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On the Road 4
Italy Highlights 6
Destination Italy 17
Getting Started 19
Events Calendar 24
Itineraries 26
History 32
Italian Art 47
The Culture 57
Food & Drink 70
Environment 79
Rome & Lazio 86
ROME 87
History 87
Orientation 87
Information 89
Dangers & Annoyances 106
Sights 107
Walking Tour 132
Courses 134
Tours 135
Festivals & Events 137
Sleeping 138
Architecture 141
Eating 151
Drinking 158
Entertainment 161
Shopping 164
Getting There & Away 166
Getting Around 167
LAZIO 171
Ostia Antica 171
Tivoli 173
Etruscan Sites 174
Civitavecchia 176
Viterbo 176
Around Viterbo 179
Castelli Romani 180
Palestrina 181
Along the Coast 181
Isole Pontine 183
Liguria, Piedmont
& Valle dAosta 184
LIGURIA 185
Genoa 185
Around Genoa 195
Riviera di Levante 196
Riviera di Ponente 205
PIEDMONT 211
Turin 213
The Milky Way 225
Southern & Eastern
Piedmont 226
Northern Piedmont 237
VALLE DAOSTA 237
Aosta 239
Aosta Valley Castles 243
Courmayeur 244
Parco Nazionale del Gran
Paradiso 246
Valtournenche 247
Valle dAyas, Val di
Gressoney
& Valsesia 248
Lombardy &
the Lakes 250
MILAN 251
History 252
Orientation 252
Information 252
Dangers & Annoyances 253
Sights 253
Tours 261
Festivals & Events 261
Sleeping 262
Eating 263
Drinking 265
Entertainment 266
Shopping 269
Getting There & Away 269
Getting Around 269
SOUTH OF MILAN 270
Pavia 270
EAST OF MILAN 272
Bergamo 272
Valtellina 276
Brescia 276
Cremona 278
Mantua 280
Around Mantua 284
THE LAKES 285
Lago dOrta 285
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Lago Maggiore 286
Lago di Como 289
Lago dIseo 296
Lago di Garda 297
Trentino-Alto Adige 303
TRENTINO 307
Trento 307
Rovereto 312
Brenta Dolomites 313
Val di Non, Val di Sole &
Valle di Peio 317
Pale di San Martino &
Val di Fiemme 318
Val di Fassa 318
Gruppo del Sella 320
ALTO ADIGE 321
Bolzano 321
Merano 324
Parco Nazionale dello
Stelvio 326
Val Gardena 326
Alpe di Siusi & Parco
Naturale Sciliar-Catinaccio 328
Val Badia 329
Cortina dAmpezzo 330
Valzoldana 331
Val Pusteria &
the Sesto Dolomites 331
The Veneto 333
VENICE 334
History 335
Orientation 336
Information 336
Sights 340
Activities 356
Walking Tour 356
Courses 357
Venice for Children 357
Tours 358
Festivals & Events 358
Sleeping 358
Eating 361
Drinking 363
Entertainment 363
Shopping 364
Getting There & Away 364
Getting Around 365
AROUND THE VENETO 366
Brenta Riviera 366
Padua 366
Around Padua 371
Vicenza 372
Around Vicenza 375
Verona 378
Around Verona 383
Treviso 384
Around Treviso 386
Belluno 386
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 388
Trieste 389
Around Trieste 396
Gorizia 398
Around Gorizia 400
Palmanova 400
Aquileia 401
Grado 402
Around Grado 402
Laguna di Marano 402
Lignano 402
Pordenone & Around 403
Udine 404
Villa Manin 407
Cividale del Friuli 407
San Daniele del Friuli 408
North of Udine 409
Tarvisio & the Giulie Alps 409
Carnia 409
Emilia-Romagna &
San Marino 411
BOLOGNA 413
History 413
Orientation 413
Information 413
Sights 413
Activities 417
Courses 417
Tours 418
Festivals & Events 418
Sleeping 418
Eating 419
Drinking 420
Entertainment 421
Shopping 422
Getting There & Away 422
Getting Around 422
WEST OF BOLOGNA 423
Modena 423
Around Modena 426
Reggio Emilia 426
Around Reggio Emilia 429
Parma 429
Around Parma 433
Piacenza 435
Around Piacenza 436
EAST OF BOLOGNA 436
Ferrara 436
Live to Eat 437
Po Delta 448
Ravenna 449
Faenza 453
Imola 453
Rimini 453
SAN MARINO 457
Orientation 458
Information 458
Sights & Activities 458
Sleeping & Eating 458
Getting There & Away 458
Tuscany 459
FLORENCE 460
History 460
Orientation 461
Information 461
Sights 463
Courses 478
Florence for Children 479
Tours 479
Festivals & Events 479
Sleeping 480
Eating 483
Drinking 488
Entertainment 490
Shopping 491
Getting There & Away 492
Getting Around 492
AROUND FLORENCE 493
Fiesole 493
Il Mugello 494
NORTHERN &
WESTERN TUSCANY 495
Prato 495
Pistoia 497
Lucca 499
Around Lucca 504
Apuane Alps 504
Pisa 506
Livorno 511
Elba 513
CENTRAL TUSCANY 516
Il Chianti 516
Siena 518
San Gimignano 526
Volterra 529
Abbazia di San Galgano 533
Le Crete 533
Montalcino 533
Abbazia di SantAntimo 534
Pienza 534
Montepulciano 534
SOUTHERN TUSCANY 536
Parco Regionale della
Maremma 536
Monte Argentario 536
Etruscan Sites 537
C O N T E N T S 15
EASTERN TUSCANY 539
Arezzo 539
Sansepolcro 542
Cortona 543
Umbria & Le Marche 545
UMBRIA 546
Perugia 548
Torgiano 559
Deruta 560
Lago Trasimeno 561
Todi 562
Assisi 564
Spello 570
Gubbio 571
Spoleto 574
Norcia, the Valnerina &
Monti Sibillini 577
Orvieto 578
LE MARCHE 583
Ancona 583
Parco Naturale del
Monte Cnero 589
Loreto 590
Urbino 590
Pesaro 594
Grotte di Frasassi 595
Macerata 595
Ascoli Piceno 597
Monti Sibillini 600
Sarnano 601
Abruzzo & Molise 602
ABRUZZO 603
LAquila 603
Parco Nazionale del Gran
Sasso e
Monti della Laga 606
Sulmona 607
Parco Nazionale della
Majella 609
Scanno 609
Parco Nazionale dAbruzzo,
Lazio e Molise 610
Pescara 611
Around Pescara 612
Vasto 613
MOLISE 613
Campobasso 614
Around Campobasso 614
Isernia 615
Around Isernia 615
Termoli 615
Albanian Towns 616
Campania 617
NAPLES 618
History 619
Orientation 619
Information 622
Dangers & Annoyances 622
Sights 623
Tours 629
Festivals & Events 629
Sleeping 629
Eating 632
Drinking 634
Entertainment 634
Shopping 635
Getting There & Away 635
Getting Around 636
AROUND NAPLES 638
Campi Flegrei 638
Caserta 639
Around Caserta 640
Benevento 640
Avellino & Around 641
BAY OF NAPLES 641
Capri 641
Ischia 648
Procida 649
SOUTH OF NAPLES 651
Ercolano & Herculaneum 651
Mt Vesuvius 652
Pompeii 653
Sorrento 657
West of Sorrento 661
AMALFI COAST 661
Positano 662
Around Positano 665
Amalfi 665
Ravello 668
From Amalfi to Salerno 670
Salerno 670
SOUTH OF SALERNO 672
Paestum 672
Costiera Cilentana 674
Parco Nazionale del
Cilento e Vallo di Diano 675
Puglia, Basilicata
& Calabria 676
PUGLIA 677
Promontorio del Gargano 677
Isole Tremiti 684
Foggia 685
Lucera 686
Trani 687
Around Trani 688
Bari 690
Murgia Plateau &
Trulli Country 694
Brindisi 699
Lecce 702
Penisola Salentina 706
Otranto 706
Around Otranto 708
Gallipoli 708
Taranto 709
BASILICATA 711
Tyrrhenian Coast 712
Parco Nazionale del Pollino 714
Matera 715
Potenza 719
Melfi 720
Venosa 720
Lucanian Apennines 720
Ionian Coast 721
CALABRIA 722
Parco Nazionale del
Pollino 722
Northern Tyrrhenian Coast 724
Cosenza 725
La Sila 727
Ionian Coast 729
Catanzaro 730
Aspromonte 730
Reggio di Calabria 731
Southern Tyrrhenian Coast 734
Sicily 736
PALERMO 740
Orientation 740
Information 740
Sights 741
Festivals & Events 745
Sleeping 745
Eating 746
Drinking 748
Entertainment 749
Shopping 749
Getting There & Away 749
Getting Around 750
AROUND PALERMO 750
Mondello 751
Monreale 751
Ustica 751
TYRRHENIAN COAST 752
Parco Naturale Regionale
delle Madonie 752
Cefal 754
Milazzo 756
AEOLIAN ISLANDS 756
Lipari 757
Vulcano 760
Salina 761
Panarea 763
Stromboli 764
Outdoors 765
16 C O N T E N T S
Filicudi & Alicudi 773
IONIAN COAST 774
Messina 774
Taormina 776
Catania 780
Mt Etna 785
SOUTHEASTERN SICILY 787
Syracuse 787
Noto 793
Modica 794
Ragusa 795
CENTRAL &
SOUTHERN SICILY 796
Enna 796
Villa Romana del Casale 797
Agrigento 797
Around Agrigento 801
Selinunte 801
WESTERN SICILY 802
Marsala 802
Saline di Trapani 804
Trapani 804
Erice 807
Segesta 808
Golfo di Castellammare 809
Egadi Islands 809
Pantelleria 810
Sardinia 812
CAGLIARI 815
Orientation 815
Information 817
Sights 817
Festivals & Events 819
Sleeping 819
Eating 819
Drinking 820
Entertainment 820
Shopping 820
Getting There & Away 820
Getting Around 821
AROUND CAGLIARI 821
Villasimius & Costa Rei 821
Nora & Around 822
Costa del Sud & Around 822
SOUTHWESTERN
SARDINIA 823
Iglesias 823
Tempio di Antas 824
Iglesiente Coast 824
Carbonia & Around 825
SantAntioco & San Pietro 825
Costa Verde 826
WESTERN SARDINIA 827
Oristano 827
Barumini & Around 829
Sinis Peninsula 829
North Oristano Coast 830
Lago Omedeo Circuit 830
Bosa 831
NORTHERN SARDINIA 832
Alghero 832
Around Alghero 835
Sassari 835
Around Sassari 837
Porto Torres 838
Stintino & Parco Nazionale
dellAsinara 838
Santa Teresa di Gallura 839
Palau & Arcipelago di La
Maddalena 839
Costa Smeralda & Around 841
Olbia 841
Golfo Aranci 843
EASTERN SARDINIA 843
Nuoro 843
Around Nuoro 844
Dorgali & Around 845
Ogliastra 846
Cala Gonone & Around 848
Directory 850
Transport 868
Health 881
Language 884
Glossary 890
The Authors 893
Behind the Scenes 897
Index 902
GreenDex 918
World Time Zones 922
Map Legend 924
& Le Marche
Umbria p547
p238
& Valle d'Aosta
Piedmont p212
p614
& Molise
Abruzzo p603
p251
& The Lakes
Lombardy
p460
Tuscany
p814
Sardinia
Trentino-
p334
Alto Adige
p304
The Veneto
Friuli-
Venezia Giulia
p389
Puglia p678
Rome p91
& Lazio
p172
& San Marino p458
p584
Campania
Basilicata p713
p723
& Calabria
Sicily
p737
p618
Emilia-Romagna p412
Liguria p186
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