Saturday, April 23, 2011

Italy Travel Guides

Italy is without a doubt one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, so there is a great deal of information available for anyone who wants to travel to Italy.

Travel guides about Italy can be classified in roughly 2 categories. The first category includes guides which contain all the relevant information about the locations in the country that are regularly visited by tourists, and the second category includes the travel guides which only provide particular information about one or two regions or cities.

A great many tour and travel operators, private publishers, and hotel and resort owners publish such travel guides. But it is always best to refer to the official web site and publications of the tourism board of Italy, as they provide authentic information all the time.

In some of the private travel guides, there might be a deliberate attempt to promote certain hotels, restaurants, resorts, shops, and what have you. This could actually mislead a tourist, especially one who is traveling to the country for the very first time.

Italy seems to have an endless number of tourist hot spots. Visiting all of them may not be possible for a single person, even during the course of a long vacation. So it is always better to go through a good travel guide related to Italy, select the locations and cities you want to visit and get your reservations well in advance. Most of the travel guides about Italy also provide information about hotels in various regions, along with a list of their rentals.

There are many online travel guides about Italy available on the Net, which will provide a lot of free information. There are also quite some news sites about Italy travel which also provide you with the data about hotels, deals, etc., which are not always available in Italy travel guides. And you can always check the websites that are run by the big Italian cities, which are always up to date with the latest information and deals about their own region.

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