Italy Travel Guide (Lonely Planet)

Italy Travel Guide (Lonely Planet)

Alison Bing, Duncan Garwood, Gregor Clark, Robert Landon, Paula Hardy, Abigail Blasi, Cristian Bonetto, Kerry Christiani, Joe Fu

Language: English

Pages: 2093

ISBN: 2:00109819

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


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Visitors to Italy are bombarded by sights, scenes and flavors – palaces and museums overflowing with art, Renaissance gardens, gourmet food markets. Come enjoy the vita bella (beautiful life).

This full-color guide with 3D illustrations of major highlights and insightful features on seasonal and regional food and outdoor activities is essential for those wanting to see the best Italy has to offer!
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Giambattista Tiepolo and Baldessare Longhena. Longhena designed the stucco-frosted and gold-leafed stairway to heaven, which is glimpsed upstairs in in Tiepolo’s nine-panel ceiling of a resplendent Virgin in Glory . Ask downstairs about occasional concerts by Musica in Maschera (Musical Masquerade; www.musicainmaschera.it) , performed here in 1700s costume. Magazzini del Sale ART GALLERY Offline map Google map ( www.fondazionevedova.org; Zattere 266; donation suggested; 10.30am-6pm Wed-Mon

€90-150) You’ll need to be in shape, as this hotel is a stiff walk up the hill (and, as it doesn’t have a restaurant, a stiff walk down again every night), but the accommodation is worth it. Set in a converted annex of the Ducale Palace, it boasts antique-strewn rooms and a terrace overlooking the Piazza della Signoria – perfect for relaxing after all that luggage hauling. Città di Gubbio & Villa Ortoguidone CAMPGROUND € ( 075 927 20 37; www.gubbiocamping.com; Loc Ortoguidone 49; per person

Lacking the lustre and the higher prices of its next-door neighbour, this simple trattoria offers dependably fresh seafood and an in-your-face view of the action around La Pescheria market. Al Cortile Alessi PIZZERIA € Offline map Google map ( 095 31 54 44; Via Alessi 28; pizzas €6-9; 8pm-1am Tue-Sun) Catanians of all ages – but especially students – flock here on weekend evenings, drawn by the excellent pizzas, draft beer, relaxed atmosphere and outdoor courtyard overhung with banana trees.

5th-century-BC temple to Athena. Glass floor panels reveal the temple’s foundations, while a narrow passageway left of the church allows you to see the ancient Greek columns. Monastero del Santo Spirito CONVENT Offline map Google map This hillside convent was founded by Cistercian nuns at the end of the 13th century. Ring the buzzer at the door marked No 8, and their modern-day counterparts will sell you a tray of delicious cakes and pastries (€11), including dolci di mandorla, cuscusu

colourful paintings. Rooms are spacious if sterile with their corporate white-grey decor. Weekend discounts are available. Eating Fainè alla Genovese Sassu FAST FOOD € (Via Usai 17; fainè €5; 7-11pm Thu-Tue) This no-frills spot is the place to fill up on fainè, a cross between a pancake and pizza. There’s nothing else on the menu, but with a wide range of toppings, you should find something to suit your tastes. Trattoria Da Antonio TRATTORIA € ( 079 23 42 97; Via Arborea 2b; meals €25;

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