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Tips

• .TIP: about Tipping in Italy from agatha
  I have inquired to my born in Italy Italian friends. Most of them laugh and say,"Oh don't be silly, Italians don't leave tips… just you silly Americans!" I broke it down for them:
  --Taxi drivers: NO
  --Waiters: No (unless the service was absolutely outstanding)
  --Tour Guides: they thought in a group, 3 to 5 euros; Private, 10% of the bill. In Tuscany a day tour can cost 500 euros. So then the tip would be 50 euros.
  --Hotel maid: One euro per person per day. so if there are two of you in the room 2 euros per day.
  I guess Americans do tip too much. Most first time visitors to Italy don't understand that the tip IS in the bill.
  The one person I do tip (I would give them my first born child) are the porters at train stations. If you can snag one… pay him what he wants and give him a kiss!
• .TIP: Camping Information from Tom
  The ADAC camping guide lists Camping Internazionale Vulcano in Solfatera, Pozzuoli, which is quite close to Naples. The guide says the campsite is inside an extinct volcano, and sometimes you may get some whiffs of sulphur, depending on the wind direction. Further out from Naples, there is the very luxurious 4-star site Camping Villagio Baia Domizia to the north, or the less than luxurious Camping Zeus in Pompei to the south, right next to the excavations. Also, there are several sites near Sorrento. I've never been to any of them.
• .TIP: Rome to Sorrento, with a stop in Pompeii:
  You can go from Rome to Naples by train (2hrs - Trenitalia) and then take a bus or a local train to Pompeii (40min - Circumvesuviana). Make sure you get off the train at "Pompeii Scavi". If you get off at Pompeii you will find yourself in the city of Pompeii instead of at the ruins. The ruins are great, and make sure to allow yourself plenty of time to explore, there is a lot to see. Then you can proceed from Pompeii to Sorrento with the same train.

Dining

• Parla Food blog
  A travel writer chases down the best food in Italy and the Mediterranean

Coffee

• Coffee the Italian way: Calling the shots
  Italy was the first European country to enjoy coffee in the early 17th century. Even today, with its vibrant cafes and top-quality espresso machines, Italian coffee culture still leads the way.

Lodging

• Agritour
  Farm Holidays in Italy
• Agritour.net
  Agritour is a complete guide about Farm Holidays in Italy: Information about holidays in more than 2000 italian farms. Featuring more than 1000 homepages of farmhouses — Online Booking!
• Agriturismo Italy
  
• Agriturismo-in-Italia
  Choose your accommodation in the art cities and in the most beautiful Italian holiday resorts! agriturismo-in-italia.com introduces You a directory of Hotels Farms Holiday Touristic Village Camping and Bed and Breakfast and one interesting series of link for Yours permanence.
• Agriturismo.com
  Rolling hills, high mountains, sea air or the calm of a lake, close to the scents, flavours and beauties of nature. Agriturismo.com offers you the best agritourisms that share your love and enjoyment of nature. Friendliness and a warm welcome combined with professionalism and transparency. Look for the place that best suits your needs and... happy holidays!
• Farm Holidays in Italy
  Farmhouses in Italy and Tuscany: Search our database for your farm holiday rental accommodation. Find your accommodation by choosing your location and services in the data base or let us be your guide through the following charming country inns of the week.Just make your choice and get in touch directly. Agriturismo.org.uk is the link between holiday accommodation and eco-tourism enthusiasts.
• ItalVista
  book hotels, etc.
• Luxury Villas in Italy
  Choose from villas in Tuscany, Umbrian farmhouses with private pools, cottages in Le Marche and Lazio and stunning villas in the Italian Lakes.
• One Stop Italy
  Self-catering holiday accommodation throughout Italy. Everything from budget hideaways to luxury retreats.
• Sleep In Italy
  Sleep in Italy has been selecting the best accommodations since the year 1999 offering clients a big choice of beautiful and elegant apartments and Bed and Breakfast in Rome, Florence, Venice and all the main touristic cities in Italy. Each accommodation goes through a severe selection and follow up in terms of quality, price and maintenance.
• Vivid Italy
  Vivid Italy are the Italian villa and apartment holiday specialists and we are pleased to offer a wide selection of properties and regions from which to choose your perfect holiday rental in Italy. At Vivid Italy we understand how important your holiday is to you. It is our sole mission to do everything we can to ensure that you get the most out your villa holiday in the Italian mainland and Islands. We will help you with all aspects of the property selection and booking process.
• VTC Italy
  After many years of experience in Tuscany, Umbria, The Marches and The Veneto, Veronica continues to offer her personal care and attention to detail, to help you find the property of your choice. Be it simple and rustic or grand, all the villas, self catering accommodation, private farmhouses with pools and apartments are in perfect settings and convenient to visit the treasures of the cities close to hand.

Museums

• FlorenceArt
  Book museum tickets at various cities in Italy.

Fairs, Festivals, etc.

• Map of some of the Italian Food Festivals
  Information from Capucina's Italian-American Connections WebPages

Internet Access

• Internet Cafés in Italy
  This is the guide of the sites where the newcomers can go and try to understand the Internet-mania and where the expert "surfers" can share with their friends the last information.

Cooking Classes

• Cooking Vacations
  The leaders in culinary tours, hands-on cooking classes, food market visits & cultural adventures in Italy. At Cooking Vacations you will learn to cook traditional recipes hands-on with a team of excellent and well-trained chefs. Learn the art of Italian cooking lead by Pizzaiolo~pizza makers, Sfoglina~pasta makers, Panettiere~bread bakers and Pasticciere~pastry makers in the artisan way. We bring you the ultimate that Italy has to offer along with the passion we share for food, wine, music & culture. For centuries Italians have mastered the art of cooking, eating and sharing at the table, reinforcing family bonds, enjoying precious time together, while sharing the love of food, family & friends. We continue this experience with our unique hands-on cooking programs and welcome you to our table!
• Flavours of Italy
  Italian Cookery Holidays Online. If you love food you'll love Flavours! Join Flavours Italian Cookery Holidays for a long weekend or a whole delicious week of Italian cooking in Northern Lazio, in Puglia or in Bologna. We specialise in Italian regional food that you can recreate at home. Experience the real Flavours of Italy with us.
• Home Food
  Eat a meal in an Italian home, cooked by Italians.
• Italian Connection
  Italian Connection specializes in hand-crafted walking, cooking and cultural tours exclusively in Italy. They help you to experience the true character of Italy, the way Italians do. When you travel with them, you're treated like una della famiglia — one of the family. They welcome you into their homes, share their favorite discoveries and ensure you have a truly authentic Italian experience that you'll never forget. Explore with them and see an Italy you'd never find on your own.
• Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners (ICIF)
  The ICIF is a non-profit association aimed at promoting the Italian enogastronomic traditions and agricultural-food products abroad, through the organization of training courses and promotional events. Since 1991, its birth date, ICIF has been organizing Master and Short Courses (generic and theme ones) and Refresher Courses for groups of foreign professionals (chefs, sommeliers, restaurateurs) wishing to acquire a specialization in Italian cuisine and enology.
• La Villa Cucina
  Celebrating 10 years of delicious culinary travel to Italy! This unique full participation culinary travel program integrates the popular villa holiday with a culinary school vacation.
• Mama Margaret Italian Cooking Holidays
  Italy Cooking Tours ~ Italian Cooking Packages ~ Cooking Tours of Italy. Ciao! Here you can find the right cooking tour in Italy for you, read all the delicious tour details and book your tour on Mama Margaret's Italy Cooking Schools Search Engine. It's one stop shopping for cooking tour vacations all over Italy, priced budget to luxury...at the same prices you'll see on the cooking tour operators' web sites.

Weddings

• Creativity Travel
  Wedding Italy with Creativity. Creativity is very proud to be a part of Wedding Italy and to work with an Italian team of wedding planners who, between them, have many years of experience in managing destination weddings throughout Italy.
• The Coast of Maratea & The Cilento National Park
  Idyllic Weddings, Honeymoons & Getaways From an American & British Company in Italy. We offer extremely special accommodations and wedding sites - ON THE CRYSTAL BLUE MEDITERRANEAN. We are a full-service event planning and management company in Italy's last unspoiled & undiscovered coast - The Coast of Maratea & The Cilento National Park - Italy's most stunning and most romantic coast.
• Weddings in Italy
  Weddings Italy specializes in destination weddings in Italy. They have been arranging legal and religious weddings in Italy since 1987. They arrange weddings, receptions and honeymoons in the most beautiful palaces, churches, castles, villas, hotels all throughout Italy and Republic of San Marino.

Tours

• Art Viva
  The Original and Best since 1996: the first company in Italy to offer high quality guided tours and events with specially trained guides. Experts make history come alive and give entertaining and informative tours. High quality services at a great price.
• Dark Rome Tours
  Tours of Rome, Vatican City, Venice and Florence
  
  Telephone, Rome: +39 0683360561
  Telephone, Dublin: +353 (0)16127097
  Contact: http://www.darkrome.com/customer_care.aspx
  
  
  
• Delicious Italy
  Good Food or Great Holiday, they have selected for you the best Italian food itineraries, regional recipes, restaurants, traditional events, local culture, incoming travel contacts, Italy based tour operators and places to stay.
• DiVine Tours
  DiVine Tours is a boutique operation specializing in exclusive Vineyard Tours, Gourmet Itineraries, and Specialty Programs throughout Tuscany and other selected areas in Italy such as Piedmont, Umbria, Liguria, Rome, and now also the Amalfi Coast.
• Italian Connection
  Italian Connection specializes in hand-crafted walking, cooking and cultural tours exclusively in Italy. They help you to experience the true character of Italy, the way Italians do. When you travel with them, you're treated like una della famiglia — one of the family. They welcome you into their homes, share their favorite discoveries and ensure you have a truly authentic Italian experience that you'll never forget. Explore with them and see an Italy you'd never find on your own.
• Italian Excursion
  Guided Tours of Italy for a small group of discriminating travelers. Take a trip unlike any other to a region of Italy that is less frequently traveled, yet rich in all that this extraordinary country has to offer. Spend time in the country living like the Italians, attuned to their rhythm of La Dolce Vita, which is slow and relaxed. If you love traveling and exploring Italy, and are tired of seeing the same old sights, this trip is for you. The groups are limited to 10 for the purpose of maximizing everyone's comfort and enjoyment.
• Italy Travelista
  Since 1997 Nancy Aiello Tours, based in Rome, specializes in top quality tailor-made private guided tours of Rome, Italy and China with its attentive services for leisure and business travelers. Nancy Aiello Tours takes great pride in providing a variety of unique creative services, offering guests the opportunity of combining private walking tours and limo tours with food and wine itineraries, shopping and art tours.
• ItalyTourTravel.com
  Italy Tour Travel Packages
• ItalyVacations.com
  Your Italy. Your Way. A Perillo Tours
• La Dolce Vita Wine Tours
  Immerse yourself in Italy's wine, cuisine, and culture. Enjoy in-depth conversations with wine makers as you tour their cellars and vineyards. See also how olive oil and cheese are made, and have fun with a hands-on cooking lesson.
• Malcolm's Specialty Tours of Italy
  Join world renown ice cream connoisseur Malcolm Stogo to explore the wonders of Italian fare firsthand.
• Road to Italy
  We design vacations and tours of Italy tailored exactly to your specifications. Our Italian experts have detailed knowledge of the different regions including Tuscany, the Amalfi coast, the Lake District, Umbria, Sicily and the classical cities of Rome, Florence and Venice, Italy. We remove any worries by arranging everything ahead of time then we send you an attractive detailed illustrated itinerary which includes information on your vacation, travel and transport arrangements, vouchers and airline tickets if required.
• TASTEOF.IT
  Explore the wide variety of exquisite fresh ingredients from local markets and family owned shops throughout Italy. Take a complete immersion in today's Italian lifestyle.
• Travel with Julie
  I am a travel planner and tour guide. In a nutshell, I offer small group tours to Italy every year. By small group, I mean no more than 6 people. Based on a profile that each client submits, I plan an itinerary that fits the vacation style and wishes of the group. Every detail is carefully planned and organized. I host the entire trip to make sure each activity is carried out as planned. My guests have only one concern during their vacation: to indulge in la dolce vita!
• Walks of Italy
  Offering tours of no more than 12 people at a time of Rome, Vatican City, Florence, Pisa, Venice, Pompeii, Amalfi and more.
• Wish You Were Here Tours
  We started this business a few years ago in order to create trips that would really give our guests the insiders view of the places we love. We believe that traveling is about having fun and making friends so we keep it informal and friendly. We love food and we enjoy cooking but we really find that the conversation, friendships, wine, and gelato end up being more important than perfecting your culinary skills.

Transportation

• Automobile Club d'Italia
  (Only in Italian)
• Trenitalia, Ferrovie dello Stato
  Trenitalia is the primary operator of trains within Italy. Discover Italy by Train with Trenitalia.

Other — Tourist Guides, etc.

• Accent Travel - Explore Italy
  Accent Travel offers travel services and locations including villas, apartments, palazzi and castles throughout the historical cities of Italy. They specialize in travel to Italy, offering information covering any region, any method of travel, any hotel and any city.
• Andiamo Italia (Lets Go Italy)
  A collection of out of the ordinary destinations in Italy
• Becoming Italian Word by Word
  Celebrating Italy's language, people, history, food, traditions and culture.
• Bella Vita Italia
  Bella Vita Italia is a boutique travel concierge service that specializes in creating the "Ultimate Italian Experience" for our clients and offers the following travel assistance options: * Personalized Trip Planning; * Private Excursions & Adventures; * Sea View Rentals on the Italian Riviera
• Do Italy
  Get to know Italy like a native Italian with Do Italy. Accommodations; Museums, Theaters and Exhibitions; Dining Out; Transportation; Expert Guides; Cooking Classes; Spas and Well Being Centers; Private Yacht and Sailboats.
• Dream of Italy
  Free guides, blogs, newsletters, articles, etc., about Italy. The travel newsletter DREAM OF ITALY provides exclusive Italy travel advice for an authentic Italian vacation! The subscription Italy travel newsletter cuts through the junk and the over-touristed places recommended in guidebooks and give you the authentic Italy travel experience -- savvy recommendations on Italian destinations from Tuscany to Sicily, Naples to Bologna. They cover the best and most authentic offerings of 3- to 5-star Italy travel.
• Fodor's Italy Travel Tips
  Planning a Trip to Italy: 20 Common Questions
• Gabriele's Travels to Italy
  The goal of "Gabriele's Travels to Italy" is to inspire you to discover the real Italy, the out-of-the-way places where the sights and sounds of real people will provide wonderful memories for a lifetime.
• Hidden Italy
  This independent guide provides expert advice on alternative and hidden Italy. There are guides to travel, accommodation, tourist tips, driving, public transport, food and facts and much more.
• In Italy Online
  On the web since 1993, In Italy Online is your first step towards a magical trip to Italy.
• Italia
  Italian Tourism Official Website
• Italian Connection — Bespoke Holidays To Italy
  Are you looking for the "Perfect" Italian Holiday, honeymoon, Italian city break, anniversary celebration? Do you wish to attend the opera, see a football match, scuba dive, horse ride or just do a spot of wine tasting... OR do you just need some Italian style inspiration? Italy has so much to offer and it is the world within a country so whether you wish to experience the solitude and wilderness of Abruzzo & Molise, the majesty of Trentino and the Veneto, the dramatic backdrops of Campania and Piedmont, the heart and soul of Tuscany & Umbria, the drama of Sicily, the seas and sands of Sardinia, or the beauty of Liguria... then this is the country to visit.
• Italian Connection — Walking, Cooking and Cultural Tours
  Italian Connection specializes in hand-crafted walking, cooking and cultural tours exclusively in Italy. They help you to experience the true character of Italy, the way Italians do. When you travel with them, you're treated like una della famiglia — one of the family. They welcome you into their homes, share their favorite discoveries and ensure you have a truly authentic Italian experience that you'll never forget. Explore with them and see an Italy you'd never find on your own.
• Italian Government Tourist Board -North America
  Looks like lots of great information about travel to Italy.
• Italian Immigration Website
  (Only in Italian) Portale Immigrazione
• Italy by Bus in 2001
  A travelogue describing the Trafalgar Tours "Best of Italy" tour for our 20th anniversary. Rome, Sorrento, Capri, Pompeii, Assisi, Ravenna, Venice, Verona, Milan, Italian Lakes, Baveno, Pisa, Florence, Siena, Tivoli and Lugano, Switzerland.
• Italy Heaven
  How, why and where in the Bel Paese. Italy, Bella Italia, the Bel Paese,.. a country of extremes, with something to offer every visitor. From snow-iced mountains to hot lazy mediterranean beaches, from unspoilt hill villages to cities that have bustled for thousands of years. If you're planning a holiday in Italy, or just aim to research Italian vacation options, you're in the right place.
• Italy Hotline Custom & Gourmet Tours
  Fine travel is a harmony of the senses. Much like a wonderful meal, the setting is perfect, the company great, the food both beautiful and intriguing. The aroma of each dish greets you as its delicious flavor slows the very sense of time. This is what they offer you with their travel services — a multi-faceted experience to hold dear for a lifetime, customized to make your particular dreams come true.
• Italy's Haute Hotels
  Based on an article in "La Cucina Italiana" magazine. "More than just places to rest your head, these stellar spots are destinations unto themselves."
• italytutto
  comment and indexes on blogs on italy - daily life, travel, food & drink, & photography
• Let's Go Italy
  Great web site for discovering Italy
• LivingInRome.com
  Web guide for visiting Rome by Internet.
• Lydia's Italy
  
• Moro Travel Agency
  Professional Consultation Services for all your Travel Needs to Europe, Certified Destination Specialist for Italy, Finland and Portugal.
• Parks.it
  The Portal about Parks in Italy. Let's Protect Nature, the Inheritance of the Future.
• Photos of Italy from 1954
  Venice, Rome, Florence, Pisa
• Select Italy
  Ready to book your trip but not sure of the next step? Let them help you! Select Italy can plan your whole trip from start to finish.
• Under the Italian Sun
  Custom Tours of Italy. There's an Italy beyond the usual tourist track, off the beaten path, where ancient cities hide their most treasured secrets, where lush rolling hills lined with grapevines bask in the clear sunlight, where small towns reveal their tiny cobbled lanes, narrow and twisting, where locals walk to charming outdoor markets to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. Under the Italian Sun is ready to take you to these magical places.
  Telephone: +1 800.594.2901
  Email: [email protected]
• Weekend in Italy
  Florence, Milan, Naples, Rome, Sicily, Turin, Venice. Tickets, excursions. museums, autoguides, events, hotels, villas, shopping, cooking classes.
• Welcome to Italy
  Since 1994, Welcome to Italy has been, and remains, the principle point of reference in internet for aiding the selection of ways to visit to our Fair Country.
• WhyGo Italy
  Italy routinely inspires sighs and wistful looks, either of memorable trips taken in years past or about the dream trip you hope one day to make. This is a country full to overflowing with way more than its fair share of the world's great art, architecture, history, culture, fashion, and (perhaps most importantly) food and wine. The good news is that the Italians are generous about their good fortune, and quite willing to share the spoils with travelers.