An introduction to Italy and Turkey

1. Italy

2. Italy
Italy is a country in Southern Europe. It is also famous worldwide for its delicious
cuisine, its trendy fashion industry, luxury sports cars and motorcycles, diverse regional
cultures and dialects, as well as for its beautiful coast, alpine lakes and mountain ranges.
No wonder it is often nicknamed the Bel Paese (the Beautiful Country).
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3. Italy is, for the most part,
a peninsula situated on
the Mediterranean Sea,
bordering France,
Switzerland, Austria,
and Slovenia in the north.
Italy, which is boot-shaped,
is surrounded by
the Ligurian and the
Tyrrhenian Seas to the
west, the Mediterranean
and Ionian Seas to the
South, and the Adriatic
Sea to the East.

4. Climate Most of Italy has hot, dry
summers, with July being the
hottest month of the year.
Winters are cold and damp in
the North, and milder in the
South. The Alps have a
mountain climate, with cool
summers and very cold
winters.

5. Italy
Capital Rome
(and largest city)
Language Italian
Population Estimate 60,782,668 (23rd)
(2013)
Demonym Italian
Currency Euro (€) (EUR)
Religion Predominately Roman Catholic
with mature Protestant and
Jewish communities and
a growing Muslim immigrant community

7. Italian Culture

8. Fashi
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9. A
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10. Cuisin
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11. Traditions and
Festivals

12. Traditions and Festivals

13. What to do
in Italy?
Italy is famous in the
world over for its
wines, so even if
you’re not a serious
wine enthusiast you’ll
surely appreciate the
scenery and tradition
of a trip through
Italy’s vineyards.

14. What to do
in Italy?
Sailing is one of the
best ways to see the
Italian islands such as
Sardinia and Sicily.
Most charter
companies offer many
options from bareboat
to crewed and cabin
charter, with all types
of the boats.

15. What to do
in Italy?
Take a Cooking Class!
Italy is very famous
for good food. A
must-do in Italy:
cooking classes and
food touring.

16. What else to
see in Italy?
Cinque Terre (pictured
above), or "five towns"
set along the rocky
northern coast
overlooking the Ligurian
sea.
Cinque Terre

17. What else to
see in Italy?
Tired of seeing tourists in
your pictures of the
leaning tower of Pisa?
Skip over to Lucca
instead, where the streets
are filled with fewer
tourists (or at least fewer
obvious ones) and the
Tuscan lifestyle is alive
and well.

18. Italians would never put
chicken, pineapple and many
of the other extras used around
the world on a pizza – not even
if you ask for them.

19. Most Italians feel the
need to eat pasta with
every meal – they then
move on to steak or
whatever comes next.
If they do not eat
pasta, they feel they
have not eaten.

20. Venice has
over 400
footbridges.

21. The highest point
in Italy is Mont
Blanc, in the alps
at 15,770 feet.

22. The mechanical clock,
the barometer, the
thermometer, optical
glasses and the
telephone are all
Italian inventions.

23. How to get
there?

25. Travelling in Italy

26. Travelling in England

27. Entry Requirements
Filipinos need visas to travel to and enter Italy.
In addition, once they arrive in Italy, Filipinos
will be asked to: present their Philippine
passports and these must be valid for at least 3
months beyond the intended duration of stay in
Italy; and show their confirmed return or
onward airline tickets.

29. Republic of Turkey

30. People
Demonym
Turkish
Population
76,667,864
Ethnic Groups
70–75% Turks
18% Kurds
7–12% others

31. Geographic
Location
Turkey is situated in
Anatolia and the Balkans,
bordering the Black Sea,
between Bulgaria and
Georgia, and bordering
the Aegean Sea and the
Mediterranean Sea,
between Greece and Syria.
The geographic
coordinates of the country
lie at: 39°00′N 35°00′E

33. National Language
Turkish

35. Currency
1 Lira = 20.47 Philippine Peso

36. Weather
The coastal areas of
Turkey bordering the
Aegean Sea and the
Mediterranean Sea have a
temperate Mediterranean
climate, with hot, dry
summers and mild to cool,
wet winters. The coastal
areas bordering the Black
Sea have a temperate
Oceanic climate with
warm, wet summers and
cool to cold, wet winters.

37. Cuisine
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38. Mantı

39. Attractions
IN TURKEY

40. Bodrum Castle

41. AspendosRoman Theatre

42. Cappadocia Underground Cities

43. Cappadocia Underground Cities

44. Turkey, Ankara

45. Ankara
Population 4,417,522
Currency Turkish Lira

46. What to do in Ankara?

47. Get social in trendy Kizilay

48. Explore Ankara Citadel

49. Sample local street food

50. Balık-ekmek

51. Kokoreç

52. Simit

53. Turkey, Ankara
ATTRACTIONS

54. Anıtkabir
Dedicated to
Mustafa Kemal
Atatürk, the
leader of the
Turkish War of
Independence
and the first
president of the
Republic of
Turkey.

55. Atakule Tower

56. Ankara Citadel

57. Ankara Roman Theatre

59. Mezquita Azul