T O U R I S M In the Europe of the eighteenth century, the journey through Italy, from the Alps to Sicily, was known as the Grand Tour. Goethe, Stendhal, Dickens, Montesquieu, Byron, Dumas made it, as indeed did all the cultivated youth of Europe, for whom a journey to Italy was the logical conclusion to their education. As you travel from the north to the south, you will come upon mountains with famous ski slopes (from Cortina d’Ampezzo to Roccaraso), seas and seaside cities celebrated and loved by foreign visitors who made them into myths; you will taste a cuisine that is ancient yet astoundingly modern and, above all, you will realize how the history of art as we understand it today, could never have been written without italy and its masterpieces. It is infact well known that Italy is one of the most important tourist locations of the world. Every year, millions of tourists from all over the world visit our famous Museums (there are 3.000 of them!) and Art Galleries. Cities with an highly historic significance as Rome, Florence, Venice, Assisi, Pompei., Ercolano (just to name a few) are inundated by foreigners together with typical tourist venues such as the Isles of Capri and Ischia, the coast of Sorrento, the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, Taormina in Sicily. An Entry Visa is required for South African Passport Holders and is issued by the Consulates in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. Visas are also issued by the Consular Section of the Italian Embassy in Pretoria (see Consular Services). Pamphlets on Italian Tourist Venues are freely available at the Consular Section of the Italian Embassy in Pretoria Please try the following link to the site of the Italian official tourism office:
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