Italy : Three Cities Rome, Padua, Assisi

by Facaros, Dana; Pauls, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781860119521
• ISBN10: 1860119522
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

This latest guide to Cadogan's bestselling series on Italy, covers Italy's most beautiful, historic, and romantic cities, as well as providing clear and comprehensive sections on making arrangements and planning your trip.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Guide to the Guide	p. 4
Travel	p. 5
Getting There	p. 6
By Air	p. 6
By Rail	p. 8
By Road	p. 9
Entry Formalities	p. 10
Passports and Visas	p. 10
Customs	p. 10
Currency	p. 10
Special-interest Holidays	p. 11
Getting Around	p. 12
By Air	p. 12
By Rail	p. 13
By Coach and Bus	p. 14
By Car	p. 15
By Motorcycle or Bicycle	p. 16
Practical A-Z	p. 17
Children	p. 18
Climate and When to Go	p. 18
Crime	p. 18
Disabled Travellers	p. 19
Embassies and Consulates	p. 20
Festivals	p. 20
Food and Drink	p. 21
Health and Emergencies	p. 25
Jubilee (Giubileo) 2000	p. 26
Maps	p. 26
Money	p. 26
National Holidays	p. 27
Opening Hours and Museums	p. 27
Packing	p. 28
Post Offices	p. 29
Shopping	p. 29
Telephones	p. 30
Time	p. 30
Toilets	p. 30
Tourist Offices	p. 31
Where to Stay	p. 32
Women Travellers	p. 36
A History of Pilgrimage	p. 37
Staff, Scrip and Tunic: Two Millennia of Christian Pilgrimage	p. 38
The City to Where All Roads Lead	p. 38
Pilgrim Practicalities	p. 41
The Roman Jubilee	p. 43
Sojourners in a World of Sceptics	p. 46
Art and Architecture	p. 49
Etruscan and Greek (8th-2nd centuries BC)	p. 50
Roman (3rd century BC-5th century AD)	p. 51
Early Middle Ages (5th-10th centuries)	p. 51
Romanesque (11th-12th centuries)	p. 52
Late Medieval-Early Renaissance (13th-14th centuries)	p. 53
The Renaissance	p. 53
High Renaissance and Mannerism (16th century)	p. 54
Baroque (17th-18th centuries)	p. 55
Neoclassicism and Romanticism (late 18th-19th centuries)	p. 56
20th century	p. 56
Rome	p. 57
History	p. 62
A Little Orientation	p. 69
Calendar of Jubilee Events	p. 74
Vatican City	p. 78
St Peter's	p. 80
The Seven Churches of Rome	p. 95
Around the City	p. 105
East of Piazza Venezia	p. 105
West of Piazza Venezia	p. 115
North of Piazza Venezia	p. 120
Peripheral Attractions	p. 126
Where to Stay	p. 131
Eating Out	p. 135
Entertainment and Nightlife	p. 139
Padua	p. 143
History	p. 144
Calendar of Jubilee Events	p. 146
Basilica di Sant'Antonio	p. 148
Around the City	p. 150
Where to Stay	p. 157
Eating Out	p. 158
Where to Stay within Easy Reach of Padua	p. 159
Assisi	p. 167
Calendar of Jubilee Events	p. 172
Basilica di San Francesco	p. 172
Around the City	p. 174
Where to Stay	p. 179
Eating Out	p. 181
Where to Stay within Easy Reach of Assisi	p. 182
Other Pilgrim Destinations Around Italy	p. 189
Loreto	p. 191
San Giovanni Rotondo and Monte Sant'Angelo	p. 195
Pompei	p. 198
Turin	p. 202
Language	p. 205
Further Reading	p. 211
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