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Italy is famous as a boot-shaped peninsula, which begins in the Alps Mountains and stretches out for more than 700 miles into the Mediterranean Sea in southeast. The toe of this boot-shaped country seems about almost about to kick the little island of Sicily. Italy is located in the south-central segregate of the European mainland. On the east of the Italy lies the Adriatic Sea, on the southeast is the Ionian Sea, and to the west is the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The total area of Italy is about 301, 230 sq km, with over 2000 miles of coastal area. Italy also includes two large islands of the Mediterranean, namely-Sardinia and Sicily and many other offshore minor islands. The neighboring countries of Italy are France, Monaco, Switzerland, Slovenia and Austria. Italy also houses two little independent countries, which lie in its borders; they are, Republic of San Marino and Vatican City.
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The geography of Italy is mostly rocky; it is also a hilly peninsula. The capital of Italy is Rome, which is also its largest city. Other major cities of Italy are, Milan, Naples, Turin, Genoa, Bologna, Florence, Venice, Messina, Verona, and Padua. The main language is Italian and the predominant religion is Roman Catholic Christianity.
Italy encompasses everything in its kitty; painters, popes, mush, concubines, poets, political children and rulers. The pensive, bright and splendid landscapes of Italy are made exclusively for romance. The three millennia history, culture and cuisine of Italy take visitors into its charm.
There is so much to be visited in Italy. Your tour to Italy with Travour.com will include trips to Roman architectural and ruins, Renaissance art museums and much more. You can hang about in small medieval hill towns, discover the famous canals of Venice, go for skiing in the Alps Mountains, and fix your eyes on the marvelous architecture of churches. As if this is not all, Italy presents sumptuous food, delicious wine and good clothing for your wardrobe.
Italy is a mutable feast of never-ending itineraries. It houses almost everything, from the Byzantine and Arab-Norman wonders of Palermo to the grand peaks of the Dolomites. Historically also, Italy is the land that is motherland to world's greatest personalities like, Julius Caesar, Galileo, Michelangelo, Fellini Garibaldi, and Versace.
Italy has been attracting tourists from all over the world for many centuries now. You can go for sightseeing in Italy in all seasons, through out the year. The beaches of Sardinia to Portofino have today become the first choice of the international tourists. As Italy has such a vast coastline, it can be straightforwardly visited by boat, or through yacht or by a cruise ship.
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