics or questions would like to have included and answered during our classes?

15 TOPICS Food/Wine... EVERYWHERE! Sculpture and Art Italian lake region - affordable Livigno and alp areas Prosecco and Cartizze of Veneto Region Truffles including bianco and sagras Italian pottery-deruta and others Places "off the beaten path" and away from hordes of tourists Firenze Card Charming villages Art communities and resources Have visited many parts of Italy and looking for new areas to explore

16 INTRODUCTION TO ITALIA AND MAKING YOUR WAY

17 ITALIA 16 Administrative Regions Approximately the same landmass as the state of Arizona (114,006 Square Miles)

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19 Shoreline of the Peninsula 4,560 Miles Longest River Po River 391 Miles Number of named lakes 20 Sicily = 25,640 Sq. KM (App. 9,800 Sq miles)

20 Population Largest Cities Rome 2,650,000 (Metro Area 3,600,000) Milan 1,302,000 (Metro Area 4,200,000) Venice 43,400 (Metro Area 810,000) Florence 400,000 (Metro Area 600,000)

21 EURO DENOMINATIONS BILLS AND COINS

22 Best European Gateway Cities to Italy AMS Amsterdam Schiphol MUC Munich / Lufthansa AVOID CDG-unless three hour connect time

23 Department of State Smart Traveler Enrollment Program

24 GLOBAL ONLINE ENROLLMENT SYSTEM (GOES)

25 Adapters

26 Telephone 12 - Telephone Directory Assistance Number Carabinieri Emergency Police Help Number (also ambulance and fire) Fire Department Medical Emergencies

27 Polizia

28 In Case You Wish to Speed

29 Yes it s a Lamborghini

30 Carabinieri Vittorio Emanuele I of Sardinia

31 Medical Care in Italy 118 FARMACIA Take your U.S. Prescription into a Farmacia and they will fill with local equivalent-latin Take enough with you in your carry-on to get you through five days without baggage Local Doctors will see you during clinic hours and they do NOT charge If they give you an Rx, and you go to a Farmacia, then you pay for the prescription

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33 Salogi Villas Home Base Abroad Easyreserve

34 Apartment Rental VRBO or AirBNB Steps!

35 Agriturismo Mezzadría (Medieval farming Laws) outlawed in 1973 Many worker s homes abandoned Estate owners transformed farm houses into vacation apartments, many added a central restaurant, swimming pools Working farms-olive oil, wine and/or cheese Over 8000 such businesses exist in Italy

36 SAN VITO

37 Calagrana Umbria

38 Train Travel in Italy

39 Buy Rail Tickets? Rail Passes? You are traveling within 48 hours of arrival - Yes Purchase Rail Tickets in Italy at Travel Agencies displaying the TrenItalia Logo SAVINGS! Five times or more in the course of your visit in Italy? Yes to Italy Rail Pass First Versus Second Class

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43 Validate your ticket!

44 Is ticketing different for Eurostar Italia?

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46 CAR RENTALS ITALY AUTO EUROPE KEMWELL MAGGIORE NOTE: AUTOEUROPE OFFERS A LONG TERM LEASE BUY-BACK OPTION THROUGH PEUGEOT

47 Car Rental Insurance

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51 Air Travel Within Italy Travel by Air Within Italy Alitalia Routes within Italy If at all possible, take the train!

52 Some additional cost averages Private Driver transfers for the day on the Amalfi Coast are Euro 400,00 Private Driver transfers from Rome to Florence are Euro Private Driver transfer from the Rome airport to city center-euro Private Driver transfer for the day on Lake Maggiore and Como-Euro Private Guides Rome (Vatican) half day Euro Rome (Vatican/other sites) Full Day Euro Florence half day Euro Siena half day Euro Lucca half day Euro / Full day Euro

53 Una Pausa

54 CLASS ONE NORTHERN LAZIO / NORTHERN ABRUZZO AND LE MARCHE

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56 Tavola e Vino Pasta Carbonara Coda alla Vaccinara, braised oxtail Pasta Amastriciana (from Amastrice) spicy red sauce Suppli Rice balls/raw Egg/Mozarella (Suppli al telefono) - Fried Predominantly a white wine producing region Trebbiano and Malvasia di Candia grape Three most famous wines of the region are: Castelli Romani, Frascati and Est! Est! Est! (Montefiascone-Lago Bolsena- Steward to Flemish Bishop This is it! ) Only DOCG red is Cesanese del Piglio / Cesanese grape

57 Tarquinia

58 Tarchinii (Latin) Tarch(u)na Etruscan 12 th Century BC Flourishing Colony 509 BC Roman Battles Overpowered by Rome Absorbed into Roman Empire

59 Fiumicino Fishing Village Where the Tiber meets the Mediterranean Sea Good hotels (Hotel Fiumicino)- much less expensive than Rome! A good place to spend your last evening in Italy before your flight

60 OSTIA ANTICA

61 Medianum

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63 Amphitheater Ostia Antica

64 HADRIAN S VILLA TIVOLI - 2 ND CENTURY AD

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67 Monte Cassino

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71 Sperlonga

72 Villa Tiberius - Grotto

73 VILLA TIBERIUS GROTTO CONSUL SEJANUS 26 AD - CAPRI

74 IF YOU GO: Train to Terracina Taxi or Bus to Sperlonga BLINDING OF POLYPHEMUS

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76 Tavola e Vino Maccheroni alla chitarra Guitar Pasta Scrippelle Crepes filled with cheese and covered in meat sauce La Panarda Village of Villavallelonga courses, all night Fish along the coast, prepared with spicy sauces Saliccia di Fegato di Maiale Spicy sausage from pig liver One DOCG and Three DOC wines Montepulciano d Abruzzo Coline Teramane (DOCG) Contro Guerra, Trebbiano d'abruzzo, Montepulciano d'abruzzo (produced from an Abruzzo grape called Montepulicano...not to be confused with the wine produced farther north near Siena) Trebbiano d Abruzzo grape also used in wine production

77 Abruzzo Wedged between the Appenini and the Gran Sasso Very mountainous 35% unemployment Great for budget minded tourists

78 L Aquila The Eagle Federazione di Cento Citta - Fontana delle 99 Cannelle (99 Spouts) Earthquake prone region of Italy Agrarian society and economy Many Abruzzi left at the turn of the century/early 20 th Century to immigrate to the United States

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81 Santa Maria di Collemaggio

82 Fortezza d Espagna 1534 Don Pedro di Toledo, Viceroy of Naples

83 Anversa degli Abruzzi

84 Lago di Scanno Near Anversa

85 Campotosto and Monti della Laga Lovely lake Winter Sports Center Gateway to Le March from the south

86 Le Marche

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88 Tavola e Vino Porchetta (suckling pig stuffed with fennel and garlic) Ciauscolo (a soft spreadable local salami) Pecorino cheese Truffles: Acqualagna (near Cagli) Sagras: Fiera nazionale del tartufo (truffle fair) - last weekend in October first two weekends in November the "truffle capital Bianco Frustenga, a dessert cake made with raisins, figs and walnuts Wines Reds: Rosso Conero, Rosso Piceno and Lacrima di Morro d Alba from the Montepulicano and Sangiovese Grapes Rosso di Serrapetrona Sparkling red (antiquity) Whites: Verdicchio Castelli di Jesi and Verdicchio di Matelica and Falerio dei Colli Ascolani

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90 Ascoli Piceno Via Salaria, connecting the salt producing areas of the Roman Latium with Rome The most beautiful square in all of Italy Piazza del Popolo

91 Piazza del Capitano del Popolo Piazza del Popolo

92 Cathedral of Sant Emidio (1320) Following Earthquake

93 Macerata

94 Areana Sferiterio Aida 1921 Annual Opera Festival in July and Augut

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96 Ancona

97 1007 Cathedral of Ancona Dedicated to Marcellinus of Ancona and Saint Cyriacus

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99 Arch of Trajan Appolodorus of Damascus A.D. Honored Emperor Trajans expansion of the port out of his own pocket

100 Fortezza San Lio Near Pesaro

101 Battista Sforza Federico da Montefeltro Piero della Francesco

102 Federico di Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino Illegitimate child of Caterina Colonna (Roman Family) and Guidantonio di Montefeltro, Lord of Urbino, Gubbio and Casteldurante Federico legitimized at age two by Pope Martin V 1444 He rose to become Duke following the assassination of his brother Most highly paid condottieri in Italy during the Renaissance (at a time when the average wage for farmers was three florins per year, he was paid over 30,000 Florins for year for his services) Was in the pay of the Medici, Sforza and the Kingdom of Naples among others He created the largest library/scriptorium of the time in Europe, outside of the Vatican, in Urbino

103 Piazza Repubblica - Urbino

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107 Grazie! Next Class on January 26 Umbria and Emilia Romagna