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Culture tips for Italy

Culture tips for Italy from people who have been there.

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Travel tips for Italy

Florence, Italy

Uffizi Gallery: book entry for 4:30 PM to escape museum fatigue

The morning crowds between 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM are overwhelming with tour groups. Entering after 4:00 PM allows you to s…

Galleria Borghese requires strict two-week advance booking

You cannot purchase walk-up tickets here. Entry is restricted to strict two-hour timed slots for only 360 visitors at a…

Take the Circumvesuviana train early to beat the Herculaneum crowds

Herculaneum (Ercolano Scavi) is smaller, better preserved, and far less crowded than Pompeii, featuring intact multi-sto…

Pinacoteca di Brera: free entry on the first Sunday of every month

One of the world’s premier Renaissance art galleries (housing Hayez’s The Kiss and Raphael’s Marriage of the Virgin ) of…

The Last Supper tickets release strictly 3 months in advance

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper inside Santa Maria delle Grazie sells out within minutes of quarterly releases on Vi…

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