Amazon.com Review
"We're going to Italy!" has such a pleasant ring to it--but the devil is in the details. There's so much to see and experience that there's no way you can do it all in one lifetime, let alone one trip. So you need to make choices, and for that you need reliable information, and for that you need
Frommer's 2000 Italy. Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince are a sterling travel-guide team: Porter wrote Frommer's first-ever
Italy guide and has been back many times since, and Prince, formerly of the Paris bureau of the
New York Times, has lived and traveled extensively in Italy. Their work pays off in a guide that's thorough, accessible, and dependable.
The "Best of Italy" section lists museums, romantic getaways, cathedrals, restaurants, ruins, and countryside drives, and the "Regions in Brief" chapter helps you set your priorities and make some destination choices. After setting your itinerary comes the fun part: reading up on the hotels, restaurants, sights, and activities in the cities or regions you'll be visiting; learning about Italy's history, art, architecture, and food; practicing a bit of basic Italian vocabulary--and best of all, actually going on the trip itself. --Stephanie Gold
About the Author
About the Authors A native of North Carolina, Darwin Porter was bureau chief for the Miami Herald when he was 21 and later worked in television advertising. A veteran travel writer, he wrote Frommer's first-ever guide to Italy and has been a frequent traveler in that country every since. He is joined by Danforth Prince, formerly of the Paris bureau of the New York Times, who has lived and traveled in Italy extensively. This team writes a number of other best-selling Frommer's guides, notably to England, France, Germany, and Spain.
