• Cristina Clavio (Florence) - I'm Cristina, your local guide in Florence. I organize shore excursions from and to Livorno seaport and trips to the Chianti area, Siena, Pisa etc. I'm also specialized in the city of Florence for museums and several different kinds of tours inside churches and walking tours discovering this pearl of Italy, the most important art city in my country.
• Enrico Maioni (Dolomites) - I was born in a wonderful place, Cortina di Ampezzo (Dolomites of Italy), where I live and work to this day. In the meantime I attended training courses, which enabled me in time to qualify as an Alpine Guide. Today I guide anyone with the desire of it up on these mountains on both complicated and easy ascents. Summer and winter, trying to transmit to my clients the love I nourish for this area.
• Tommaso Pante (Taormina) - I have an extensive experience travelling around the world. I have been part of many guided tour groups and bring my experiences and knowledge gained from my independent travels around the globe.I am a full qualified and experienced tour manager (private guide in Italy) and can take care of anything necessary for you to enjoy a trip as well as guided or self-paced tours. My company is First Class Travel Assistance for First Class Travellers. I have lived and worked over ten years between Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada and Italy my hometown.
• Duman K. (Rome) - I'm a full licenced Rome driver tour guide to drive and accompany people all over Italy and I worked extensively in Rome as well.
• Fiona Giusto (Venice) - I am a professional, authorized English and German speaking guide in Venice, Italy and in the lagoon (Murano, Burano and Torcello). I would be pleased to guide families with children / bigger parties / groups through Venice during 2009 or 2010 !!!
Please find below a brief outline of my studies : - degree in Foreign Languages and Literature at Ca' Foscari University in Venice with 110 cum laude/110; - High School for Tourism in Venice with 60/60.
I started working as a professional guide in Spring 2000 after having passed a difficult examination.
The Godfather country: Savoca and Forza (Messina) - The Godfather country: Savoca and Forza d’Agrт :A scenic drive runs inland to Savoca which is considered one of the most attractive places in the environ of Taormina. Bar Vitelli with a gorgeous terrace, has a collection of photographs taken when Francis Ford Coppola shot some scenes of “The Godfather II”.
Lipari and Vulcano Islands (Lipari Island) - Lipari-Vulcano : Lipari is the largest of the Aeolian Islands. Upon arrival you will begin the walking tour of the Citadel or Acropolis with some archaeological remains.
Milazzo and Tindarys (Milazzo) - Milazzo (full day):Mylai, the ancient city of the sea, is the main port for the Aeolian Islands which lie only a few miles offshore. The “Borgo” is the oldest part of the town We will visit the “Santuario di San Francesco di Paola”.
Messina (Messina) - Messina :We begin the visit of “The gate of Sicily”, just five kilometres separe Messina from the mainland Italy. In the ancient time was given the name of Zancle by the Greek for the sickle-shaped harbour.
CAPITAL CITY OF Italy: Rome LANGUAGE OF Italy: Italian CURRENCY OF Italy: Euro (EUR) COMMENTS ABOUT Italy: Italy is a large country in Southern Europe. Cities : Rome, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Pisa, Venice, Verona Best Places : Capri and Ischia, Cinque Terre, Vatican City, Lago di Garda, Italian Alps Electricity : 230V/50Hz (European or Italian plug) Calling Code : +39 Time Zone : UTC +1
CLIMATE OF Italy: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south RELIGION OF Italy: predominately Roman Catholic with mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community POPULATION OF Italy: 58,057,477 (July 2004 est.) Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)>>> HISTORY OF Italy: Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a Fascist dictatorship. His disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the prosperous north. ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Italy: Italy has a diversified industrial economy with roughly the same total and per capita output as France and the UK. This capitalistic economy remains divided into a developed industrial north, dominated by private companies, and a less developed, welfare-dependent agricultural south, with 20% unemployment. Most raw materials needed by industry and more than 75% of energy requirements are imported. Over the past decade, Italy has pursued a tight fiscal policy in order to meet the requirements of the Economic and Monetary Unions and has benefited from lower interest and inflation rates. The current government has enacted numerous short-term reforms aimed at improving competitiveness and long-term growth. Italy has moved slowly, however, on implementing needed structural reforms, such as lightening the high tax burden and overhauling Italy's rigid labor market and over-generous pension system, because of the current economic slowdown and opposition from labor unions.
I'm a full licenced Rome driver tour guide to drive and accompany people all over Italy and I worked extensively in Rome as well. My job is to give tours on Rome and on Tuscany, Florence, Siena, on the Tuscany wine country side,on the Amalfi coast, inside Vatican museum etc.
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