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Italy

Italian Beach Club Changing Rooms and Showers: What Is Usually Included

At many full-service Italian stabilimenti balneari, you can expect somewhere to change and some form of freshwater shower, but do ...
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Italy

Free Beach vs Lido in Italy: What You Get and What You Bring

A spiaggia libera is a public beach area where you choose your own patch of sand or pebbles and bring ...
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Italy

Italian Lido Beach Clubs: How Reservations, Umbrellas and Sunbeds Work

A lido is essentially a managed section of beach where you rent a place for the day, usually an umbrella ...
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Italy

Matera Parking Outside the ZTL: Best Strategy for Cave Hotels

The safest plan for a cave hotel is to park before entering the Sassi, then walk, use a porter, or ...
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Italy

Matera Bus Drop-Off Points: Which Stop Is Closest to the Sassi

The closest useful arrival point for the Sassi is the Viale Aldo Moro/Piazza Matteotti/Matera Centrale area, roughly a 5 to ...
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Italy

Matera Centrale Station: Why the Railway Is Different From Trenitalia

Matera has a city-centre railway stop, but it is not part of the Trenitalia network. The Matera Centrale station is ...
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Puglia

Bari to Matera: Train vs Bus and Where Each Service Arrives

On a normal weekday, the FAL train is usually the best choice if you want to arrive closest to the ...
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Italy

Matera Cave Hotel With Luggage: ZTL, Stairs and Porter Access

Do not assume you can drive to the door of a hotel in the Sassi. In many cases, the final ...
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Umbria

Umbria Hill Town Without a Car: How to Check the Last Return Bus

Check the return journey before you travel out, not when you are already sitting down for dinner. For a day ...
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