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Rick Steves' Italy
by Rick Steves

Rick Steves doesn't just list where to travel in Europe, he leads travelers through the "Back Door," and reveals how to give every journey an extra, more authentic dimension. He shows travelers how to delve into European culture, make friends with the locals, and experience each region's natural wonders -- economically and hassle free. Rick Steves' Italy is no exception. It covers Rome, Venice, Florence, the hill towns of central Italy, the Dolomites, and the Amalfi Coast.
Paperback from Avalon Travel Publishing

Frommer's Italy
by Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince
Paperback from Frommer

Frommer's Italy from $70 a Day, 4th Edition
by Reid Bramblett, Lynn A. Levine
Paperback from Frommer

Fodor's Italy
by Fodor's
Paperback from Fodor's

Frommer's Rome
Listed under Rome

Fodor's Naples, Capri and the Amalfi Coast
Listed under Naples

Karen Brown's Italy Charming Inns & Itineraries
by Karen Brown
Paperback from Karen Brown

Michelin the Green Guide Italy (7th Ed)
by Michelin Staff, Michelin
Paperback from Michelin Travel Publications

Michelin 2004 Red Guide Italia
by Michelin, Michelin Staff
Paperback from Michelin Travel Publications

Rick Steves' Florence
Listed under Florence

Rick Steves' Venice
by Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw
Listed under Venice

In Tuscany
by Frances Mayes, et al
Listed under Tuscany

Rick Steves' Rome
by Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw
Listed under Rome
 

Italy (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by DK Publishing You'd be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive, engrossing and just plain fun-to-read guidebook than the Eyewitness Travel Guide: Italy. Spilling over with all sorts of useful information for the traveler, you'll find three-dimensional drawings, floor plans, and detailed neighborhood maps, as well as timelines, charts, and even popular Rome bus routes. Broken into several parts--"Introducing Italy," "Region by Region" (with northern, central, and southern chapters as well as impressive sections covering Rome and Florence), "Traveler's Needs," and "Survival Guide"--the guide provides the reader with a complete picture of the country. Readers will especially love the hundreds of color photos of everything from Rome's famous piazzas, Navona and di Spagna, to the red-roofed villages of Tuscany to room-by-room descriptions of the Uffizi Gallery and the Vatican museums (where you'll find the newly restored Sistine Chapel). There are also listings for the best pasta restaurants, wine bars, chic shopping streets, and some of the world's most romantic hotels. --Jill Fergus - Amazon.com Paperback from DK Publishing

Italy Fever: 14 Ways to Satisfy Your Love Affair with Italy
by Darlene Marwitz
(Hardcover - )

Pasquale's Nose: Idle Days in an Italian Town
by Michael Rips
Listed under Tuscany

Eyewitness Travel Guide to Florence and Tuscany
by Christopher Catling (Contributor)
(Paperback)

Suzy Gershman's Born to Shop Italy ( 9th Ed)
by Suzy Gershman
(Paperback)

Restoring a Home in Italy : Twenty-Two Home Owners Realize Their Dream
by Simon McBride (Photographer), et al
(Hardcover)

Eyewitness Travel Guide to Venice and the Veneto
by Susie Boulton, Deni Bown
Listed under Venice

Road Map of Italy. Easy to Read Maps for Safe and Enjoyable Travel
by Internationalist Staff, Patrick W. Nee (Map)
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Italy : Collins European Road Map
(Paperback)

Let's Go Italy
by Inc. Let's Go
Paperback from Let's Go Travel Pubns

Lonely Planet Italy (5th Ed)
by Damien Simonis (Editor), et al
(Paperback)

A Small Place in Italy
by Eric Newby
Highly Recommended.
(Paperback -- September )

The Stone Boudoir: Travels Through the Hidden Villages of Sicily
by Theresa Maggio
Listed under Sicily

D.H. Lawrence and Italy: Twilight In Italy, Sea and Sardinia, Etruscan Places
by Anthony Burgess
Paperback: 512 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.92 x 7.75 x 5.08 
Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); ;  
ISBN: 0141180307

Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted
by Annie Hawes
Fed up with cold, foggy London and the high cost of real estate, Annie Hawes is persuaded by her sister Lucy to travel to Italy and graft roses for the winter. The sisters arrive in rural Liguria with some formal Italian, no knowledge of rose grafting and visions of Mediterranean men and sun. What they find is a town full of hard-working, wary olive growers smack in the middle of an olive oil depression who think these two young Englishwomen are nuts. "Extra Virgin" tells the story of the sisters' acclimation - theirs to Liguria and Liguria to them - and how they fell in love with a crumbling farmhouse in the hills.

Annie quickly finds that though they are only two miles from the Italian Riviera, it might as well be a hundred. Liguria is an old town full of time-honored peculiarities, especially in regard to espresso consumption (never, ever, after lunch; it will close your stomach) and swimming before summertime officially starts. "Seawater at the wrong time of year is even worse for your health than coffee at the wrong time of day, and the beach is only deserted because, as far as the citizens are concerned, if you put so much as a toe into the water before June you are certain to die within the week from exposure or pneumonia or both", says Hawes. Eventually, the sisters are accepted by the townsfolk, though they find the idea of the women buying the farmhouse and running it themselves (there are 50 olive trees on the land) fantastical.

"Extra Virgin" draws you in to the heart of Liguria and its inhabitants. Hawes has a knack for drawing characters and especially for describing the luscious meals that they are served - and eventually learn to cook. "Lucy and I are kindly allowed to make the tomato-and-basil salad", Hawes says, "and do our best not to be offended by being complemented on how like a proper tomato-and-basil salad it is." Pour yourself an espresso (as long as it's before lunch) or a grappa (aids the digestion) and then sit down to enjoy "Extra Virgin".  --Dana Van Nest - Amazon.com

War in Val D'Orcia 1943-1944 : A Diary (Nonpareil Books, No 13)
by Iris Origo
A classic of war, this is a superbly written account of civilian life in Tuscany by an Englishwoman married to an Italian. Db.
Listed under Italy in WWII
 

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