Rick Steves Italy

by Rick Steves

Overview

Now more than ever, you can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Italy. From the Mediterranean to the Alps, from fine art to fine pasta, experience it all with Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Italy you'll find:

• Fully updated, comprehensive coverage for planning a multi-week trip to Italy
• Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites
• Top sights and hidden gems, from the Colosseum and Michelangelo's David to corner trattorias and that perfect scoop of gelato
• How to connect with local culture: Walk in Caesar's footsteps through the ruins of the Forum, discover the relaxed rhythms of sunny Cinque Terre, or chat with fans about the latest soccer match (calcio, to locals)
• Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight
• The best places to eat, sleep, and experience la dolce far niente
• Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods and museums
• Vital trip-planning tools, like how to link destinations, build your itinerary, and get from place to place
• Detailed maps, including a fold-out map for exploring on the go
• Over 1,000 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down
• Coverage of Venice, Padua, the Dolomites, Lake Country, Milan, the Italian Riviera, Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Hill Towns of Central Italy, Siena, Tuscany, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Capri, the Amalfi Coast, and much more
• Covid-related travel info and resources for a smooth trip

Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Italy.

Planning a one- to two-week trip? Check out Rick Steves Best of Italy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641714594
Publisher:	Avalon Publishing
Publication date:	11/15/2022
Series:	Travel Guide
Edition description:	27th ed.
Pages:	1280
Sales rank:	15,764
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Katniss Everdeen is a survivor. She has to be; she's representing her District, number 12, in the 74th Hunger Games in the Capitol, the heart of Panem, a new land that rose from the ruins of a post-apocalyptic North America. To punish citizens for an early rebellion, the rulers require each district to provide one girl and one boy, 24 in all, to fight like gladiators in a futuristic arena. The event is broadcast like reality TV, and the winner returns with wealth for his or her district. With clear inspiration from Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and the Greek tale of Theseus, Collins has created a brilliantly imagined dystopia, where the Capitol is rich and the rest of the country is kept in abject poverty, where the poor battle to the death for the amusement of the rich. Impressive world-building, breathtaking action and clear philosophical concerns make this volume, the beginning of a planned trilogy, as good as The Giver and more exciting. However, poor copyediting in the first printing will distract careful readers-a crying shame. (Science fiction. 11 & up)

Table of Contents

Italy 5

Italy's Top Destinations 11

Planning Your Trip 19

Travel Smart 27

Venice 29

Near Venice 124

Padua 125

Vicenza 155

Verona 158

The Dolomites 183

Bolzano 185

Castelrotto 201

Alpe di Siusi 214

The Lakes 230

Lake Como 230

Lake Maggiore 263

Milan 271

The Cinque Terre 335

Monterosso al Mare 356

Vernazza 373

Corniglia 393

Manaroia 398

Riomaggiore 406

Riviera Towns 417

Levanto 419

Sestri Levante 429

Santa Margherita Ligure 433

Portofino 444

Porto Venere 451

La Spezia 454

Florence 459

Pisa & Lucca 547

Siena 593

Volterra & San Gimignano 635

The Heart of Tuscany 670

Montepulciano 676

Pienza 692

Montalcino 700

Heart of Tuscany, Drive 710

Assisi 718

Orvieto & Civita 759

Rome 803

Naples 949

Pompeii & Nearby 1013

Sorrento & Capri 1040

Amalfi Coast & Paestum 1078

Positano 1089

Amalfi Town 1099

Ravello 1107

Paestum 1111

Italian History 1125

Practicalities 1141

Appendix 1205

Index 1221

Map Index 1248

Editorial Reviews

This gripping tale explores ever-timely topics—violence-as-entertainment and rule-by-intimidation—and through Katniss holds out the possibility of change.
—The Washington Post

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