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Lake Garda		Hotels
Dolomite Region		Hotels
Pompeii		Hotels
Sorrento		Hotels
Milan		Hotels
Naples		Hotels

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Italy Travel Guide

Italy is so packed with attractions that it's hard to know where to start. That's where we come in. In this section we present our personal, opinionated list of what we consider to be Italy's top highlights. This will get you started and point you toward some of the possibilities for designing your own vacation. Whether this is your first trip or your 10th, you're bound to come away with your own favorites to add to the list. Read More

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I will fly into Rome in Dec. I will have two weeks to stay in Italy. Where should I go as far as other cities and sights. I am not really on a budget, but would like to make it to Milan and maybe Florence. Is there a good Itinary for the 12 days I will be in the area?
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What is the best time to travel to Italy with our children ages 10 and 6 next Feb 2009? Where to go and what tours to take?
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Feature Articles

Top Ten Street Markets
Scruffy and chaotic or orderly and refined, the world’s street markets offer fresh, local—and often cheap—seasonal produce, alongside a slice of local life.
Cocoa Bacchanalia
La Dulce Vita proves infinitely sweeter when you join Eurochocoholics in Ferguia, Italy’s annual Chocolate Festival.
Perfect 10
Hotel Cipriani: Giudecca Island, Venice, Italy
Snapshots from Italy: A Five-Family Vacation in Tuscany
Ten parents and friends rent out a villa in Tuscany in hopes of snagging a bit of family-centric dolce vita.
The Italian Job
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We sent our wayward columnist to row a boat in Cinque Terre and all we got was this lousy letter

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Trip Ideas

Head over Heel
On the southern end of Italy's boot—Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, and the island of Sicily—you'll fall in love with the creamy gelato, unspoiled beaches, and the rhythms of a simpler life
Italy's Top 20 Adventures
Introduction
Galloping under the Tuscan Sun: A Saddle-Sure Culinary Tour of Italy
Tyrolean : Hut-to-Hut Trekking in the Alps

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

France, Italy & Switzerland - Tour du Mont Blanc
Boundless Journeys
from $3695, 9 days
The Tour du Mont Blanc is undeniably one of the world's greatest inn-to-inn hiking routes, and a classic mountain adventure. ...
Italy: Tuscan Coast & Isle of Elba
Austin Lehman Adventures
from $3598, 8 days
Whether biking atop the unspoiled Renaissance town of Lucca, soaking up a crimson sunset over Elba, or basking in a thermal spring in Saturnia, this week-long biking and walking tour along the coast of Tuscany is nothing short of enchanting. ......
Bike Across Italy
Ciclismo Classico
from $4795, 11 days
Pedal Coast-to-Coast through Italy's Cultural Soul! This coast-to-coast tour passes through four of Italy's most beautiful regions: Le Marche,...
The Best of Tuscany
Gap Adventures
from $1399, 10 days
Tuscany not only lives up to its reputation, it blows it away: from cypress-studded, vineyard-blanketed hills, to Renaissance Florence, magical...
Italy: Hiker's Cinque Terre
Country Walkers
from $3598, 7 days
The Italian Riviera, which stretches from the French border to La Spezia, is dotted with resorts, medieval towns, and beaches. This tour focuses on...