WELCOME TO TRAVEL IN ITALY

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1 WELCOME TO TRAVEL IN ITALY

2 Mark Gordon Smith

4 CLASS SCHEDULE Class One NORTHERN ITALY - October 3, 2013 Introduction Basics Milan, Bergamo, Genoa Industrial North Veneto Dolomites Lake Region, Veneto and Venice Class Two HEART OF ITALY - October 10, 2013 Emilia-Romagna Tuscany and Liguria Florence Class Three CENTRAL ITALY - October 17, 2013 Umbria, Rome, Lazio and Le Marche Class Four SOUTHERN ITALY - October 24, 2013 Southern Italy Naples, Amalfi Coast, Puglia and Sicily

2013 Emilia-Romagna Tuscany and Liguria Florence Class Three CENTRAL ITALY - October 17, 2013 Umbria, Rome,

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

7 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)

8 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)

9 EURO DENOMINATIONS BILLS AND COINS

10 Best European Gateway Cities to Italy AMS Amsterdam Schiphol FRA-Frankfurt/Lufthansa London Heathrow (LHR) or Gatwick (GTW) (BA or Meridiana) EuroFly JFK-Bologna, Naples or Palermo AVOID CDG-Three Hours

11 A Route Few Know Delta offers daily non-stop flights from JFK to Pisa s Galileo Galilei Airport. FL 136 Departs JFK 8:15PM, Arrive Pisa 11:00 AM next morning FL 137 Departs Pisa 1:35PM, arrive JFK 5:05PM same evening ER Aircraft

12 Department of State Smart Traveler Enrollment Program

13 Adapters

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

15 Medical Care in Italy 118 FARMACIA Take your U.S. Prescription into a Farmacia and they will fill with local equivalent 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

you in your carry-on to get you through five days without baggage Local Doctors will see

16 Salogi Villas Home Base Abroad

17 Apartment Rental VRBO Steps!

Agriturismo Mezzadría (Medieval farming Laws) outlawed in 1973 Many worker s homes abandoned Estate owners transformed farm houses into vacation

18 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

vacation apartments, many added a central restaurant, swimming pools

19 SAN VITO

20 Calagrana Umbria

21 Train Travel in Italy

22 Buy Rail Tickets? Rail Passes? If 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 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 days in two months, not consecutive travel days (Adult) $ $ for the pass First Versus Second Class

24 Validate your ticket!

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

27 LAKE REGION INDUSTRIAL NORTH VENICE

29 Closed Monday!

30 Fortezza Sforzesco

31 La Scala

32 Duomo

33 Navigli Neighborhood Milano

34 Suggestions Moda: Mid-January, Mid-February, Mid-April, 3 rd week of June and 3 rd week of September (Hotels and Restaurants) Viator-Leonardo Last Supper (Cenacolo) Consider staying in the Lake Region and taking a train into the city for day trips

35 GENOA HISTORY Andrea Doria-Doge 16 th Century Duomo, Palazzo Ducale, Aquarium, Laterna Byzantine stronghold 6 TH Cent. A.D. One of the three Italian Marine Republics: Genoa, Venice and Amalfi Crusades brought commerce to the city

36 Genoa

37 Faro Laterna di Genova

38 Pronounced Doh -jay Doge? Latin base Dux meaning leader, esp. Military (Il Duce) Used only in the maritime republics of Genoa, Venice and Amalfi Crowned Republics Doge Leonardo Loredan, Giovanni Bellini (c )

39 The Lakes

40 ORTA

41 Borromeo Islands Stresa Lago Maggiore

42 Isola Superiore di Pescatore

43 Santa Caterina del Sasso

44 Santa Caterina del Sasso

45 Orta San Giulio

46 Lago Lugano

47 Restaurant Vetta Monte Brè

48 Lake Como

50 Bellagio

51 Villa Melze - Bellagio

52 Bergamo

53 Bergamo Città Alta

54 Veneto

55 Verona

56 20 June 6 September 2014 Opera - Verona 15,000

57 Vicenza Basilica Palladiana

58 Teatro Olympico

59 Dolomites/Veneto Belluno Lago del Alleghe

60 Cortina d Ampezzo

61 Cortina d Ampezzo

62 VENEZIA

63 Santa Lucia Station Ca Doro A Rialto Bridge Accademia St. Marks Square Arsenale B C Main Vaporetto Stops A - Ferrovia-Station B - Accademia C - S. Zaccaria-St. Marks

64 GETTING AROUND IN VENICE VAPORETTO WATER BUS WATER TAXI Pages 40 42

65 Venice imob (Io e la mobilità) Cards

67 Have your ticket validated / read before you board at each vaporetto stop you use. Page 43

68 Look Up!

69 Vaporetto

70 Vaporetto

71 Traghetto

72 Alilaguna

74 VENETIAN LAGOON Torcello Burano Murano San Michelle Venice Lido Progetto Mosè

77 Go at Sunset Music? After 9:00PM Pre-book tickets

78 Doge s Palace, Venice

79 Riva Degli Schiavoni (Slavic)

80 San Giovanni e Paolo

82 Frari

84 Santa Maria dei Miracoli Lombardo

85 Santa Maria Dei Miracoli

86 Burano

87 Torcello

89 Murano

91 Barovier e Tasso

92 Murano

93 San Lazzaro degli Armeni 1717 Leper Colony - Mekhitar

94 Additional Restaurant Venice Algiubagio near Fondamente Nove north side of the city

95 Next Week Tuscany and Florence

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