EYEWITNESS TRAVEL ITALY EYEWITNESS TRAVEL ITALY CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 6 PROJECT EDITOR Fiona Wild ART EDITORS Vanessa Courtier, Annette Jacobs EDITORS Francesca Machiavelli, Sophie Martin, Helen Townsend, Nicky Tyrrell DESIGNERS Jo Doran, Anthea Forlee, Paul Jackson, Marisa Renzullo MAIN CONTRIBUTORS Ros Belford, Susie Boulton, Christopher Catling, Sam Cole, Paul Duncan, Olivia Ercoli, Andrew Gumbel, Tim Jepson, Ferdie McDonald, Jane Shaw MAPS Lovell Johns Ltd, Dorling Kindersley Cartography PHOTOGRAPHER David by Bernini, Rome John Heseltine ILLUSTRATORS INTRODUCING Stephen Conlin, Donati Giudici Associati srl, Stephen Gyapay, Roger Hutchins, Maltings Partnership, Simon Roulstone, ITALY Paul Weston, John Woodcock Reproduced by Colourscan (Singapore) Printed and bound by South China Printing Co. Ltd., China DISCOVERING ITALY 10 First American Edition, 1996 11 12 13 14 10 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 PUTTING ITALY Published in the United States by DK Publishing, ON THE MAP 14 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Reprinted with revisions 1997 (twice), 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 A PORTRAIT Copyright 1996, 2011 © Dorling Kindersley Limited, London OF ITALY 20 A Penguin Company ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE RIGHTS UNDER COPYRIGHT THE HISTORY RESERVED ABOVE, NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN OR INTRODUCED INTO A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, OR TRANSMITTED, IN ANY FORM, OR BY OF ITALY 42 ANY MEANS (ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE), WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF BOTH THE COPYRIGHT ITALY THROUGH OWNER AND THE ABOVE PUBLISHER OF THIS BOOK. THE YEAR 66 Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. 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NORTHWEST ITALY 176 Fertile wine-growing region around Panzano in Chianti, Tuscany LOMBARDY 186 VALLE D’AOSTA AND PIEDMONT 210 LIGURIA 230 CENTRAL ITALY INTRODUCING CENTRAL ITALY 244 Gondolas weaving through the maze of canals in Venice AVENTINE AND SICILY 522 EMILIA-ROMAGNA 254 LATERAN 430 SARDINIA 544 FLORENCE 270 FARTHER AFIELD 438 FLORENCE STREET TRAVELERS’ FINDER 307 SHOPPING IN ROME 443 NEEDS ENTERTAINMENT IN TUSCANY 314 WHERE TO STAY 554 ROME 445 WHERE TO EAT 604 ROME STREET FINDER 447 SHOPPING IN ITALY 654 LAZIO 460 ENTERTAINMENT IN ITALY 656 SOUTHERN ITALY SURVIVAL GUIDE INTRODUCING SOUTHERN ITALY 472 PRACTICAL INFORMATION 662 A traditional small shop in NAPLES AND Volterra, Tuscany CAMPANIA 482 TRAVEL INFORMATION 672 UMBRIA 348 ABRUZZO, MOLISE, AND PUGLIA 500 GENERAL INDEX 684 LE MARCHE 364 BASILICATA AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ROME AND LAZIO CALABRIA 514 715 INTRODUCING ROME PHRASE BOOK 719 AND LAZIO 374 THE ANCIENT CENTER 382 AROUND PIAZZA NAVONA 396 NORTHEAST ROME 406 THE VATICAN AND TRASTEVERE 414 Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, started in 1228 6 H O W T O U S E T H I S G U I D E HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE his guide helps you get the most describe important sights with the help from your visit to Italy, providing of maps and images. 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