Italy For Dummies [Paperback]

Bruce Murphy (Author), Alessandra de Rosa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 2009

For Dummies Travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners, combining the broad appeal and time-tested features of the For Dummies series with up-to-the-minute advice and information from the experts at Frommer’s.

• Small trim size for use on-the-go
• Focused coverage of only the best hotels and restaurants in all price ranges
• Tear-out “cheat sheet” with full-color maps or easy reference pointers

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

See the best of Italy on a bellissimo vacation

Italy offers infinite variety, with its historical yet cosmopolitan cities, picturesque towns, gently rolling hills, and spectacular seacoasts. Whether your interests are art and architecture or food and drink, ancient treasures or modern shops, this guide helps you explore the country with gusto.

Open the book and find:

• Down-to-earthtrip-planning advice

• What you shouldn't miss —and what you can skip

• The best hotels and restaurants for every budget

• Lots of detailed maps

About the Author

Bruce Murphy has lived and worked in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Rome, and Sicily. His work has appeared in magazines ranging from Cruising World to Critical Inquiry. In addition to guidebooks, he has published fiction, poetry, and criticism, most recently the Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery (St. Martin’s Press).

Alessandra de Rosa was born in Rome and has lived and worked in Rome, Paris, and New York City. She did her first cross-Europe trip at age 2, from Rome to London by car. She has continued in that line ever since, exploring three out of five continents so far. Her beloved Italy remains her preferred destination and where she lives part of the year. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 5 edition (February 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470399074
• ISBN-13: 978-0470399071
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #40 in Books > Travel > Europe > Italy > Florence

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars not fancy but packed full of information, April 7, 2001

By 

Sheryl Zampino "travelling family" (Tallahassee, FL USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Italy For Dummies (Paperback)

I am not a big fan of dummies books but I am acting as my own travel agent for our families 2nd trip to Italy. I was in the middle of planning and lost this book so I am reordering. This book is so full of useful information on how to save money, where to eat, museum information. I pack very light but this is the one book we are planning on hauling with us.

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never leave home without it!!!, May 2, 2001

By 

Thomas A. Tipper (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Italy For Dummies (Paperback)

I am so happy that I had this book with me when I went abroad. My parents had been given a different tour book, but it was retired during the trip. Italy for Dummies was so simple to use. The maps were accurate and the hotel information priceless. Even if you've been before, this book is a godsend in a pinch. It helped me make great choices during a hectic time in Italy-"Holy Week" A must for any traveller.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars italy for dummies -very helpful, November 2, 2006

By 

Deborah Kleinman - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Italy For Dummies (Dummies Travel) (Paperback)

We used "Italy for Dummies" for our recent trip to Italy. We had never been to Italy before and we were planning on touring without a group through Venice, Rome, Milan and Florence. "Italy for Dummies" gave us great ideas on what to see in limited periods of time.

This book gave us hints on the best tours, how to see each city in whatever amount of time we had alloted and what not to miss.

We did their recommended tours in most of the cities.

When we left our hotel room we would tear out the section pertintent to the city we were in and carry it with us all day consulting it as needed.

If you're planning on touring Italy on your own this book is a must! from the important train information to where to pick up a local tour it was invaluable!