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DRIVE 11
Milan
Turin
IT AL Y
Genoa Bologna
Florence
Perugia
Rome
The Veneto
Plain
Verona to
Venice
Highlights
• Romantic Renaissance city
Soak up the atmosphere in beautiful
Verona, the setting for Shakespeare’s
tale of hapless love, Romeo and Juliet
• A Baroque garden masterpiece
Wander around Valsanzibio’s strictly
ordered hedges, lawns and paths,
virtually unchanged since the 1670s
and set in idyllic countryside
• An ancient city, full of young life
Visit Padua’s Basilica di Sant’Antonio,
the university where Galileo taught
and a medieval marketplace – all
infused with the buzz of student life
• Timeless city of bridges
Explore magical, waterborne Venice,
where the grand palaces, churches,
museums and squares are joined by
a labyrinth of alleyways and canals
Basilica di Santa Giustina, Padua, seen across
Prato della Valle
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