Italy Destinations
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- Venice
The Colosseum, Rome.
by Aaron Logan, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution
Introduction to Italy
Italy is one of the biggest travel destinations in Europe. Millions of tourists and travellers visit its many cities, including the eternal Rome, the romantic Venice, stylish Milan, and more. The country is shaped like a high-heeled boot, and is one of the countries in the Mediterranean region.
Italy can boast for having more Unesco World Heritage Sites than any other country on earth. In addition, it is famous for its cuisine and its many ancient monuments.
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Fast Facts about Italy
Official Name: Republic of Italy
Capital: Rome (5,208,000)
Population of Italy: 58,103,000
Languages: Italian
Currency: Euro
Religions: Roman Catholic
Size: 301,230 sq km (116,304 sq miles)
Continent: Europe
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Train at Fiumicino Airport station, Rome.
by Haragayato, used under terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
When to visit Italy
The climate of Italy differs from the extreme north to the extreme south. The wettest months are October to December, and the north receives the highest rainfall.
The following is the average maximum and minimum temperature of selected cities in Italy:
Bologna: Minimum (Jan) 2°C; Maximum (Jul, Aug) 23°C; Average 13°C
Florence: Minimum (Jan) 5°C; Maximum (Jul) 24°C; Average 14°C
Milan: Minimum (Jan) 1°C; Maximum (Jul) 22°C; Average 11°C
Pisa: Minimum (Jan) 6°C; Maximum (Aug) 23°C; Average 14°C
Rome: Minimum (Jan, Feb) 8°C; Maximum (Jul, Aug) 23°C; Average 15°C
Venice: Minimum (Jan) 2°C; Maximum (Jul, Aug) 22°C; Average 12°C
What to wear in Italy
Foreigners to Italy often comment that the Italians dress smartly, especially in cities such as Milan. For practical purposes, pack lightweight clothing for summer, unless you are going to the Italian Alps. The temperature guide above provides an indication of what you should be wearing to feel comfortable at different times of the year.
Getting into Italy
The main entry point for tourists to Italy are Rome, Milan, Bologna, Naples, Pisa, Venice and Turin.
Arriving in Rome
Rome is served by two airports, the Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) and the smaller Ciampino International Airport (CIA).Both airports are managed by ADR, or Aeroporti di Roma, http://www.adr.it/.
Getting out of Fiumicino Airport
by Leonardo Express Train: Ticket costs 11.00 euro. Train goes to Roma Termini station, and takes 30 minutes. Get your ticket stamped in the yellow validation machine before using it. The ticket expires 90 minutes after validation.
by Metropolitan Train: Ticket costs 5.50 euro, disembark at Tiburtina Station or Ostiense Station.
by Terravision buses, http://www.terravision.it/: Ticket costs 9.00 euro one way or 15.00 euro return. Journey takes 70 minutes to Roma Termini station.
by taxi. Fixed fare between Fiumicino Airport and city centre is 40.00 euro each way, fee for luggage is 1.00 euro each.
Getting out of Ciampino Airport
by Terravision buses, http://www.terravision.it/: Ticket costs 8.00 euro one way or 13.50 euro return. Journey takes app. 40 minutes to Roma Termini station.
by Sit Bus Shuttle, http://www.sitbusshuttle.it/: Ticket costs 6.00 euro one way or 10.00 euro return. Journey takes app. 40 minutes to Roma Termini station.
by Schiaffini buses, http://www.schiaffini.com/: Operates buses to the Anangina metro station, 1.20 euro one way, and to the Ciampino local train station, also 1.20 euro one way. Journey takes 45 minutes for each.
by taxi. Ignore touts (may turn out to be an expensive option) and go straight to taxi stand. Fare using the meter between Campino Airport and city centre is approximately 30.00 euro each way. Campino is outside Rome city limits. The fare for the first 10 minutes is in Zone 2. Once taxi enters the ring highway, make sure the driver changes the fare to Zone 1.
Piazza San Marco, Venice
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Italy Entry Requirements
The citizens of Australia, Britain, Canada, the United States and EU countries do not need a vis to visit Italy. For citizens of other countrys, please check with the Embassy of Italy in your country. Of the aforementioned countries, you need to have a passport with at least 3-month validity. Nationals of EU need only produce proof of EU citizenship in the form of a valid national identity card.
Where to stay in Italy
The following are hostels and budget accommodation which you can book in various cities and towns in the Italy:
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Abano Terme
Abbadia San Salvatore-Siena
Acireale
Acquapendente
Acquappesa
Agrigento
Agropoli
Alberobello
Alessandria
Alghero
Amalfi
Amalfi Coast
Amantea
Amelia
Ancona
Anzio
Arbus
Arce
Arcugnano
Arezzo
Ascoli Piceno
Asiago
Assisi
Asti
Azzani - Loiri Porto san Paolo
Bari
Barletta
Bedizzole
Bergamo
Bergamo-Foresto Sparso
Bionaz
Bisceglie
Bologna
Bolzano
Borgia
Bormio
Bosa
Brembate
Brescia
Bressanone
Brindisi
Cagliari
Cala Gonone
Calco
Caltagirone
Camaiore-Lucca
Camerana
Campora San Giovanni
Cannobio
Capri
Caprie Val Susa
Carlentini
Casciana Terme
Casola Valsenio
Cassine
Cassino
Castel San Giorgio
Castelgandolfo
Castelguelfo di Bologna
Castellammare del Golfo
Castellana Grotte
Castiglione D'orcia
Castione della Presolana
Catania
Cattolica
Cava de' Tirreni
Cavriglia
Cefalu
Ceraso
Certaldo
Cervia
Cesana Torinese
Cesano di Roma
Cesena
Cesenatico
Chianciano
Chieti
Chioggia
Chiusi
Ciampino
Cinque Terre
Civitavecchia
Colle di Val d'Elsa
Collecchio
Como
Conflenti
Controguerra
Correggio
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortona
Cosenza
Courmayeur
Cropani Marina
Desenzano del Garda
Dobbiaco
Dolceacqua
Dolo
Elba Island
Erice
Este
Feltre
Ferentillo
Ferrara
Fiumicino
Florence
Foligno
Forli
Forte dei Marmi
Frascati
Gabicce Mare
Gaeta
Galatina
Gallipoli
Gatteo Mare
Genoa
Giardini Naxos
Giarre
Gibellina
Gioiosa Marea
Greve in Chianti
Grosseto
Grosseto Roccatederighi
Guardavalle
Gubbio
Impruneta
Ischia
Iseo
Isola Rossa
Isole Eolie
Jesi
L' Aquila
La Caletta di Siniscola
La Spezia
Lake Maggiore
Lake of Como
Lake of Garda
Lake of Iseo
Lamezia Terme
Lamporecchio
Lanuvio
Lecce
Lerici
Levico Terme
Lido di Camaiore
Lido di Jesolo
Lignano Sabbiadoro
Lipari
Livorno
Lizzano in Belvedere
Lovere
Lucca
Lunamatrona
Macerata
Maglie
Maida
Malpensa
Mantignana
Mantova
Marina di Massa
Marina Romea
Marsala
Massa Lubrense
Massarella
Matera
Mazara del Vallo
Medesano
Meran
Merate
Mercato San Severino
Messina
Mestre
Meta di Sorrento
Miane
Milan
Milazzo
Modena
Modica
Monopoli
Monselice
Montalcino
Montebonello
Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Val di Cecina
Montelparo
Montemerano
Montepulciano
Monteriggioni
Monzuno
Naples
Naples-Pozzuoli
Naples-Sant'Antimo
Nicolosi
Nocera Umbra
Norcia
Notaresco
Noto
Nova Ponente
Numana
Ognina
Olbia
Olmedo
Oria
Oristano
Orosei
Orvieto
Ospedaletti
Ostuni
Otranto
Padua
Paestum
Palaia
Palermo
Palmadula
Paola
Parma
Perugia
Pesaro
Pescara
Peschiera Borromeo
Peschiera del Garda
Pescosolido
Piano di Sorrento
Pienza
Pietralunga
Pieve di Ledro
Piombino
Pisa
Pistoia
Ploaghe-Sassari
Poggibonsi
Poggiofiorito
Poggiorsini
Pompei
Ponte San Pietro
Pontedera
Porretta Terme
Porto Cesareo
Portofino-Leivi
Positano
Possagno
Postiglione
Pozzallo
Praia a Mare
Prato
Pula
Quiliano
Racalmuto-Agrigento
Radda in Chianti
Ragusa
Ranzanico
Rapolla
Ravenna
Rieti
Rimini
Riva del Garda
Rodi Garganico
Rome
Rome Ciampino
Rosolina
Rovereto
S.Agata Sui Due Golfi
Salerno
Salerno-Raito di Vietri Sul Mare
Salsomaggiore Terme
San Benedetto del Tronto
San Fedele D'Intelvi
San Gimignano
San Giovanni Rotondo
San Giuliano Terme
San Pietro di Feletto
San Remo
San Teodoro
San Vito
San Vito Lo Capo
Sant Agnello
Sant Alessio Siculo
Sant' Antioco
Santa Margherita Ligure
Sapri
Sassari
Sassetta
Saturnia
Savigno
Sciacca
Segesta
Seiano of Sorrento
Selinunte
Selvino
Senigallia
Sermoneta
Sesto Fiorentino
Siena
Siena Sovicille
Silvi Marina
Sinalunga
Siniscola
Sorrento
Sovicille
Spello
Spoleto
St Antonio di Santadi
Stresa
Stromboli
Subbiano
Sulmona
Susa
Syracuse
Taormina
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
Todi
Torre dei Corsari
Torre di Ruggiero
Tottubella
Trabia - Palermo
Trani
Trapani
Trento
Trevi
Treviso
Trieste
Trieste-Airport
Tropea
Turin
Tuscania
Urbisaglia
Uta
Valdidentro
Valledoria
Vasto Marina
Venice
Venice Borgoricco
Venice Chioggia
Venice Dolo
Venice Lido
Venice Malcontenta
Venice Mestre
Venice Mira
Venice Mirano
Venice Tessera
Ventimiglia
Verona
Viareggio
Vicenza
Vico Equense
Vieste
Villammare
Vittorio Veneto
Volterra
Zafferana Etnea
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Getting around in Italy
Check Alitalia, www.alitalia.com for domestic flights within Italy. To explore Italy by train, check out the Trenitalia website, www.trenitalia.com. It is a great way to see Italy independently. Trenitalia has also made available the Trenitalia Pass, which allows you three to ten days of unlimited travel on the Italian rail network, over a span of two months. It also provides discounts on selected ferry services, hotels and other special offers. In addition, check out Rail Europe, www.raileurope.co.uk/inter-rail for other unlimited rail travel possibilities in Italy.
Termini Station, named after the ancient Roman baths, is the main railway station in Rome. It is one of the largest stations in Europe, with 29 platforms. However, it is not open 24 hours a day, and in fact, is locked up every night from 12:30 am to 4:30am. Trains arriving in Rome during those wee hours of the day uses the Tiburtina station, which is the second-largest in Rome, and one being developed to cater to high-speed trains.
Where to go in Italy
The major cities in Italy are listed in alphabetical order as follows. We are in the process of documenting the sights in and around each of these travel destinations, and will add them to earthdocumentary as soon as they are ready:
Bologna
Florence
Genoa
Milan
Naples
Palermo
Pisa
Rome
Siena
Turin
Venice
Verona
Things to see and do in Italy
The following is a selection of things to see and do while in Italy.
In Rome, visit the Colosseum, the only sight in Italy recently voted as one of the new 7 Wonders of the World
Make a trip to the Vatican City and visit the St Peter's Basilica, and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel
Still in Rome, make a trip to the Trevi Fountain, make a wish and throw a coin into the waters - and you're guaranteed to return to Rome
In Pisa, visit the famous leaning tower and have a shot taken with it
Make a pilgrimage to the birthplace of pizza - Naples
Go for a shopping spree - or just window shopping - at the most stylish city in Italy, Milan.
Be absorbed by Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper at the Convent of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan
For a bit of ancient history, make a trip to Pompeii and Herculaneum, to learn how these two towns were consumed by nature's rage in the form of a volcanic eruption
Explore the nooks and crannies of Venice, cross its many bridges, take gondola rides, visit St Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace
Learn the art of Italian cuisine in Florence, at the Istituto per i'Arte e il Restauro
Chiesa di San Lorenzo, viewed from the Campanile di Giotto, Florence, Italy.
by Riccardo Speziari, used under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sightseeing Tours of Italy
The following are the local tours that you can book, arranged according to town.
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SORRENTO Sightseeing Tours Events & Attractions from Viator
SYRACUSE Sightseeing Tours Events & Attractions from Viator
TAORMINA Sightseeing Tours Events & Attractions from Viator
TURIN Sightseeing Tours Events & Attractions from Viator
VENICE Sightseeing Tours Events & Attractions from Viator
Money matters in Italy
Italy uses the Euro, €. Banknotes are in denominations of €500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 while coins are in denominations of €2 and 1, and 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cents. Banking hours differ between cities but are generally Mon-Fri, 8:30am to 1:30pm and 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
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