ITALY
Where Life Is Art
PADUA
SIGHTSEEING
During high season, some
museums in major cities, such
as the Brera Gallery in Milan, the
Capitoline Museums in Rome
and the Archaeological Museum
in Naples, are open as late
as 10 p.m. or even midnight,
allowing visitors the chance
to pack in more sightseeing
during what is generally down
time. To avoid disappointment,
always check museum hours
and guidelines in advance.
At many of the most visited
museums, like Florence’s Uffizi
and Galleria dell’Accademia, you
can avoid long lines by placing a
reservation for a specific time.
Italy has taken steps to protect
some of its monuments from
acts of defacement and wear
and tear. Following attacks on
Michelangelo’s magnificent
David and the Pieta, glass
barriers were erected to protect
some of Italy’s most famous works of art. To protect
Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper
in Milan, the number of visitors is strictly limited;
those admitted must pass through two separate
glass cabins that control air quality and humidity
levels. And in Florence, the doors of the Baptistry
and other treasures have been moved to the Museo
dell’Opera del Duomo.
Turin
14
104
9
13 1 Mest2re
3 Vero8na5 11
Milan Padua
12
15
Bologna
Venice
I TA LY
Genoa
Rimini
Florence
SAN
16 MARINO
Adriatic
Sea
RECREATION
Italy’s ski industry is highly developed. Turin and
the nearby resorts of the Via Lattea (Milky Way)
hosted the Winter Olympics in February 2006. The
ski lifts in the resorts around Trentino can whisk
more than 300,000 people up the slopes every
hour. Posh ski towns like Cortina d’Ampezzo offer
spectacular hiking possibilities in the summer.
Grosseto
SARDINIA
Sassari
VATICAN
CITY
ROME
7
Bari
Naples
Tyrrhenian
Sea
17
6
Cagliari
There are many thermal baths and health and
beauty spas in Italy (most are in the northern part
of the country). Some of the popular ones include
Abano Terme near Venice and Montecatini Terme
near Florence.
MAP LEGEND
Accademia Hotel 1
Ambasciatori Hotel 2
Astoria Hotel 3
Best Western
Continental Hotel 4
Best Western Hotel Firenze 5
Crowne Plaza Stabiae
Sorrento Coast 6
G Hotel 7
Grand Hotel 8
Italia Hotel 9
Metropole & Suisse au Lac 10
Hotel Michelangelo 11
Plaza Hotel 12
Regina Olga Hotel 13
San Luca Hotel 14
Sheraton Padova Hotel
& Conference Center 15
Villa di Piazzano 16
Villa Franca Hotel 17
Palermo
SICILY
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