When one thinks of luxury Italy vacations, one thinks of la dolce vita, or the sweet life. As any Italian will proudly tell you, Italians know how to enjoy life to its fullest. Italy claims one of the best culinary traditions in the world, including incredible pasta dishes, some of the best coffee in the world, and the classic Italian dessert, tiramisu. World-class winemaking also takes place from the mountainous regions of Lombardia and Trentino-Alto in the north to the sunny, rural regions of Puglia and Campania in the south.
Italy is a highly diverse country with a fascinating political history. Until Italian unification in 1861, only city-states such as Genoa, Florence, and Venice existed and were often in violent conflict with one another. To this day, Italy's regions have guarded their unique identities and culture. Despite the imposition of High Italian in the school system after unification, each region of Italy has maintained its local dialect to some degree or another.
Luxury Italy Vacations Come in All Varieties
Whatever kind of regional cuisine you may be into, you're guaranteed to find good food and a friendly welcome, no matter where you go on luxury Italy vacations. One can enjoy polenta and pesto-based pasta dishes in the mountainous northwestern coastal region of Liguria, while tasting spicy tomato sauce-based pasta dishes and varieties of insaccatti sausage in the mountainous southwestern region of Calabria.
The majority of Italians are warm and friendly, no matter which region you decide to visit on a luxury Italy vacation. Whether you decide to enjoy taking a romantic gondola ride on the canals of Venice, take a tour of the commanding Coliseum in Rome, admire world-famous works of art at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, or simply relax in a villa on the beaches of Liguria, luxury Italy vacations are guaranteed to be enjoyable.
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