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                          A Gourmet Tour         A Tour of
                          of Central Italy       Etruscan Italy
                          •   Try fine cheeses and ham in   •   Explore fabulous museums
                           the delightful town of Parma.  dedicated to the Etruscan
                          •   Sample balsamic vinegar    civilization in Rome.
                           in Modena.            •   Visit the vast “city of the

      0 kilometres  150   •   Dine in style in Bologna and   dead” at Cerveteri and

      0 miles       150    soak up the atmosphere in   marvel at the frescoed
                           the city’s entoche (wine bars).  tombs in Tarquinia.
                          •   Try the Tuscan speciality   •   See remnants of Etruscan life
                           Bistecca Fiorentina in Pisa   at the Necropoli Etrusca in
                           and enjoy panforte in Siena.   Orvieto and spend an after­
                          •  Visit Perugia and stock up    noon in the hill­town of Todi.
                           on the town’s famous    •   Travel to Chiusi for the fine
                           Baci chocolates.       Museo Nazionale Etrusco
 TRENTINO-                •   Travel to Norcia to enjoy   and visit medieval Gubbio
 ALTO ADIGE                truffles and pork from the   to see the Eugubine Tablets.
 Lake  LOMBARDY  FRIULI-
 VALLE  Como  VENEZIA      region’s black pigs.  •   Spend a day in Volterra
 D’AOSTA  GIULIA
 VENETO                   •  Spend a day in Orvieto,   to view the remarkable
 Vicenza
 Milan                     seeking out pecorino   collection of Etruscan
 Verona  Venice            cheese, delicious salami    funerary urns in the
 PIEDMONT  Padua
                           and Orvieto Classico wine.   Museo Guarnacci.
 EMILIA-
 LIGURIA  ROMAGNA
 Cinque Terre
 Lucca                          Parma                Po Delta
 Pisa  Florence
 San Gimignano                     Modena    Bologna
 Siena  MARCHE
                           LIGURIA            EMILIA-
 TUSCANY                                     ROMAGNA
 UMBRIA
                                           Florence
                                  Pisa
  ABRUZZO                                TUSCANY
 Rome
                                   Volterra  San Gimignano
 LAZIO                                              Gubbio
    MOLISE
                                       Siena             MARCHE
    CAMPANIA                                         Perugia
    Naples    PUGLIA                        Chiusi  UMBRIA
      Pompeii                               Orvieto  Todi
      Amalfi Coast                   Maremma              Norcia
 Key  Capri  BASILICATA               Park             Valnerina
                                                 Viterbo
    Northern Italy tour                                     ABRUZZO
                                         Tarquinia  Sutri
    Southern Italy tour
                           0 kilometres  100       LAZIO
                                           Cerveteri
                           0 miles  50               Rome
              CALABRIA
                          Key
 Palermo                     Gourmet Italy tour
 Monreale                    Etruscan Italy tour
    SICILY
 Selinunte
     Piazza Armerina
 Agrigento
        Noto                    Colosseum, Rome
                              Once the site of deadly
                             gladiatorial combat, the
                            Colosseum is the highlight
                             of a trip to Rome. Tickets
                           include access to the Forum
                              and Palatine Museum.
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