Lonely Planet Italy

• Travel on any budget
• A practical guide to tourism as well as culture and customs
• Find the best hotels and restaurants in your price range

Lonely Planet Italy provides an insider's guide to the country. Entertaining and detailed, the guide starts out with a basic overview about traveling through Italy and has all the public transportation, maps, and restaurant recommendations the savvy traveler needs.

At the beginning of Lonely Planet Italy, you are given a brief background, including history, culture, sports, religion, art, architecture, literature, cinema, music, theater, the environment, and basic Italian phrases. It then goes through all major (and most minor) cities in Italy alphabetically, making them easy to find. Under each city, you will find, sights, activities, festivals and events, accommodations (arranged by price), where to eat (also arranged by price), night life, entertainment, shopping, and transportation to and around the city.

Lonely Planet Italy also manages to include recommendations for traveling solo, with small children, or with disabled travelers, and where to ski, hike, and cycle. You will find cultural backgrounds covering customs, drugs, racism, theft, gay and lesbian scenes, and local money.

And finally, Lonely Planet Italy will make sure that you know everything you need to about traveling to Italy and to Europe, and how to stay healthy while you're there. The Lonely Planet books prove to be excellent resources over and over, making sure that anyone can see what they want to see on any budget, and Lonely Planet Italy is no exception. If you plan on visiting Italy, Lonely Planet Italy is the book for you!

Some of the cities included in Lonely Planet Italy are: Turin, Milan, Genoa, Verona, Venice, Bologna, Rome, Naples, Bari, Palermo, and many more!