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Jumeirah Grand Hotel Via Veneto The Entrance

Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah

Grand Hotel Via Veneto Jumeirah nicely bridges the gap between other five-star hotels on this ritzy Rome street which are so grand and stuffy as to seem unapproachable and the downmarket four-stars packed with loud Americans in shorts who threaten to strip the boulevard of its class.

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Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d’Ampezzo. Discover summer sunshine in The Dolomites

Andy Mossack visits Cortina d’Ampezzo in summer and discovers a ski resort booming with summer trade.

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WW1 Trenches of the Dolomites

WW1 Trenches of the Dolomites. Discover this moving outdoor museum.

Andy Mossack visits the historic and moving WW! trenches of the Dolomites at this outdoor museum.

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Abruzzo. Where northern Italy meets the south.

Lying right where the north of Italy meets the south, it’s a region of complete contrasts. With the towering Gran Sasso range and the Apennines on the east side, and the dramatic 130 kilometres of Adriatic coastline to the west, Abruzzo cannot fail to offer you the best of both worlds.

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Il Salviatino, a stunning 16th century  palazzo in the hills above Florence, you might be forgiven you've died and gone to heaven.

Il Salviatino. Discover sumptious palazzo luxury above Florence.

Standing on the terrace of Il Salviatino, a stunning 16th century  palazzo in the hills above Florence, you might be forgiven you’ve died and gone to heaven.

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