There is a lot to see, but make time for idling in sunbathed cafes, getting lost in narrow cobbled streets, and whiling away hours at local trattorie.

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When nattily dressed mobsters held court among supper clubs and casinos and showgirls sunbathed poolside just off the Strip in a neighborhood nicknamed "Naked City".

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Every afternoon, Pocius and Vasconcelos lifted weights, and then Pocius sunbathed.

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"Although it might be very natural looking and it's not orange or streaky, no-one in their right mind would have sunbathed to achieve it, " she says.

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