It is difficult – if not impossible – to limit a list of things to do in Italy to 100, and even more difficult to put them in order of descending significance or entertainment value: home to Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, with islands as diverse as dour Sicily and African-influenced Pantelleria and cultures as far apart as Renaissance Venice and the prehistoric Trulli in Alberobello, Italy is a vibrant and colorful hotch-potch, a land of stark and passionately defended contrasts.

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59. Venice Carnival

Venice Carnival probably started in 1162 and was made official during the Renaissance, was stamped out by the French when they invaded Venice in 1797 and was only resurrected in 1979. Since then, it has become famous throughout the world for masked shenanigans in the month leading up to Lent; certainly, anyone visiting Venice during this time should be sure to buy a mask and join in the fun!

Certain events and parties are on offer, which can be very expensive. However, on the Piazza San Marco many other events and spectacles take place which are free! The Piazza San Marco can be reached from Ferrovia B (1 minute on foot from Santa Lucia railway station) by waterbus, exit Rialto C and walk 500 metres.

60. Abano Terme (Padua)

The thermal water of this small town in the Veneto region of northeast Italy, 10 km southwest from Padua, has made it a spa and wellness resort for the past 2.000 years! Legend has it that Hercules and his cohorts bathed in the water and felt so miraculously restored that they no longer wished to return to Greece, dubbing the spring “Aponon” (“that which relieves pain”), which gives the town its name.

Today as in antiquity, the town is a spa and wellness resort with many other attractions, culinary and cultural. is easily accessible by train (8 minutes) or bus (33 minutes) from Padua.

61. Bioparca di Roma

Rome’s famous Biopark has much in common with a safari park – there are no bars, and animals are kept very much in concord with their natural habitat. Located in the Villa Borghese in central Rome, and only twenty minutes`walk from the Spanish Steps and the Colosseum, this lush natural zoo provides welcome rest and diversion from the hectic activity and bustle of a great city. The zoo plays an important role in rescuing rare animals from extinction, successfully breeding the white collar Mangabey and Kleinmann’s tortoise, amongst others, and offers a playground for children as well as a snack bar and restaurant..

The Bioparca di Roma can be reached in around 23 minutes by bus from Termini railway station (exit: Paisiello di Bellini).

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