Italy

ItalyItaly 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).

Flag Emblem

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.

ClimateMost 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.

ItalyCapital 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

Italian Culture

Fashion

ART

Cuisine

Traditions and Festivals

Traditions and Festivals

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.

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.

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.

What else to see in Italy?

Cinque Terre (pictured above), or "five towns"

set along the rocky northern coast

overlooking the Liguriansea.

Cinque Terre

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.

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.

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.

Venice has over 400

footbridges.

The highest point in Italy is Mont Blanc, in the alps

at 15,770 feet.

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

How to get there?

Travelling in Italy

Travelling in England

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.

Republic of Turkey

PeopleDemonym

Turkish

Population

76,667,864

Ethnic Groups

70–75% Turks

18% Kurds

7–12% others

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

National LanguageTurkish

Currency1 Lira = 20.47 Philippine Peso

WeatherThe 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.

Cuisine KEBAPS DÖNER

Mantı

AttractionsIN TURKEY

Bodrum Castle

Aspendos Roman Theatre

Cappadocia Underground Cities

Cappadocia Underground Cities

Turkey, Ankara

AnkaraPopulation 4,417,522

Currency Turkish Lira

What to do in Ankara?

Get social in trendy Kizilay

Explore Ankara Citadel

Sample local street food

Balık-ekmek

Kokoreç

Simit

Turkey, AnkaraATTRACTIONS

AnıtkabirDedicated to

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the

Turkish War of Independence and the first

president of the Republic of

Turkey.

Atakule Tower

Ankara Citadel

Ankara Roman Theatre

MezquitaAzul