Frommer's Italy

by Stephen Brewer, Elizabeth Heath, Stephen Keeling, Michelle Schoenung, Donald Strachan

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Full of everything you need for a successul trip to Italy, including maps, guides, opinion and more. Frommers is here to make sure you know where you’re going and why you’re going there.

From the most trusted name in travel, Frommer’s Italy is a comprehensive and opinionated guide.

 

With helpful advice and honest recommendations from Frommer’s expert authors, you’ll walk among the ancient ruins of Pompeii, float along the canals of Venice, appreciate Renaissance masterworks in Florence, explore off-the-beaten-path Puglia and live la dolce vita in Rome―as well as discover timeless wonders such as the vineyards of Tuscany and cliff-top towns perched along the Amalfi Coast.

Inside the guide:

• Full-color photos and helpful maps, including a detachable foldout map
• Detailed itineraries for planning your trip to suit your schedule and interests (and help you avoid lines and crowds)
• Compelling cultural information so that you’ll better understand the history, cuisine, and traditions of Italy
• Candid reviews of the best restaurants, historic sights, museums, tours, shops, and experiences―and no-punches-pulled info on the ones not worth your time and money. We also include star ratings, so you can scan the text quickly and see which options are most appealing.
• Accurate, up-to-date info on transportation, useful websites, telephone numbers, health care options and more
• Budget-planning help with exact pricing listed, so there’s never any guessing, along with ways to save money, whether you’re traveling on a shoestring or in the lap of luxury

About Frommer's: There’s a reason Frommer’s has been the most trusted name in travel for more than 60 years. Arthur Frommer created the best-selling guide series in 1957 to help American servicemen fulfill their dreams of travel in Europe, and since then, we have published thousands of titles, become a household name, and helped millions upon millions of people realize their own dreams of seeing our planet. Travel is easy with Frommer’s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628875119
Publisher:	FrommerMedia
Publication date:	05/03/2022
Series:	Complete Guide
Edition description:	15th ed.
Pages:	832
Sales rank:	236,672
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Stephen Brewer has been writing travel guides for three decades. As an editor and writer, he has focused on European coverage for such magazines as Esquire, Connoisseur and Geo, and he was a producer of a popular radio travel show for many years. He has written several previous guides for Frommer’s, Insight, and other companies, as well as authoring Beautiful Small Coastal Towns for Rizzoli. Stephen divides his time between Manhattan and Italy. He has written for Frommer's since 2007, as well as The Independent, Daily Telegraph, various travel magazines, and numerous travel guides. Stephen resides in New York City.

A longtime contributor to Frommer's guides, Elizabeth Heath is a writer and editor based in Umbria, central Italy, from where she writes about travel and culinary adventures in Italy, Europe and farther afield. Her work has appeared in Huff Post, The Telegraph, Cara, and other outlets. She recently authored a book on the architecture of Rome.

Stephen Keeling has been traveling to Italy since 1985 and covering his favorite nation for Frommer's since 2007. He has written for The Independent, Daily Telegraph, various travel magazines, and numerous travel guides as well as the award-winning Frommer's Florence, Tuscany & Umbria. Stephen resides in New York City.

Michelle Schoenung is an American journalist and translator in Milan who relocated to the Belpaese in 2000 for what was to be a yearlong adventure. Almost two decades later, she is pleased that Milan has evolved into a much more international and cosmopolitan city and has shed its image of merely being a foggy northern Italian business hub. Her writings and translations have appeared in magazines and books in the United States and Italy. In her free time, she likes to read, run, travel and explore the city with her two rambunctious Italian-American bambini. She resides in Milan, Italy.

Donald Strachan is a travel writer and journalist who has written about Italy and Europe for publications worldwide, including National Geographic Traveller, The Guardian, Telegraph, and CNN.com. He lives in London, England.

Table of Contents

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1 The Best of Italy 1

Italy's Best Authentic Experiences 3

Italy's Most Memorable Restaurants 4

Italy's Most Charming Hotels 5

Italy's Best for Families 6

Italy's Best Socially Distanced Escapes 7

Italy's Best Museums 8

Italy's Best Free Things to Do 8

Italy's Iconic Architectural Landmarks 9

Best Undiscovered Italy 10

Italy's Best Active Adventures 11

Italy's Best Neighborhoods 12

2 Italy in Context 14

Italy Today: Pandemic & Recovery 15

The Making of Italy 16

When to Go 34

3 Suggested Italy Itineraries 37

Italy's Regions in Brief 38

The Best of Italy in 1 Week: Rome, Florence & Venice 40

The Best of Italy in 2 Weeks 43

Italy for Families 46

A Whistlestop Week-or-So for Food & Wine Lovers 50

Historic Cities of the North 53

Italy's Ancient Ruins 56

4 Rome 59

Essentials 61

Exploring Rome 73

Where to Stay in Rome 121

Where to Eat in Rome 134

Rome Shopping 148

Entertainment & Nightlife 150

Side Trips from Rome 154

5 Florence 159

Essentials 161

Exploring Florence 168

Where to Stay in Florence 198

Where to Eat in Florence 207

Florence Shopping 213

Entertainment & Nightlife 215

6 Tuscany 219

Siena 221

Montepulciano 241

Arezzo 255

Cortona 260

San Gimignano 266

Volterra 271

Lucca 278

Pisa 286

7 Umbria & the Marches 294

Perugia 296

Gubbio 306

Assisi 311

Spoleto 321

Orvieto 327

8 Bologna & Emiliaromagna 335

Bologna 337

Ferrara 358

Ravenna 366

Parma 373

9 Venice 381

Essentials 385

Exploring Venice 394

Where to Stay in Venice 418

Where to Eat in Venice 428

Venice Shopping 437

Entertainment & Nightlife 439

Day Trips from Venice 442

10 Milan, Piedmont & the Lakes 451

Milan 453

Bergamo 479

Mantua 483

Lake Como 489

Lake Maggiore 495

Lake Garda 500

Turin 505

The Piedmont Wine Country 521

Aosta & Valle d'Aosta 527

11 Genoa & The Cinque Terre 531

Genoa 534

The Riviera di Ponente: San Remo 546

The Riviera ds Levante: Camogh, Santa Margherita Ligure St Portofino 549

The Cinque Terre 558

12 Naples & Pompeii 569

Naples 571

Around Naples 600

Pompeii & Herculaneum 607

13 Sorrento & The Amalfi Coast 619

Sorrento 622

The Sorrento Peninsula 634

Positarib 637

Between Positano & Amalfi 645

Amalfi 647

Ravello 655

The Ruins of Paestum 662

Capri 664

Ischia 680

14 Basilicata & Puglia 687

Matera 690

Puglia's North Coast 698

The Valle d'Itria: Trullo Country 703

Lecce 713

15 Sicily 723

Palermo 726

Taormina 751

Siracusa 760

Piazza Armerina 775

Agrigento & the Valley of the Temples 777

Sicily's West Coast 779

16 Planning Your Trip to Italy 793

Arriving 794

Getting Around 796

Index 810