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Every 25 years , the Pope grants absolution from all sins to pilgrims worldwide who travel to Rome and participate in religious observances . Jubilee 2025 is now underway and will bring an expected 35 million visitors to the Eternal City . Join this festive celebration with some help from our agency to make sure you get to see St . Peter ’ s Basilica , the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican with special tours , behindthe-scenes access and experienced guides who can put events and artifacts in context .
If you ’ ve not yet seen Michaelangelo ’ s Pieta or the spot where Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor , now is the time . Embark on a spiritual , cultural and culinary pilgrimage to Italy with friends or family and make it a vacation you ’ ll never forget .
Contact our agency to plan your Italian adventure .
St . Peter ’ s Basilica
FIVE FANTASTIC BOOKS SET IN ITALY :
1
“ The City of Fallen Angels ”
2
“ The Marriage Portrait ”
3
“ A Place in the World ” by Frances Mayes
4. “ Leonardo da Vinci ” by Walter Issacson
5
“ The Villa ” by Rachel Hawkins
by John Berendt
After a fire destroys a renowned opera house , Berendt sifts through official investigations , Mafia connections and gossipy accounts from Venetian families with lineages that go back centuries to get to the truth .
by Maggie O ’ Farrell
This reimagined depiction of the life of Duchess Lucrezia de ’ Medici takes readers into 1550s Florence . Rich with palace intrigue , including a live Bengal tigress , this novel immerses readers in the cradle of the Renaissance .
She first enchanted us with “ Under the Tuscan Sun ” and now the author who inspired hundreds to track down her muse , Villa Bramasole , examines what “ home ” truly means . Mayes shares stories and recipes in an evocative remembrance of her best days in Italy .
Issacson ’ s meticulous narrative of da Vinci ’ s scientific and artistic pursuits brings his world to life in vivid detail . Notes , sketches and drawings from the creative genius responsible for the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper illustrate the tome .
Orvieto , north of Rome , is the setting for this tense , modernday thriller with two overlapping storylines . Untangle this puzzling whodunnit while relaxing poolside and make life imitate art .
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