Book Description The best guide to Italy， updated every yearAll the sights--from Rome's Sistine chapel to Venice's canals， from romantic hill towns to picturesque sea resortsCity walks， scenic day trips， and special theme toursPleasures and pastimes--including irresistible shopping， hot nightclubs， sybaritic spas， and dolce far nienteWhere to stay and eat， no matter what your budgetOld-world hostelries， modern hotels， snug inns， converted villas， Victorian pensions， and fabulous resortsSmart restaurants， chic trattorias， rustic taverns， and what's new and wonderful on the dining sceneFresh， thorough， practical--from writers you can trustCosts， hours， descriptions， and tips by the thousandsAll the practical information you'll ever need61 pages of maps， vacation itineraries， and moreImportant Contacts A to Z; Smart Travel Tips; Fodor's Choice; What's Where; New and Noteworthy; festivals; complete index From the Inside Flap The best guide to Italy， updated every yearAll the sights--from Rome's Sistine chapel to Venice's canals， from romantic hill towns to picturesque sea resortsCity walks， scenic day trips， and special theme toursPleasures and pastimes--including irresistible shopping， hot nightclubs， sybaritic spas， and dolce far nienteWhere to stay and eat， no matter what your budgetOld-world hostelries， modern hotels， snug inns， converted villas， Victorian pensions， and fabulous resortsSmart restaurants， chic trattorias， rustic taverns， and what's new and wonderful on the dining sceneFresh， thorough， practical--from writers you can trustCosts， hours， descriptions， and tips by the thousandsAll the practical information you'll ever need61 pages of maps， vacation itineraries， and moreImportant Contacts A to Z; Smart Travel Tips; Fodor's Choice; What's Where; New and Noteworthy; festivals; complete index