Italy

50 paintings from 15 museums in the region rich in natural beauty and artistic heritage are on exhibition at the Vatican.

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Croatia's stunning Plitvice Lakes

In Croatia's rugged interior, a stone's throw from the Bosnian border, hides one of Europe's most exotic hikes.
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Chart a different course

The reason I love cruising is no two days -- at sea or on land -- are alike.
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Scuba diver: Concordia should be sunk

The Costa Concordia could be a paradise for recreational scuba divers from around the world - if sunk instead of salvaged.
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Hidden gems and buried treasures

In The American, when George Clooney's hit-man character runs into trouble and needs a place to hide out, his handler sends him to a town in Italy's Abruzzo region.
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A trip to hill town heaven

Of all the Italian hill towns, Civita di Bagnoregio is my favourite. Less well-known than Siena or Assisi, this stunning little gem has escaped the modern age mostly because of topography.
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