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Palace Hotel and Spa is a beautiful 5 stars luxury hotel in Anacapri , the village on the island of Capri, Italy.  The hotel stands 300 meters above sea level, overlooking the open Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Naples. The hotel is stylish and exudes modern Italian charm and is located in a quieter part of the island far from the crowds of Capri.
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This installation is created by the american artist Jeffrey Inaba, in collaboration with Luca Peralta Studio, Rome, Italy, at Rome’s Policlinico Umberto I, the most important hospital in the Italian capital and one of the largest in Europe. 
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Named after Aeolus, god of the winds, the Aeolian Islands are a volcanic archipelago not far from Sicily’s northern coast in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Also emerged as the Lipari Islands and Isole Eolie, the principal islands of the chain are Lipari, Salina, Filicudi, Alicudi, Stromboli, Panarea and Vulcano. Between them the islands boast beautiful scenery, great beaches, castles, thermal resorts, water sports, good fishing and, of course, some live volcanic activity. Photo by: adam butler photography
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There really is no way to describe the uniqueness of this island – very romantic and picturesque. Burano is a little, very pretty island, located about 30 minutes by ferry from Venice. It’s famous for its lace making and the colorful fishermen’s houses. No cars, just boats, clothes hanging out on lines from the windows…
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The duoMo Hotel is a design hotel in the historic centre of Rimini – one of Italy’s popular seaside resorts with gorgeous beaches and an amazing night life. The hotel is close to the most important cultural places of the city, 400m from the train station, boutiques, authentic restaurants and exclusive clubs. Its future-forward design provides an ultra cool setting to unwind, meet people and conduct business, making the Duomo the trendiest design hotel around.   
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The largest of the Pontine Islands between Rome and Naples, Ponza is a volcanic remnant lying 33 km south of Cape Circeo, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It’s a mixture of vividly coloured cliffs and crags 12 km long and never more than 2 km wide. Such rocks, kaolin and tufa has eroded into fantastic shapes, inspiring names like ‘the monk’ and ‘the giant pair of pants’. You look down on stepped terraces of vines, cactus pears and fig trees, ancient and modern. Photo by: melazeta
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The smallest and most southerly inhabited island on the Tuscan Archipelago, Giannutri is a half moon of just 3 sq km. Centuries of shifting rock falls have made it one of the finest diving sites in the Mediterranean, with no sand to cloud the lapis waters; and since there are beaches at all to attract tourism, but the circlet of rocks has preserved the island’s wild beauty from all modern depredation. Photo by: bizzo_65
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