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Italy

It’s said that if you visit the Trevi fountain in Rome and throw in a coin, you’ll return to the city. Toss in a couple of coins and all sorts of wonderful things are supposed to happen to your love life.

I can’t comment on the Trevi’s ability to transform romantic fortunes, but I do know that you don’t have to fling money into a fountain to ensure you return to Rome.

The minute you leave the city, you’ll want to go back - and the same goes for so many other places in Italy you might want to think about learning Italian.

There are few countries in the world that can reward visitors with such a breathtaking and exhilarating feast for the senses.

It is one of the most fascinating and sublime places on earth and offers more unforgettable experiences than you could reasonably hope to cram into a lifetime of visits. So it’s best to get an early start.

The architecture spans almost 3,000 years, there are over 100,000 monuments of major historical importance and more than 3000 museums.

The country is home to the largest number of Unesco world heritage sites and 60% of the world’s art treasures, which hardly seems fair on the rest of the world.

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Italian food competes with the best global cuisine has to offer, and the wines will keep a smile on the face of even the most discerning wine lover.

The only downside to visiting Italy is having to leave it.

The currency is the Euro; to find out how many there are to the pound, click here.

Learning the language - if you'd like to brush up on your Italian, or you'd just like to learn some basic phrases, you might find these sites useful.

BBC Languages - multimedia courses for beginners and the more advanced.

Fodors - a range of useful phrases with audio and written pronunciation guides.

Ielanguages - basic to more advanced Italian with pronunciation guides.

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