What are the good towns to visit in italy if i have never been there before?

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Journeying on to Florence through the Tuscan countryside: Lucca, Pisa, Siena, Arezzo and other delightful towns dot the road to Pisa where who are guested of the Agostini family Villa di Corliano. The family - and 2 resident ghosts - still welcome guest at the Villa, much as it they were at the height of its fame in the 1770â€™s.

The stay at Bagni di Pisa (health giving waters are still offered to an international clientele) and visit Pisa during one of the cityâ€™s festivals, staying at the Agostini Palace to enjoy the best view of the festivities http://www.provincia.pisa.it/pisalive/it/Pisalive/pisalive.html

The Villa has hosted many illustrious guests such as Gustavus III of Sweden, Christian II of Denmark, the Royal Family of Great Britain, Benedict Stuart Cardinal of York, General Murat, Luigi Buonaparte, Paolina Borghese, Carlo Alberto of Savoy, the poets Byron and Shelley, and various other personages from the history books.

The area of the Pisa hills was already an attraction for enlightened travellers in the first half of the 1700s with the growth of the thermal spa of San Giuliano, which became a fashionable spot for the well-off classes. The mansions on the road along the hills, already renowned as places of gentle idleness and relaxation in the heart of the countryside and also for their small industrial facilities for the transformation of agricultural products, soon assumed the characteristics of true leisure resorts, just like those narrated by Carlo Goldoni and which we can continue to enjoy today.

The Relais dellâ€™ Ussero at the Villa Agostini della Seta di Corliano is on the road which runs along the foot of the hills from Pisa to Lucca, passing through the small town of San Giuliano Terme. The Villa is a historical fifteenth century mansion surrounded by a centuries old park. It is a property of great charm in which the owners offer, in 12 rooms and 2 suites, a relaxing stay immersed in the beauties of the local countryside.
Guests, if they like, can join in the day to day activities of the villa. They can have relaxing strolls in the park, potter around in the gardens, chat or have dinner with the owners in the farmhouse of the villa â€“ today a high class restaurant http://www.ladycarlotta.it/

They can also organize all the necessary details for your meetings, convention, weddings at 1700â€™s small pivate church or at 1400â€™s sky garden or at the park of the Villa or at the oldest Italian cinema http://www.lumierecinema.it/ restructured with modern audio visual technologies on 2004 near the Vecchio Dado Resturant http://www.vecchiodado.com/ for a very good ice cream at the old â€œdiacciaiaâ€ (now De Coltelli gelateria) http://www.decoltelli.it/

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VILLA di CORLIANO

Residenza dâ€™epoca - Historical House Hospitality

http://www.villacorliano.it

last but not least â€¦ legend has it that in the Villa della Seta at Corliano along the road running at the foot of the mount between Pisa and Lucca, there still moves the apparition of Teresa della Seta Bocca Gaetani, of famed beauty, descendant of an ancient Pisan family and given in marriage, in 1755, to the Count Cosimo Baldassarre Agostini. It seems that the noblewoman appears every now and then in the rooms of the mansion, moving tapestries and ornaments. Other times she has been known to slam doors and open windows. Some of the local peasants recall her arriving on certain nights by the light of the full moon. She appears on the drive of the park leading a coach and six, and then stops on the bend of the Ragnaia (â€œCobweb cornerâ€, so-called from the old name for the nets that hunters formerly used in the woods to capture small birds) to cast a glance towards the home where she once lived happily. The ghost, obviously of good nature, has been heard other times hurrying along and giggling in the underground passages of the villa, beneath the large wine cellars. The years go by and stories are told and retold, and there are still those who recall the evening in which there was the sound of an almighty clatter as one of the crystal chandeliers of the hall crashed to the floor. Those present dashed to the hall, only to discover on arriving there, that the chandelier was very much in its place. And still today odd episodes occur â€¦

kaibebe

Venice, but for once day only. It is beautiful but very crowded.
Milan, to see L'Ultima Cena (The Last Supper), but make reservations.
Turin is wonderful and has the largest permanent Egyptian exhibit outside of Egypt in the world.
Florence is beautiful-If you want to visit L'Uffizi, make reservations as well. Also go to the 4 Lioni, a ristorante in the piazza della passera for some real Tuscan fare.
Lucca is splendid, and a place not to be missed.
The Amalfi coast is beautiful but can get touristy, depending on the season. If you go there try to see lemoncello made.
Modena is where balsamic vinegar is made, and the duomo there has a mass in Latin with Gregorian chanters that's very moving.
Bologna is the food capital of Italy, as well as a great college town.
Near Modena (Maranello) is also where Ferrari, and most other major Italian cars are made.

didieffe

For the towns: Rome - Venice - Florence
For the landscape: Tuscany
For the mountains: Alps (extreme northwest or extreme north east)
For the sea: south (sicily, sardinia)

Just decide it!

pro_and_contra

I bet you haven't been here: Alberobello !!!
Located about an hours drive from Bari or Taranto.
Famous for its "Trulli" houses or known as the "White Cones
of Puglia".
Don't forget your camera!!!

FLORENCE!!!!!! The art galleries, the public spaces, the flea markets, the gold and leather, the Pont d'Vecchio--actually, ANYPLACE in Florence.

ThereseRose

Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, Sicily

tk ur g/f along and every place would look romantic to u.

MadforMAC

Lucky you! Rome, see all the historical sites. Florence, the shops are to die for (bring lots of lira) and the gelatto is unbelieveable! Portofino, a tiny very rich port, is great. Be sure to climb the hill of the little street to the top. The view is great, a good place to take pictures. Tuscany....oooooohhhhh, beautiful with winery's everywhere that have been around for generations.

Some basic expressions; Please=per piacere, Thank-you=grazie, Good morning (afternoon)=buon giorno, Good Evening=buona sera.

Be a good tourist and be polite, kind and well mannered. Enjoy this beautiful country and its warm and inviting people. Arrivederci!

?Sweet Heart?

Milan and Venice

AndyItalia

Rome, Venice, Florence, Lecce, Alberobello, Siena, Naples, Milan, and Pisa

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