Sicily has attracted visitors throughout her history. Although always famous for its volcanic activity due to the Etna, Stromboli, etc, colonizers (before) and tourists of today have always found it fascinating.

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Due to the fact that our first Umapper game received 7 retweets and 8 facebook shares in only two days, HotelSearch thought it would be a great idea to create another geography game, but this time about Rome.

The rules are the following:

1. You can full size the image with the symbol on the upper right.
2. You might zoom the map with the icons on the upper left.
3. Try and locate by clicking on the specific area all the places that we ask for.
4. You will have a certain amount of time, about 20 seconds to answer.
5. Once you have finished you can save your score and check the total scores.
6. Good Luck!

Verona, with a population of 266.000 people, is located in Veneto, and as you might see in the photo, it seems like a wonderful city in Italy that should be visited. HotelSearch includes it as one of the major attractions of the Italian Estate taking into consideration the amount of different reliques that you can see in this historical place.

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In the province of Rome and Region of Latium (Tivoli) you will find an exceptional complex of classical buildings that have been there since the 2nd century A.D. thanks to Hadrian, one of the greatest roman emperors, who in spite of being born in Italy, grew up in Italica, near modern Seville, in Spain.

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For those who survived the last Tomatina, the popular battle of tomatoes in Buñol (Spain), or for those who can’t wait for the next, the perfect Carnival destination is Ivrea, Italy. This small Piamontese city combines masked parades and fruit pitched battles like no other. Next are the keys to enjoy this magical and unknown city for those who decide joining the healthy bombing of vitamin C.

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In few cities Christmas time is celebrated so fervently and with such respect for tradition as in Rome. Luckily this same tradition states that in New Year’s Eve one must have a hell of a lot of fun. With great pleasure, the Romans take it literally and the city turns into a mayhem of party time, music in the streets and fireworks worth seeing and participating in.
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