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Road Trip
Italia


Remember the days of packing up the kids and hopping in the family station wagon? Setting out on the interstate to see where the road would take you, stopping along the way to see local curiosities and eat at roadside diners? That was the American way of travel, but it’s equally possible in other countries. This year we’re recommending you reinvent the Road Trip – Italian style.

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Slow Ride:
Biking in Italy


This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Giro d’Italia, Italy’s version of the better-known Tour de France. From May 9th to May 31st Italians and visitors alike have lined the streets to cheer on the pack, which includes American sporting-celebrity Lance Armstrong among the contestants. In a departure from past races, this year’s almost 2,150 mile tour has featured routes through most of Italy’s biggest cities: Florence, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Rome and Naples (and even a trip up Mount Vesuvius!).

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Exploring Veneto

Magical Venice, with its streets paved in water, doesn’t exactly call to mind the classic Italian road trip: it's a place more suited to romantic gondola rides and evening strolls along the silent canals. If you'd like to extend your horizons beyond Venice and hit the highway, however, it's easy to pick up a car rental in Piazzale Roma and drive across the causeway that separates the city from the terraferma.

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