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Venice—The Queen Of The Adriatic

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The gorgeous ‘bride of the sea’—Venice, a city of northeast Italy is built on 118 islets within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice, an arm of the Adriatic Sea.

The 'Queen of the Adriatic'—Venice is locally dubbed as ‘The Most Serene One’ for its tranquil and placid beauty.

Venice is one of the major ports besides commercial & industrial center of Italy. It is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice.

The ‘city of canals,’ Venice has a great network of canals instead of streets. The Grand Canal serves as its main canal. The people use gondolas and other boats to move around the city. Shakespeare has beautifully portrayed the beautiful city of gondolas in ‘the merchant of Venice’ and ‘Othello’.

Unfortunately the city started sinking an average of 1/5th of an inch yearly until the middle 1970s, whereby the government restricted the use of water from the city's underground wells. Yet there is enough romantic charm in the city. It is one of the most coveted tourist destinations in the world.

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Italy—The “il Bel paese”

The most popular tourist destination in Southern Europe—Italy or Repubblica Italiana or Italia is a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The peninsula looks like boot thus Italy is nicknamed as “Boot”.

Italy shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are located within the Italian territory.

Italian is the official language, and the Eternal City-Rome is the capital and the largest city of Italy. Italy is one of the top tourist spots in the world with some of her extremely mesmerizing cities like Naples, Rome, Milan, and Venice.

Italy is often called “il Bel paese” (beautiful country) due to the beauty and variety of its landscapes. The country has exquisite scenic beauty—the majestic Alps in the north, the soft and undulating hills of Umbria and Tuscany, and the romantically rugged landscape of the S Apennines. The Bay of Naples, dominated by Mt. Vesuvius, is one of the world's most famous sights

The tourism also flourishes in Northern Italy on the Italian Riviera, in the Alps (including the Dolomites), on the shores of its beautiful lakes (Lago Maggiore, Lake Como, and Lake Garda), and in Venice. Gran Paradiso that rises in Valle d'Aosta, is the highest peak wholly situated within Italy.

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