Italy travel advice
Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the regional 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 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 is 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 sluggish economic growth, high youth and female unemployment, organized crime, corruption, and economic disparities between southern Italy and the more prosperous north.
Location – Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
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Italy cruises
Ancona Cruises | Ancona port
Bari Cruises | Bari port
Rome (Civitavecchia) Cruises | Civitavecchia port (Rome)
Genoa Cruises | Genoa port
La Spezia Cruises | La Spezia port
Livorno Cruises
Messina Cruises | Messina port
Naples Cruises | Naples port
Palermo Cruises | Palermo port
Savona Cruises | Savona port
Trieste Cruises | Trieste port
Venice Cruises | Venice port
Alghero port
Brindisi port
Cagliari port
Catania port
Florance (Pisa) port
Olbia Sardina port
Oristano port
Porto Cesareo port
Ravenna port
Taranto port