The Rough Guide to Italy

by Belford, Ros; Dunford, Martin; Woolfrey, Celia

• ISBN13: 9781858286921
• ISBN10: 1858286921
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-04
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

From Mantua's Pallazo Ducale to the precipitous coves of the Tyrrhenian coast, this book guides the independent-minded traveler through one of the most adored countries in the world. of color photos. 82 maps.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xii
PART ONE BASICS	1	(62)
Getting there from Britain	3	(5)
Getting there from lieland	8	(1)
Getting there from the USA and Canada	9	(4)
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand	13	(3)
Red tape and visas	16	(1)
Insurance	17	(1)
Costs, Money and banks	18	(2)
Travellers with disabilities	20	(2)
Health	22	(1)
Information and maps	23	(3)
Getting around	26	(6)
Accommodation	32	(4)
Food and drink	36	(9)
Communications: post, phones and the media	45	(3)
Opening hours and public holidays	48	(1)
Festivals	49	(4)
Sports and outdoor pursuits	53	(2)
Trouble and the police	55	(1)
Women...and sexual harassment	56	(1)
Work and study	57	(3)
Directory	60	(3)
PART TWO THE GUIDE	63	(997)
Piemonte & Valle D'aosta	65	(41)
Turin	67	(14)
The Susa & Chisone valleys	81	(2)
Saluzzo & the western valleys	83	(1)
Cuneo & around	84	(2)
Alba & the Le Langhi hills	86	(2)
Asti & around	88	(2)
Eastern Piemonte	90	(1)
Northern Piemonte	91	(4)
The road to Aosta & the eastern valleys	95	(3)
Aosta & around	98	(3)
Gran Paradiso National Park	101	(2)
Arvier & Valgrisenche	103	(1)
The northwest: around Mont Blanc	103	(2)
Travel details	105	(1)
Liguria	106	(50)
Genoa	108	(17)
Around Genoa	125	(3)
Ventimiglia & around	128	(2)
San Remo & around	130	(7)
The Golfo Paradiso	137	(2)
Portofino & the Golfo del Tigullio	139	(5)
The Cinque Terre	144	(6)
The Golfo di Poeti	150	(5)
Travel details	155	(1)
Lombardy & The Lakes	156	(77)
Milan	160	(20)
South of Milan: Pavia & Vigevano	180	(3)
Cremona	183	(4)
Mantua & around	187	(8)
Lago Maggiore & Lago d'Orta	195	(6)
The Varesotto	201	(2)
Lago di Como	203	(6)
The Valchiavenna & Valtellina	209	(2)
Bergamo	211	(5)
Around Bergamo	216	(1)
Lago d'Iseo & the Val Camonica	217	(1)
Brescia & around	218	(4)
Val Trompia, Lago d'Idro & Lago di Ledro	222	(1)
Lago di Garda	223	(8)
Travel details	231	(2)
Trentino-Alto Adige	233	(37)
Trento	239	(5)
The Dolomiti di Brenta	244	(3)
East of Trento	247	(3)
The Catinaccio & Sella groups	250	(5)
Bolzano	255	(4)
Merano & the Giogaia di Tessa	259	(2)
Parco Naturalle dello Stelvio	261	(1)
Alpe di Siusi	262	(1)
Valle d'Isarco & Val Pusteria	263	(4)
Cortina d'Ampezzo & around	267	(2)
Travel details	269	(1)
Venice & The Veneto	270	(98)
Venice	272	(59)
The Brenta	331	(1)
Padua	332	(8)
South of Padua	340	(2)
Vicenza	342	(6)
Verona	348	(8)
Treviso	356	(2)
Castelfranco Veneto & Cittadella	358	(1)
Bassano del Grappa & Marostica	359	(2)
Asolo & the Villa Barbaro	361	(2)
Feltre	363	(1)
Conegliano	363	(2)
Vittorio Veneto	365	(1)
Belluno	366	(1)
Travel details	367	(1)
Fruili-Venezia Giulia	368	(26)
Trieste	370	(7)
Around Trieste: the Carso	377	(2)
The Triestine Riviera	379	(2)
Aquileia, Grado & around	381	(3)
Gorizia	384	(1)
Udine & around	385
Cividale del Friuli	358	(31)
Pordenone & around	389	(2)
Gemona & the Carnia	391	(2)
Travel details	393	(1)
Emilia Romagna	394	(56)
Bologna	398	(12)
On from Bologna: south to Tuscany	410	(4)
South of Modena	414	(3)
Reggio Emilia	417	(3)
Parma	420	(4)
South of Parma	424	(1)
West to Piacenza	425	(2)
Piacenza	427	(1)
East along the via Emilia from Bologna	428	(2)
Ferrara	430	(5)
The Po Delta	435	(1)
Ravenna & around	436	(7)
Rimini	443	(6)
Travel details	449	(1)
Tuscany	450	(130)
Florence	453	(42)
Around Florence	495	(11)
Pisa	506	(8)
Lucca	514	(5)
North of Pisa	519	(2)
Livorno	521	(2)
Elba	523	(7)
The Islands around Elba	530	(1)
The Maremma coast	530	(3)
The island of Giglio	533	(1)
Siena & around	534	(15)
San Gimignano	549	(6)
Volterra	555	(3)
Massa Matittima	558	(3)
Montepulciano & around	561	(4)
Pienza & around	565	(2)
Montalcino	567	(1)
Monte Amiata	568	(1)
Patigliano & around	568	(2)
Pisa Arezzo	570	(4)
Cortona	574	(2)
East of Arezzo	576	(1)
North of Arezzo	577	(2)
Travel Details	579	(1)
Umbria	580	(55)
Perugia	582	(7)
Lago Trasimeno	589	(3)
The Upper Tiber	592	(1)
Gubbio	593	(4)
Gualdo Tadino & around	597	(2)
Assisi	599	(6)
Spello to Trevi	605	(5)
Spoleto	610	(6)
The Valnerina & Norcia	616	(2)
Terni & around	618	(3)
Narni & around	621	(1)
Todi	622	(3)
Deruta & the Tiber Valley	625	(1)
Orvieto	626	(6)
Around Orvieto	632	(2)
Travel details	634	(1)
Marche	635	(41)
Urbino	638	(6)
North of Urbino: Sassocorvaro & San Leo	644	(1)
Pesaro & around	645	(4)
Fano	649	(1)
Senigallia	650	(1)
Ancona & around	651	(4)
The Conero Riviera	655	(2)
Loreto	657	(2)
Recanati & Porto Recanati	659	(2)
Macerata	661	(2)
East of Macerata	663	(1)
Tolentino & around	664	(2)
South of Macerata: the road to Sarnano	666	(2)
The Monti Sibillini	668	(2)
Ascoli Piceno	670	(5)
Travel details	675	(1)
Rome & Lazio	676	(105)
Rome	678	(70)
Out from the city: Tivoli & Ostia	748	(4)
Etruria & the coast	752	(4)
Lago di Bracciano & around	756	(1)
Lago di Vico & around	756	(3)
Viterbo & around	759	(4)
Montefiascone, Lago di Bolsena & around	763	(1)
Rieti & around	764	(3)
The Castelli Romani & Alban Hills	767	(2)
Palestrina, Subiaco & the Ciociaria	769	(3)
The southern Lazio coast	772	(5)
The Pontine Islands	777	(2)
Travel details	779	(2)
Abruzzo & Molise	781	(31)
L'Aquila	783	(3)
The Gran Sasso & Campo Imperatore plain	786	(3)
South to Sulmona: Bominaco	789	(1)
Sulmona & around	789	(3)
South of Sulmona: Cocullo & Scanno	792	(2)
Southwest Abruzzo & the national park	794	(3)
Northeast Abruzzo: Teramo & around	797	(1)
The northern Abruzzo coast	798	(3)
Chieti, Guadiagrele & Lanciano	801	(3)
The southern Abruzzo coast	804	(2)
Isernia & around	806	(1)
Campobasso, Saepinum & the Matese	807	(2)
Towards the coast: Larino & the Albanian villages	809	(1)
The Molise coast	810	(1)
Travel details	811	(1)
Campania	812	(63)
Naples	814	(23)
West from Naples: Pozzuoli & the Campi Flegrei	837	(9)
East from Naples: Ercolano to Sorrento	846	(2)
The islands	848	(10)
North of Naples: Caserta, Capua & around	858	(2)
Benevento & around	860	(1)
The Amalfi coast	861	(6)
Salerno	867	(2)
Paestum	869	(1)
The Cilento	870	(4)
Travel Details	874	(1)
Puglia	875	(42)
Foggia & the Tavoliere	876	(5)
West & south of Foggia	881	(1)
Manfredonia & Siponto	881	(1)
The Gargano promontory	882	(6)
The Tremiti Islands	888	(1)
Along the coast to Bari	889	(2)
Bari	891	(5)
Le Murge	896	(2)
Down the coast from Bari	898	(1)
The FSE line	899	(2)
Taranto	901	(4)
Brindisi	905	(5)
Lecce & the Salentine peninsula	910	(6)
Travel details	916	(1)
Calabria & Basilicata	917	(39)
The northern Tyrrhenian coast	919	(4)
Cosenza & around	923	(3)
The Sila	926	(3)
The southern Tyrrhenian coast	929	(2)
Reggio province	931	(7)
Potenza & around	938	(4)
Matera & around	942	(3)
The northern lonian coast	945	(6)
The southern lonian coast	951	(4)
Travel details	955	(1)
Sicily	956	(65)
Palermo	959	(12)
Around Palermo	971	(2)
Bagheria, Solunto, Termini Imerese & Caccamo	973	(1)
Cefalu	974	(1)
The coast to Milazzo & inland routes	975	(2)
The Aeolian Islands	977	(5)
Messina & south	982	(1)
Taormina	983	(3)
Around Mount Etna	986	(2)
Catania	988	(4)
The plain of Catania	992	(1)
Siracusa	993	(6)
Ragusa & the southeast	999	(2)
West to Gela	1001	(1)
Agrigento	1002	(2)
Eraclea Minoa	1004	(1)
The Pelagie Islands	1004	(1)
Inland to Enna	1005	(1)
North of Enna	1005	(2)
Piazza Armerina & around	1007	(2)
Trapani	1009	(2)
Erice & Segesta	1011	(1)
The Egadi Islands	1012	(1)
Trapani to Palermo: the coastal route	1013	(1)
Marsala & Mazara del Vallo	1014	(1)
Castelvetrano to Sciaccia	1015	(1)
Pantelleria	1016	(2)
Travel details	1018	(3)
Sardinia	1021	(39)
Cagliari	1026	(6)
Nora	1032	(1)
Su Nuraxi & around	1032	(1)
West of Cagliari: Sant' Antioco & San Pietro	1033	(2)
Oristano	1035	(3)
Around Oristano: Tharros	1038	(1)
Bosa	1038	(1)
Nuoro & the interior	1039	(4)
The eastern coast	1043	(2)
Olbia	1045	(2)
The Costa Smeralda	1047	(1)
The Golfo di Arzachena	1048	(1)
The Maddalena Islands	1049	(1)
Santa Teresa di Gallura	1050	(1)
Sassari	1051	(2)
Around Sassari: inland Logudoro	1053	(1)
Alghero	1054	(2)
Stintino & Pelosa	1056	(1)
Travel details	1057	(3)
PART THREE CONTEXTS	1060	(82)
The historical framework	1061	(14)
Painting and sculpture	1075	(17)
Architecture	1092	(14)
Vernacular architecture	1106	(3)
Mafia, `Ndrangheta, Camorra: socialized crime in Southern Italy	1109	(8)
Cinema	1117	(7)
Books	1124	(10)
Language	1134	(4)
Glossary of artistic and architectural terms	1138	(1)
Glossary of words and acronyms	1139	(3)
Index	1142