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Venice/Mestre is a city in Italy, next to Venice.
To travel to Mestre you can fly to two different airports. Marco Polo in Venice is the closest, about 20 minutes from the train station in Mestre and you can take the ATVO flybus or line 5 every 10 minutes or so. Treviso airport is also nearby, approximately 50 minutes by bus.
Mestre's town center is pedestrianised and is therefore difficult to navigate in a car.
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Jam is a village in West Afghanistan, best known for the "Minaret of Jam".
Most people who stop here do so while traversing the several day long "central route" between Herat and Kabul.
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Gilgit (Urdu: گلگت) is a mountain town in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Travelers exploring the Pakistani Himalayas or en route to or from China are almost definitely going to spend at least one night here. This makes it a great base to further research your trip, meet up with potential travel partners, or simply take a break. It's also a launching pad for climbers to nearby Rakaposhi.
Gilgit is just off the Karakoram Highway between Chilas and Karimabad, and most people arrive by road.
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Skardu is a town in the region of the same name in the Northern Areas of Pakistan.
Skardu, capital of Baltistan is perched 2,438 metres above sea level in the backdrop of the great peaks of the Karakorams. Balti people are a mixture of Tibetan and Caucasian stock and speak Balti, an ancient form of Tibetan. Due to the similarity of its culture, lifestyle and architecture with Tibet, Baltistan is also known as the "Tibet-e-Khurd" (Little Tibet).
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