Beautifully historic yet so fashionably up to date, Italy has all the components of the Dolce Vita in good measure - good food, good wine and beautiful people impeccably attired in the latest fashions.

Ah, the glamour of backpacking through Europe. Of course, the glamour comes with a price as I found in Siena, Italy.

Your holiday in Italy, From Venice, Queen of the Adriatic to Rome, symbol of history and culture and Turin, the European capital of Baroque.