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Getting around the e-book

This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Italy, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Italy. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Italy are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Italy. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Italys Top 10 Attractions

From Roman ruins to Renaissance masterpieces, Italy offers scenery of equal magnitude; mountains, volcanic islands, vineyards and beaches theres something for everyone.

Top Attraction 1

Lake Como . Arguably Italys loveliest lake, Como promises gorgeous villas and gardens, charming ports of call, fish dinners and possible sightings of local resident George Clooney. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Ancient Rome . The majestic ruins of the Colosseum, the Forum and the Palatine Hill speak to us all as potent symbols of the power centre that was Ancient Rome. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

The Dolomites . Walk or cycle through Europes loveliest peaks, now a Unesco World Heritage site. Scenic trails may end at an Alpine inn, ideally with a concert in the meadows. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

Tuscan spas . Whether simple or luxurious, the spas command seductive settings, which provide a pretext for lapping up a landscape of olive groves, vineyards and cypress-clad hills. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Island-hopping near Sicily . The Aeolians, seven volcanic specks off Sicily, offer sheer escapism, from barefoot luxury in boutique hotels to a back-to-nature experience. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

Truffles in Alba . Italy abounds in foodie feasts, but finely grated truffles transform the simplest dish into a sensation that some Piedmontese say is better than sex. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

The Amalfi Coast . Even without a vintage Alfa Romeo, this is the drive of a lifetime. Vertiginous views await on the winding, cliff-top coastal road linking Positano, Amalfi and Ravello. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Le Cinque Terre . Ramble your way through a cluster of five fishing villages which cling to the rocky coast. Byron praised this pocket of Liguria as paradise on earth. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 9

Florence . No other city boasts such a concentration of Renaissance art. But beyond the Uffizi Gallery, the city itself is a Renaissance masterpiece of piazzas and palaces. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 10

Venice . Sweep down the Grand Canal on a number one vaporetto; smooch in a gondola or shun romance for an island ferry or even a lagoon kayaking adventure. For more information, .

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Editors Choice

Unique attractions, festivals and events, piazzas and parks, art and culture... here, at a glance, are our recommendations to make the most of your trip.