Visiting Italy - Suggestions for holidays, trains, itineraries, day-trips, and sightseeing from someone who has lived and traveled extensively in Italy
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Every major guidebook company from Lonely Planet to Let’s Go makes at least one Italy guidebook.
Most guidebook companies also make a book on specific cities or regions, as the country’s territory and diversity of places to visit make for enough material for a full guidebook.
If you’re only planning on visiting one major city or region in Italy, getting a specific guidebook for the area is a good idea. For example, Lonely Planet’s book on Rome gives good in-depth coverage of Rome and the surrounding areas.
If you’ll be visiting lots of places in Italy, getting a larger guidebook like The Rough Guide to Italy is a good idea. If you’re handy with scissors, you can cut out the chapters you need and leave the rest of the guidebook at home to save room as you pack your bags.
Once you know what size Italy guidebook you need, shop around for a guidebook that fits your travel style. If you’re backpacking, Lonely Planet, Let’s Go, and the Rough Guide are some of the best Italy guidebooks.
If you’re going upscale, look into guides like the Hg2 Rome (A Hedonist’s Guide to Rome), the Wallpaper Guide to Venice, or the LUXE guide to Milan that offer more high-end suggestions for hotels, restaurants, and shopping.
If you love sightseeing, consider picking up the Eyewitness Travel Guide to Rome. With photos and illustrations on every page, the Eyewitness Rome guidebook is great for explaining the details of Rome’s many historic buildings and landmarks.
On a budget? A lot of the best deals on Italy guidebooks can be found on websites where travelers that have just returned from Italy are selling their books. If you’re lucky you can get a copy with good notes and suggestions written in!
One last tip on finding the best Italy guidebooks: check the date the guidebook was published. If it is more than a year old, don’t buy it. Things change so quickly in Italy that an old guidebook will be of little use to you today.
