16 Day Trip to Rome, Venice, Florence, Naples, Siena from London

Nearly four kilometres long, this canal is the lifeline of Venice’s water traffic (of priva...

St. Mark’s Square, St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace all grew up togeth...

Soaring over the Grand Canal, and connecting San Polo and San Marco, the Rialto Bridge is Venice&...

So a name like that has GOT to have a story behind it, right? It does. The view convicts had thro...

The Palace, like its accompanying basilica, was built large to showcase Venice’s indomitabl...

Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi – bel canto extraordinaires – made this theatr...

The American heiress Peggy Guggenheim made collecting tasteful art and hosting seasonal exhibitio...

The name ‘Church of Gold’ is well deserved. This magnificent Byzantine building is th...

Almost no famous European town is complete without it’s own dark history of Jew bullying. W...

So there’s two deals happening here: one is a dedication to the evergreen Tintoretto, and t...

As often happens when attempting to construct palaces in Europe, the builders died (1649) before ...

This pretty little 10th century church has been transformed into a concert hall for the cham...

They decided to build this Baroque church when the prayers against’ the plague were apparen...

A treat for the senses! There are two markets here – one for fresh produce and the other fo...

Once upon a time, it was thought to be one of the greatest open air museums AND one of the greate...

This medieval stone bridge, closed and segmented, soars over River Arno, and is famous for the sh...

The Uffizi Gallery is a major historical center in Florence, Italy. It is known as one of the mos...

One sculpture alone makes this one of the most visited museums in Florence – the famous sta...

Three arcades, one of which is the church from which the square derives its name, enclose this be...

The early 14th century Gothic Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower is Florence’s most impo...

This is an artistic and cultural museum in the old part of the city in the province of Sienna. Th...

This 13th century square’s proximity to the Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi Palace made it o...

It would not be an exaggeration to call this gallery one of the most important in world art histo...

At the end of the 13th century, Florence’s prominence as a city was rising rapidly; a palac...

It’s freely known that this free-standing 85 metre high bell tower of green, white and pink...

This 19th century covered market was inspired by a rather older counterpart – the 16th cent...