Travel Quizzes - Italy

Can you answer these questions about travel to Italy based on their hints? Features of Lonely Planet's travel books have been adapted into this quiz format.
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Last updated: May 15, 2020
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Italy's Top 18
Hint
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Western Europe's first superpower
Rome
Home of Basilica di San Marco
Venice
Region home to Florence, as well as many museums and artworks
Tuscany
Coastline filled with mountains, crags, villages and forests
Amalfi Coast
Former town frozen in time after a famous catastrophe
Pompeii
Pink-hued, granite mountains with harsh, jagged summits in Northern Italy
Dolomites
Region of Italy home to the city of Bologna
Emilia-Romagna
Famous Italian city with the same name as another city in Florida
Naples
Part of the Graian Alps as well as the first Italian National park.
Paradiso
An Italian island containing rugged coastal beauty such as along Costa Verde
Sardinia
Trails that go through vineyards and hillsides that used to be a form of punishment
Italian Riviera
Called the most spectacular of the Lombard lakes
Lago di Como
Mountain range full of icy peaks that spans multiple countries
Alps
Extravagant royal palace in Turin
Savoy Palace
Made from many small tiles, and often mentioned as part of the Renaissance
Mosaics
Europe's largest volcano and a largely active one
Mount Etna
Need to Know...
Hint
Answer
Currency
Euro
Language
Italian
High Season (July to ____)
August
Low Season (_____to March)
November
If You Like...
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Masterpieces
Michelangelo has a large ceiling fresco in this Roman chapel
Sistine Chapel
Food
Found in places like Tuscany and Umbria and described as the world's most coveted fungi
Truffles
Found fresh in coastal places such as Venice, Sardinia, and Sicily
Seafood
Italy's famous export eaten in America all the time
Pizza
One of Italy's famous cheeses, but not mozzarella
Parmesan
Islands and Beaches
Home to sandy beaches including Baia dei Turchi
Puglia
Many beaches like Spiaggia del Principe are located on this large Italian island
Sardinia
Island that sits in Europe's largest marine park is also one of the islands where Napoleon was banished to
Elba
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Level 77
May 15, 2020
If you ask for a coast - you should please accept the answer without needing the word "coast" as well. Likewise why not accept "riviera" and Como"?
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Level 54
May 15, 2020
Thank you for the suggestions. Everything should be fixed now.